Well finally got round to fitting this.

The whole job took five hours including cutting and re-beading of pipes.

Results- fantastic!. I was well impressed with how much stronger the car pulls now. There is no lag and it does feel as though the torque has improved quite a bit. The car now has a nice growl as the air is pushed through the aluminum pipes:cool:.

I was under the impression that FMIC's worked well when it was warm but its cold now and the car feels quite a bit quicker although not remap quicker.

I was a bit worried at first after install when i couldn't get above 5 psi then the engine warning light came on, but i rechecked pipe and found i had missed a jubilee clip off, which had then blow a pipe off . All connected back up and well chuffed!

Total build cost including all postage £200 .

Big thanks to Gerry for his numerous pics, they helped a lot:thumbup:.

Intercooler in

pipe routing

All done.

Yes i know my car needs some TLC

Edited 16 November, 200817 yr by martziniuk

Nice job Liking it :orb_not_w

Looking good !!!

Excellent Job. Might have a go at this next year, maybe

Excellent Job. Might have a go at this next year, maybe

Get in touch if you do, I will happily give you some advice.

Looks Good

Looks good where did you get it from for £200??

I don't have the balls or skill to take my car to bits like that. :(

Good job.

Looks good where did you get it from for £200??

Made all the pipes from a universal pipe kit which i cut to size and re-beaded. Also bought a 1 yard straight aluminum pipe (U.S Ebay) to run behind the radiator and a 180 degree aluminum bend (Ebay).

Bought the map sensor pipe from forge.

Intercooler is from Ebay.

See this thread.

http://briskoda.net/octavia-i/new-diy-fmic-fit/121930/

Looks very good

Nice job for the money

Wait until it's the summer and it will work much better and keep the intake temps low.

Your going to have to do some logging now and see what it's like

I don't have the balls or skill to take my car to bits like that. :(

Good job.

Tbh it was quite easy, just be prepared and have all the bits ready.

Looks very good

Nice job for the money

Wait until it's the summer and it will work much better and keep the intake temps low.

Your going to have to do some logging now and see what it's like

Yeah will do when i have time .

The towing eye spoiled the route back to the throttle body a bit, you can see the pipe has to go below it so the pipe drops down a little.

If i were to do it again i would choose 2.25" pipes instead of 2.5" pipes.

The towing eye spoiled the route back to the throttle body a bit, you can see the pipe has to go below it so the pipe drops down a little.

If i were to do it again i would choose 2.25" pipes instead of 2.5" pipes.

Still looks nice and tidy Martin and for the money it's a great job!

where did you get the pipes from mate??? or what size and number of bends are there?

thanks

Great looking well designed mod Martin.

That's cool in all senses. Kudos for being able to do it yourself.

Makes you wonder why Forge et al charge in excess of £600 for the same thing though...

Well done Martin, I went with the forge one in the end, as bottled out on the DIY job. Hopefully get it this week and will have a go fitting weekend.

Nice Job you did there.

Makes you wonder why Forge et al charge in excess of £600 for the same thing though...

To be fair, their products are properly researched, developed and tested. Those costs need to be covered from somewhere.

Size of the core for the intercooler needs to be considered, as well as pressure drop across the system, air velocity, air flow and inlet/outlet temps.

It's great if people find that cheaper and more universal offerings do the trick and help performance, but this is really by good rather than anything else.

Steve

Nice job. Looks great

To be fair, their products are properly researched, developed and tested. Those costs need to be covered from somewhere.

Size of the core for the intercooler needs to be considered, as well as pressure drop across the system, air velocity, air flow and inlet/outlet temps.

It's great if people find that cheaper and more universal offerings do the trick and help performance, but this is really by good rather than anything else.

Steve

Apparently a single pass design like mine has a much better flow rate than a double pass design like the Forge. I'm not saying mine would be better, I'm just saying the single pass has a higher flow rate.

Yes the Forge design is a lot simpler to fit and very easy for the DIY installation but not necessarily the best.

These installations have been done over on SCN for ages now, we on Brisky are way behind on these DIY installs.

Edited 17 November, 200817 yr by martziniuk

Nice job Mart', it now makes all those times I had to take the bumper off my car to get you photos/pm's/emails etc of how the ABD one looks and routes its pipes, all well worth it...LOL.

Cracking job, and as Fezzy has stated, you will notice it even more in the hot weather, if, and when we ever get any.

With all the money you saved the drinks are now on you.

These installations have been done over on SCN for ages now, we on Brisky are way behind on these DIY installs.

Yeah us Skoda boys are pretty tame compared to our VAG cousins.

Bought the recent mk4 golf edition of Performance VW the other day, which really woke me up! Got some great ideas from it.

I'm putting it down to the fact that the Skoda is a thinking mans car. And are only modified for performance reasons..... or we're just tight!

Very nice FMIC tho. Put a kit together and start selling it to us lazy owners! Your company name could be 'Forged'! Forge do rip us all off. I mean I like the products, but they do take the mik a bit. Forge DV, £100! It's a bit insulting to be honest.

To be fair, their products are properly researched, developed and tested. Those costs need to be covered from somewhere.

I understand this, of course!

But if a £200 DIY kit can do the same job as a £600+ "researched, developed and tested" kit, then surely someone is taking the Michael slightly?

mmm

looks good mate.

like a lot

I went wi the forge one, i love it but 400 more is makin me think other wise lol.