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04-14-2012, 12:27 PM | #1 |
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What to go with first
If you were to choose between front mount or cobb/jb4 which would you go with? I'm at a stand still...I know a tune with give me more horsepower, but a fmic will be better for the turbos especially with the summer coming up. Even with a tune, I would still be having heat soak from the shitty factory fmic. hmmm...help me out
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04-14-2012, 01:04 PM | #3 |
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Easy, Tune.
If JB4, run max cool mode if you really have problems, but in Philly c'mon it's not that hot. I live in San Antonio and FMIC came after tune, Dps, chargepipe, and meth. FMIC is great no doubt, but it unless you're tracking the car I wouldn't even consider when there so much more to gain with other mods first. GL. |
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04-15-2012, 09:54 AM | #8 |
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04-15-2012, 02:36 PM | #11 |
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JB4 costs money to do the upgrades when they come out, while COBB offers free upgrades. So in the long run they will both end up costing about the same. It boils down to preference. When I'm ready to buy my tune I'm going with COBB.
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04-15-2012, 02:37 PM | #12 |
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04-15-2012, 03:27 PM | #14 |
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I would recommend this order.
JB4 BMS intakes Meth Kit Catless Downpipes FMIC The first three will give you the best bang for the buck for the price of a good FMIC... |
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04-15-2012, 10:04 PM | #16 |
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Only major hardware upgrades cost money with the JB4, new firmware updates are posted for users to download free over on n54tech. And when you do pay for an upgrade, like the new big turbo board BMS is working on, you'll be getting things that you could never get from a flash tune so I wouldn't say it's quite apples to apples. Both great products though so it really comes down to personal preference.
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JB4 FTW!
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04-17-2012, 07:38 AM | #22 |
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I went with er comp intercollegiate with charge pipe and hks bov first. Then not even a month later bought the Vishnu procede cuz I wanted to maximize the hp out of my intercooler. The only reason I went this route was I was having the hole from the factory license plate filled n bumper repainted.
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