FMIC Piping

[atticus]

Hey, ive got a problem with my boost controller tubing. I just installed a new FMIC, but the new piping doesnt have a 'nipple' for my boost tubing to go into.

Does anyone know if i can just drill a hole and plug it in, or if ill need to weld somehting onto it, or if its all hopless and now i need new FMIC piping?

Has anyone done anything like this before??

any help would be appreciated

[josh303]

hey, is the tubing you need just to give a boost signal to your boost controller (electronic controller)???

[Bass Junky]

There is one right near the snout of the turbo.

[PHaT MR30]

yeh it doesn't happen to be a TRUST kit by any chance?

my mates didn't have one either, he had to take it into a fabricator and have them fit a little feed pipe (sorry for bad terminology)

[fane]

very easy mate but make sure you take it off and do it...

you dont want metal shavings in your cooler piping...

then make it nice and clean and get a little nipple welded in....any mechanic that has welding skill could do it...

or if you have a mig or tif or something do it yourself...

[nedb]

easy fix, just T it of one of the little vacum hoses around and connect to that. you can use the carbon cannister one. don't drill the piping.

[atticus]

its not a TRUST kit.

it came with a little T-piece for tubing, and i havent attached that yet, and im not sure where it goes, would that help at all?

i think welding and drilling is the go. ive been told its hard to weld onto aluminium, this true? i dont know welding, which is why im not gonna be doing it.

thanks for all you help, ill let you guys know how it works out.

[nedb]

yeah just use that T piece and connect it to any of the vacuum hoses. probably the easiest one is the one going to the carbon canister.

[josh303]

aluminium welding isn't too hard as long as it's clean, any decent workshop will be able to do it.

5 min job..

[knore]

Yeh i was running the hose from my boost controller teed into the fuel pressure reg/plenum hose

but last week i got a welding place to put a plate on their for me and the response is alot better, also hold boost more accurately

[atticus]

ok. i plugged the tubing from the boost controller into a tube comming off the vacuum canister. she drives, and nothing has blown off yet. It feels different when i drive it. Theres little-to-no boost in 1st gear, but it second you can really feel it sit you back in the seat. The wierd thing is, it was opposite BEFORE i changed anything. Second has a flat spot, and first responded really well.

is this normal? does anyone have any pics they can show me of what it SHOULD look like? im gonna try find a digi and post some of my own.

[atticus]

ok. ive attached some pics.

the red tubes are the new ones.

theres one red tube going from the stock BOV to the manifold. im pretty sure thats right.

then the other one goes from the boost controller over to a vacuum canister. can someone plz let me know if this is right. i wanna drive my baby without thinking she's gonna pop something on me.

also coz shes heating up so much i dont think its right. or maybe its in need of a serious tune

[Terminal]

It looks alright to me. the overheating is because the radiator needs to be flushed and refilled, another thing i forgot to mention when i sold you the car.

brotherly love hey?