Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
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PronksBonne
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Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
Hey all within the next few days i plan on buying the fwi from intense. Is there anything i need to know before i buy it. Maybe possible problems ill have while installing. Or if i ever need to go to have something fixed at a shop, will i have to put my stock air box back on?
All Maintenance will be done over the next few months into summer. My next step is to replace the upper intake manifold and LIM gaskets.
As far as other performance upgrades up next will be high flow cat, down pipe, and pcm. Possibly aero turbine exhaust, i love the sound already, but would like to see what these sound like. I know i probably wont be getting any better flow from these than stock, just want to see the sound difference.
Any information at all is greatly appreciated..
All Maintenance will be done over the next few months into summer. My next step is to replace the upper intake manifold and LIM gaskets.
As far as other performance upgrades up next will be high flow cat, down pipe, and pcm. Possibly aero turbine exhaust, i love the sound already, but would like to see what these sound like. I know i probably wont be getting any better flow from these than stock, just want to see the sound difference.
Any information at all is greatly appreciated..
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
You will have to drill into the subframe to mount the PCM tray.
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
drill the subframe??nos4blood70 wrote:You will have to drill into the subframe to mount the PCM tray.
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
It's just the body. The ledge where the pcm sits normally.
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
Whoopsies! Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry for the confusion!01bonneSC wrote:It's just the body. The ledge where the pcm sits normally.
Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
couple self tapping screws work very well..
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PronksBonne
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
Will the intake throw a code??
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
Nope.PronksBonne wrote:Will the intake throw a code??
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
Make sure you've got healthy body clips on your bumper cover. My filter always tries to push the bottom tray out of the bumper cover.
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
Mine did when someone bumped my front end very lightly in a parking lot.yourgrandma wrote:Make sure you've got healthy body clips on your bumper cover. My filter always tries to push the bottom tray out of the bumper cover.

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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
I lost mine on the highway after someone stood on my bumper on the grille ledges.
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PronksBonne
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
anyone have any pictures of what everything should look like step by step? the instructions they sent me arent helping me too much. For example, mounting the pcm tray, replacing the old sensor spot with new.. the sensor seems to be hard to get out of the old tubing. Any help would be great, ive done searches and havent found anything
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
To get the sensor out you just gotta wiggle and wiggle. I ended up just stepping on the old tubing to make it open up enough to get the sensor out.
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PronksBonne
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Re: Anything i should know before i order my FWI??
Thanks!! Ended up getting it out!! It sounds amazing!! Cant wait to continue modding!!!




