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How come most of the kits for R33 skylines are the ones which you need to modify a few things to get it fitted fan,chassis etc. im trying to find FMIC which uses the standard piping like the Blitz LM and AVO but these are like $1500 +. Anyone know of a good tube and fin cooler which uses this configuration but doesnt cost this much.

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If you get the ARC cooler fron Nengun, it'd cost $1300

http://www.nengun.com/catalogue/product/77

You could just get a piping shop to make up the piping exactly the way the ARC one is setup and use one of the Hybrid style coolers as the FMIC.

just buy a cheap cooler ~$200 and have the piping made up to return to the factory locations. All up cost should be less than $600 and probably a better fit than the generic piping kits with the added bonus that you don't have to cut up bits of your car.

cheap cooler kits dont fit, dont buy them.

i second that;

the reason why you have to cut/modify things is cuz they are cheap kits; this also goes for custom jobs (u will have the same problem)

jap kits are the go, my mate has a trust v-spl (or something likethat) on his r33 looks the same as my custom kit but his doesnt hit the fan or the bonnet, spend the money its well worth it i say ;)

p.s i was told by a shop the reason why jap-kits dont hit the bonnet is cuz the cross-over pipes are pressed or something...

cheers michael :(

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