mk1its Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Guys Just been under the car so that I can rejoin the standard boost pipes and whilst down there, noticed that I have two radiators and loads of other sh1t in the way for a fmic. I'm guessing the rads are for the cooling system and aircon. There's the horn down there, some weird wavy metal tube thing that looks like a kettle element, a black sensor pointing towards the direction the car is going in and a weird black canister. Oh and what looks like an office fan lol. How the heck am I gonna get a fmic in there? Pmsl.... And what is all that crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIE Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Kettle element is power steering cooler. The big office fan is to help cool the aircon rad most people get rid of this. Black sensor is exterior ambient temp sensor ( outside temperature sensor) Black cannister is aircon gas cannister I think. All needed apart from lower horn and office fan. Edited January 11, 2014 by LOGIE (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Dont, just keep the side mount, job done The black canister and small probe are parts of the air con system, the kettle element is the power steering cooler, the horn, well thats just a horn If you bought a good quality cooler you'll get a kit that works round all the stuff, for example power steering cooler relocation, if its just a generic kit you have some work to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk1its Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hmm ok well it's the srd kit.... I presume that'll fit ok then? Re fmic vs smic, future plans are 5-600 so a fmic seems the way forward.... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIE Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hmm ok well it's the srd kit.... I presume that'll fit ok then? Re fmic vs smic, future plans are 5-600 so a fmic seems the way forward.... :-D CW smics can do this power no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 That black canister, the small rad, and the office fan you are referring to are all part of the airconditioning system. The Rad can stay where it is, you can remove the small fan and relocate the horn. The power steering cooler, will need replaced as it will foul the FMIC in standard form, hopefully you have this covered?. From memory, the canister might also need to be removed, but I can't be sure until I get out of bed . Also be remember that the undertray might need to be modified in order to fit the FMIC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk1its Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Have you seen the price of the cw smic Logie, I could buy two srd fmic kits for that lol.... I did look into them though... :-) SPG - So to confirm I can completely remove the office fan? What the hell does it actually do?? I don't have the power steering pipe relocation covered.... Is there a write up or a kit to do this? Moving the horn is cool, no worries there.... Any suggestions though on a good place? I'll see what else I can find out about this canister too? Odd looking thing... Re. Aircon, it easy to stand here on my driveway in the cold and say let's just rip it out, but sat on the m1 car park at 30 degrees might make me feel differently towards it lol I don't mind cutting the underway.... The only thing I will invest in is some mesh to protect the fmic. My smic is totally battered and a few 2nd hand fmics on here for sale are not in the greatest condition... If I'm gonna do this right, might as well do it first time..... Thanks for the help to date guys.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk1its Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Oh and don't say it cools the rad as thats too obvious :-P.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIE Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Yes you can remove the office fan. As I said in my first post it assists cooling the ac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk1its Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 So you did! Apologies... Glasses back on... Great, I'll get that taken off..... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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