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hey all,

well im not to educated in adding kw to a car or what mods to do so i was wondering if anyone can help.

i have a fairly stock R32 GTSt all i have done is:

-replaced airbox with pod

-Full exhaust

-coilover suspention

but no i am looking at adding kw's i was thinking to buy a Apexi Power FC but then the guy at auto barn told me that i should buy front mount cooler and boost controller first.

But i thought befor goin and buying everythin he tells me to id ask here first.

Thanks.

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do the cooler and up the boost first. otherwise if you get the pfc first, when you do the other things you will have to pay to get it retuned.

also, with the r32's you can get the stock ecu remapped, which gives good gains, and is cheaper than a PFC.

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Ok im goin to buy a FMIC should i look for a certin brand. And i want to keep my stock gtst front bar what size should i look for.

and is it worth getting a boost controller??

im not ritch so i want something decent but dosnt make me broke. i dont mind spending money aslong as its worth it.

Thanks everyone for your replys. You have saved me wasteing $$$.

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my advice is save a few bucks so you can do it once, and do it right.

when you have enough money I would do these things together.

1. cheap FMIC kit or ARC side mount (enables you to leave your front bar standard)

2. second hand R33 turbo, or high flow turbo ($300 for the 33 turbo, or around $800-$1400 for HF)

3. Power FC + tune, or standard ECU re-tune

4. boost controller ($30 for bleed valve, up to $500 for brand name EBC)

doing all this at once would be the way I would do.

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With my car, i did in this order.

Fixed everything that was running incorrectly

Bleed valve, which gave me som extra power

FMIC, which gave me SFA power increase. The only increase was probably a placebo effect :angry:

RB25 turbo, which was an awesome upgrade.

Dr Drift ecu, which gave the best gain out of everything

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my advice is save a few bucks so you can do it once, and do it right.

when you have enough money I would do these things together.

1. cheap FMIC kit or ARC side mount (enables you to leave your front bar standard)

2. second hand R33 turbo, or high flow turbo ($300 for the 33 turbo, or around $800-$1400 for HF)

3. Power FC + tune, or standard ECU re-tune

4. boost controller ($30 for bleed valve, up to $500 for brand name EBC)

doing all this at once would be the way I would do.

Really helpfull thanks .

But with the FMIC you say get a cheap one is there not much of a difference cauz i was thinking to get hybrid. would that be a waste of money?? And are you saying i cannot keep my stock front bar if i get a FMIC insted of a side mount??

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