Fmic Installation Help!

[POLICE]

Hey everyone

I was trying to install the FMIC I bought from eBay, the one with 3" hoses on both sides.

Well I took off the grill and front bar, made some mods to the intrusion bar to accomodate the intercooler.

I was half way thru taking off the stock cooler when I ran into the problem.

There are hose clamps on the other side of the metal chassis that I can't get to.

Because of the big air filter box that is in the way and who's bolts I can not budge.

So that is my 1st problem, I was also looking at the new pipes and realised that there is no room

to accommodate them for the connection closer to driver's side of the car.

If any has any suggestions or experience in DIY please help me out here thanks

[wlspn]

Any chance of you getting some pics up?

[POLICE]

yeah here is where I'm up to, basically got the passenger side pipe connected

just need to find space for the pipe that runs on the driver's side

[bernard R33]

you'll have to cut out a hole on the driver side.

[Simon-S14]

yes... you need a 80mm hole saw and a drill... make a hole for the pipe to go through. theres really no other way about it

[Lazy-Bastard]

At a guess, I'd say that black 'air filter box' on the drivers side is your charcoal canister (there isn't one in the stock position, so I'd say that is where the compliance shop decided to put it).

You are going to have to remove it or relocate it if you want to use the piping kit you have, as you have to cut a hole roughly where it is positioned to feed the piping through.

[POLICE]

yeah I figures it all out, the canister fits nicely sideways on top of the piping. I hope there is no ill effect in doing that.

didn't have a big enough hole saw, so I hammered a hole and bent the metal to make it big enough for the piping to get through.

I also had to cut off a bit off each blade on the edge of the radiator fan because it was touching the piping.

Man took me a whole bloody day.

[SMOKE'M]

hay mate good to hear u got it all done the hammering and the bashing sounds scary though,yust out if curiosity to you know the brand it