Dont remember insulting you???
You have based your whole mapping not needed theory on 2 of Your mates car being ok for 2 years without it....... which is like the old debate of Smoking kills but your granny smoked all her life and she lived to see 95yrs of age.... Does that mean smoking doesnt kill then??
I know of 2 people that are running front mount intercoolers and induction kits without issues the past few years, As the MAF is measuring the air entering the engine anyway then its not going to run lean and as i've said before you wont find too much difference in lag at all with a front mount.
You are correct that it will help keep charge temps down. The V1/V2 tmic is very small and the vent shape doesn't help matters, so fitting a front mount will be a major improvment regardless of what speed your doing. You will NOT do any engine damage from fitting a front mount and an induction filter.
Ive never said anywhere that this guys car will definitly blow up if he doesnt get it mapped, nor have i said that if its mapped it definitly wont ever blow up, as i dont know that and no one can predict that.
Will it be safer and have less risk of blowing up with a map for the mods, 100% of course it will. After all i always thought it was a rule of thumb that you if change anything to do with fuel, Air entry or exit and it needs to be tweeked to suit
But you are able to give a definite answer
You will NOT do any engine damage from fitting a front mount and an induction filter.
based on what???
2 peoples cars, the mappers that say different are just out to make money and anyone that disagrees with you is out for a rant
You seem to be very Anti Mapper, maybe one touched your leg or something in a way that made you feel uncomfortable when you were getting mapped??
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You keep going on about me on for a rant and now that i am insulting you, which to me is just your way of backing off the subject, can someone not disagree with what you say??
Everyone is entitled to there opinion, but opinions shouldnt be passed on as fact, which you have done.
I couldnt give a fiddlers f**k if this guys engine last 20 years or blows up tomorrow morning, but i wont mislead him with an opinion i have that could end up damaging his engine, and i dont think you should either .