Greetings all,
I thought I would take some time and write out my thoughts about the Cobb FMIC that I just got installed yesterday.
Quality of the unit if very good. The core and all the welds look perfect and the piping is done with good quality. When you remove the stock piping you will kick yourself for what Ford has done and swear a bit under your breath. Basically the ford connections are all hoses that I think would collapse under pressure. When Cobb states that this add-on is the biggest HP and torque producer, they are not kidding. Replacing the hoses, that are by the way no where close to the right size either, with real piping I think dramatically helps with overall turbo performance.
The install is a pain. This was a good 4 hour install due to a couple of factors. When they say buy Cobalt bits for drilling....buy the cobalt bits and not something else. I was able to find a 1/4 inch cobalt bit but couldn't find a 15/32 bit. You are drilling into the front bumper so the wrong bit adds some time to the event.
Also we used 2 jack stands for this operation....remember to loosen the front wheels up before you get the vehicle up in the air. This was like step 3 when it should have been like step 1 or 2. I have to get the car up in the air cause I am a fat ass and can't get the under engine molding thing uninstalled without some space.
The grill shutter system along with the rubber shroud stuff are all removed and not used. I had more parts coming off the vehicle then going on. Ford puts a lot of B.S. crap on the front end of the car.
On the passenger side of the radiator bracket that keeps the radiator and stuff up, there was a silver tab thing that we had to break off for the actual radiator to drop low enough to get the piping to fit. Once the piping was in and secure you can tighten up the bracket and it all looks good. Just be aware of this silver looking "pop rivet"??? looking thing that keeps a hold and won't let the radiator drop.
After all was said and done I have loaded the stage 2 map from Cobb onto the vehicle and there is more power and a better feel to the car. I think this is well worth the money to get and install. If you have never done something like this before it might be a pretty difficult install. If you have a lot of tools and are used to installing major components then it is a time consuming install but is well within your power to do.
Thumbs up for this product at least from me.
EDIT!!
I just remembered something. Follow the directions. It stated to drill the hole in the drivers side front bumper location that has the dimple in it. Well we did that and felt froggy and "guestimated" the other side. The directions say to mount the IC and then mark the location so things line up correct. We got REAL lucky and were only off a couple millimeters. If you are way off things won't fit and you will have to drill another hole.
Also, I didn't do this but if you plan on using the "stencil" so you can paint COBB on the front of your IC, remember to take the stencil portion off after you paint it. If you think it looks cool with the black background and silverish cobb there, and then you start overheating for some odd reason....yea that reason is the stencil is blocking all the air to the IC.
I thought I would take some time and write out my thoughts about the Cobb FMIC that I just got installed yesterday.
Quality of the unit if very good. The core and all the welds look perfect and the piping is done with good quality. When you remove the stock piping you will kick yourself for what Ford has done and swear a bit under your breath. Basically the ford connections are all hoses that I think would collapse under pressure. When Cobb states that this add-on is the biggest HP and torque producer, they are not kidding. Replacing the hoses, that are by the way no where close to the right size either, with real piping I think dramatically helps with overall turbo performance.
The install is a pain. This was a good 4 hour install due to a couple of factors. When they say buy Cobalt bits for drilling....buy the cobalt bits and not something else. I was able to find a 1/4 inch cobalt bit but couldn't find a 15/32 bit. You are drilling into the front bumper so the wrong bit adds some time to the event.
Also we used 2 jack stands for this operation....remember to loosen the front wheels up before you get the vehicle up in the air. This was like step 3 when it should have been like step 1 or 2. I have to get the car up in the air cause I am a fat ass and can't get the under engine molding thing uninstalled without some space.
The grill shutter system along with the rubber shroud stuff are all removed and not used. I had more parts coming off the vehicle then going on. Ford puts a lot of B.S. crap on the front end of the car.
On the passenger side of the radiator bracket that keeps the radiator and stuff up, there was a silver tab thing that we had to break off for the actual radiator to drop low enough to get the piping to fit. Once the piping was in and secure you can tighten up the bracket and it all looks good. Just be aware of this silver looking "pop rivet"??? looking thing that keeps a hold and won't let the radiator drop.
After all was said and done I have loaded the stage 2 map from Cobb onto the vehicle and there is more power and a better feel to the car. I think this is well worth the money to get and install. If you have never done something like this before it might be a pretty difficult install. If you have a lot of tools and are used to installing major components then it is a time consuming install but is well within your power to do.
Thumbs up for this product at least from me.
EDIT!!
I just remembered something. Follow the directions. It stated to drill the hole in the drivers side front bumper location that has the dimple in it. Well we did that and felt froggy and "guestimated" the other side. The directions say to mount the IC and then mark the location so things line up correct. We got REAL lucky and were only off a couple millimeters. If you are way off things won't fit and you will have to drill another hole.
Also, I didn't do this but if you plan on using the "stencil" so you can paint COBB on the front of your IC, remember to take the stencil portion off after you paint it. If you think it looks cool with the black background and silverish cobb there, and then you start overheating for some odd reason....yea that reason is the stencil is blocking all the air to the IC.
