i just acquired a nearly finished na->tII conversion, and one of the things left is to either paint the tII hood, or get a small fmic and keep the na hood. thoughts?
i'm thinking that the cost of painting the hood would be pretty close to getting a reasonably small fmic (stock turbo), and the fmic would offer more added value. i'm planning to sell this car once its done, so i'm curious as to what sort of ideas you guys have.
if you think fmic, are there other things to consider that would possibly deter me from going that route?

 

i'd go with an FMIC. keep it mildly sleeper looking...

 

Paint the hood and use the stock intercooler. You will usually get more money for the car if it looks more stock and less ghetto.

Were you to keep the car, a medium-sized FMIC would be the best route for performance with a stock radiator.

1) With respect to intercoolers, there is no such thing as "reasonably small". Your only good choices are medium, large, and larger.
2) The cost of the FMIC core, end tanks, plumbing, and couplers would probably be about 3 times the cost of painting the hood, depending on the quality of the paint or intercooler components.

 

get a front mount. I doubt running the top mount will make it easier to resell because it is already a conversion so its not completely stock car. Front mount it, crank the boost up and have fun

 

i'm considering finding someone that is parting out a tII and taking the item off their hands, hence the low cost... otherwise, i understand what you mean (i have a dsm that i was going to receive a massive fmic, but i digress...)

i appreciate the responses. anything else that i may want to consider doing to increase the value of this sleepy-conversion? electric fans? radiator? as it stands, the exhaust is already pretty big, i think 3" stainless. with 2 mufflers, it's as loud as my dsm...