joey0480

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You can see my mods in my signature and my dyno results. I have an Evo 9 BOV that needs to be put in and the short shifter here is well...but waiting for the weather to cooperate.

Anyways, I noticed my fan is rubbing on the flexible portion of uicp....and considered putting some injen uicp in. Will I see anything off the upper piping...from what I read...probably not...but just hoping for some more opinions and what have you.

thanks

Burklow

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Zero gains and maybe a little throttle response. Definitely dresses up the engine bay a little.

Billy@EnglishRacing

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i say get the uicp, but if it is all tight together the stock should not be touching the fan shroud, tight it up

whoang40

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I only upgraded my UICP because I'm putting in a larger turbo. Otherwise you'll feel no diffrence if you're on the stock turbo. I had my stock UICP coupler rubbing on the radiator fan, just like you, so I put extra washers under the bolt to give it more room.

joey0480

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gotcha, i was looking for dressing it up. Was gonna get injen piping for the uicp. $125 shipped for both...maybe i should put my money elsewhere then......maybe a hard pipe for the intake....

but dressing it up would be nice

Just the rubbing today I noticed was bothersome....

meckert

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I wanted to do the same thing--kind of give the engine bay a little class without the bling--had my stock UICP powercoated and that worked.

Mellon Racing

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I saw no gains with the UICP but I was doing a mini battery so it made sense to do it anyway.

joey0480

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guess it was good i asked since it seems that there is no use unless you want to dress up the engine

Mellon Racing

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yep, saved you some coin now go buy something that makes a difference

VanPelt

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LICP did seem to make a difference ,UICP nothing

joey0480

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any advice what to get next mellon. I just had the tune done like 3 weeks ago with cams and all. I have a TP but prefer not to run it. The car is a daily driver and the HFC stinks bad enough.

gixxerman11

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ARC ftw

Mellon Racing

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FMIC
ported intake manifold
ported exhaust manifold
ported 02 housing
65mm throttle body

it's time to improve the efficiency! = better pump gas power

oh and install that test pipe!, it doesn't stink unless you're sucking on the exhaust tip

RevMoto

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Most of you are wrong on this one. First off injen piping is just terrible. If you are going to do an uicp do a short route and a battery relocation. The only thing that is going to do for you is transfer some weight to the back with the battery but for the uicp it gives you a little more response. You don't just need to do this for a larger turbo. Another benefit from this is that the stock flexible couplers pop off very easy so this will eliminate that. Also the bling factor makes a difference. Mini batteries are nice and save some weight but they die after a year.

RevMoto

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I don't recommend a ported intake manifold and throttle body on a bolt on car. The install is not worth the gains. If you have nothing else to do other than a turbo upgrade then maybe.