jasons

Pud, I tried the angel map a month or two back.


I have the 140bhp version, 10 valves less.

The biggest restiction on these cars is the intake system, have a look and count all thoses bends the intake goes round before getting to the turbo.

The standard intercooler isn't bad in its size, just in a poor location due to the amount of cold air that can get to it.
A SAAB 900 (94-98) turbo intercooler fits really well behind the bumper and is an easy job to do. It pipes up well also.

With a FMIC you will find you end up with a straight and easy route for the intake to go into the front wing where the old IC was, put a big air filter there which has a cold air supply through the front bumper.

A mild remap will be fine with the standard intake.

If you get a well tuned high power map, you will find all the power is on the first 1/2" of throttle (the air mass hits 5v max so quickley with the extra air passing through).
I had this problem, and 4 up in a SW with a boot full of luggage I could pull away in 2nd on an uphill incline and still spin the wheels (more by accident) even with a LSD fitted.
It may be fun, but it is clutch destroying and inpracticle for everyday driving.

So the 80mm intake puts all rthis back to being linear and progressive.

you have a 3bar map sensor as standard on that engine, so you can measure up to 2bar in the intake.
You will probably have overboost mode also, so really you will pull 1.8 or 1.9 bar of boost in overboost then see it drop to 1.6/1.7bar afterwards.
To be fair, thats plenty of boost.
A 3.5 bar will measure an extra half bar, up tp 2.5 bar pressure (you are in 1bar atmospheric)

Summary, you will get insane power if you do the above, you will need to map it in at higher revs (keep the boost low before 2500rpm) to save the box and clutch.
If not, just get a map and leave the BMC.