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why do they do that?

 

it seems to be only GTfours that will try it on, and i have always easily dissapeared them

 

We had a gentle run together really - all very gentlemanly. His exhaust smelled a bit oily - wonder what mine smelled like when I left him behind!!

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It must make some difference - my wallet was a load lighter on the way back!!!

 

If it does, I'm not technically minded enough to notice but the car has a mint CW bit of kit that makes me sleep easier (and I'm sure makes the car a lot happier too judging by the state the old one was in!) and will be spot on for the Dragonball Run!

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I use a CW SMIC on my single and its been good as gold so far :)

 

That's pretty interesting. What kind of power you putting out? It's almost sacrilege to get above BPU without having an FMIC if most people are to be believed.

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I have no idea but it goes alright, still only running 1bar, i am doing loads more work on it next week which will enable me to up the boost.

 

EDIT: there are loads running SMICs with singles in the US, check out the road racing section on supraforums, as the turbos are running in there effeciency range they require less cooling in the first place.

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Yup...question is...for a BPU car....is a BRAND NEW stock SMIC replacement sufficient OR is an UPRATED CW SMIC required.

 

I'm thinking that perhaps the Miami-GT stock replacement ones should be sufficient for BPU cars....(assuming that the stock IC can handle BPU)

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I think the stock IC can handle BPU but it can't hurt to go for something that could cope better.

 

I've got a CW smic coming in the next few days. Took me a while to decide which route to take. I could have had stock for about the same price but decided against it. I thought about an FMIC but didn't fancy the lack of ducting, the blocking of the rad etc.

 

I don't see that I'll ever go single. I just don't earn enough to do get a proper job done. So, I decided that an uprated smic would be fine for BPU. When I eventually go BPU.

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I cut n' pasted this from the excellent Max Boost site.

 

'This one is known as the 'Chris Wilson' SMIC. The tanks are made of aluminium like the stock ones should have been. Direct replacement, utilising the excellent stock location.

 

The core of this CW SMIC doesn't look too bad either. If anything the core inside appears to be less dense, something that would make it better suited to higher-than-stock operation, where the stock one starts to lose efficiency (dense turbulators create lots of pressure drop at high boost)

 

The extra weight would come handy with heatsoak.'

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just out of interest where could you get one, Nic or Steve Manley maybe?

 

I rang Mr. Manley. He got close-ish to the cost of a CW IC but not close enough. The lower cost and positive comments about it convinced me to go with CW.

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