Well I'm a little late to the party here but..
I have been running the stock sti tmic for a couple months now with no issues. I run 20psi with no ill effects. When tuned I made 370whp. My entire setup is heat wrapped from upipe to the downpipe, including a turbo blanket. I don't think this is perfect, and plan on going to a Spearco top mount when I have the funds, but it certainly suffices. I don't want to lose the throttle response and safety of the front bumper by going FMIC.
FYI - Ultimate Racing originally designed their rotated GT30 kit to use the spearco tmic.. and I trust them as much as any other shop out there when it comes to turbo anything.
I have been running the stock sti tmic for a couple months now with no issues. I run 20psi with no ill effects. When tuned I made 370whp. My entire setup is heat wrapped from upipe to the downpipe, including a turbo blanket. I don't think this is perfect, and plan on going to a Spearco top mount when I have the funds, but it certainly suffices. I don't want to lose the throttle response and safety of the front bumper by going FMIC.
FYI - Ultimate Racing originally designed their rotated GT30 kit to use the spearco tmic.. and I trust them as much as any other shop out there when it comes to turbo anything.