so ive heard......
that you cant put a front mount IC on stock turbo?!

 

You can. If you go to big with the IC, the lag might get excessive.

 

Yea you can put one on any turbo. HKS, GReddy, APEX and the such make kits.

 

I'll see about the so-called 'lag' you guys are refurring to. I ordered a greddy fmic for my car.

On a side note, my Saab has a fmic. total piping length from filter to engine is about 7-9 feet of 2.25 inch piping. My saab has almost no lag.

Lag has more to do with the turbo's A/R size than anything else. If you have two turbo's, one with an a/r or .7 and another with an a/r or 1.2, the .7 will be much faster boost up time, where as the 1.2 will be much slower. The .7 a/r turbo will die out at a very low RPM, like my saab which has max torque at 2200 rpms. The 1.2 a/r turbo will give more upper power right up to redline due to much less back pressure at the turbine manifold. A large turbo with a large A/R on a small engine will be very hard to spool. A large turbo on a small engine with a small A/R will spool quickly at low rpm. Stuff after the compressor is not an extreeme factor for lag time in my opinion.

tII turbo's have an A/R of 1.0. If you are thinking of getting into any custom turbo setup, fmic setup, intake setup, w/g setup, then go buy the book 'Maximum Boost, by Corky Bell'. Great book. Read it in 3 days and dont like to read.

 

Ya dale told me that he got less lag when he put a fmic on. Thats what sold me on getting the GReddy one.

 

well, duh

 

any one else got "so i heard......" post about anything
with exception of all you genius' that know everything there is to know about rotaries

 

well it really is common sense, a IC is just like a rad, all u need to do is hook it up properly and have a place to hook it up to.