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chopobo

By chopobo,
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Munkyb0y Grand Master

Munkyb0y

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Dont bother if stock boost. I'm running 10psi thorugh a r34 SMIC and it is fine. A FMIC at 10psi or less or even on the stock turbo is a bit of a showy thing rather than a performance gain.

Unless your on boost around a track for hours , then a FMIC might be worth it.

so u reckon the r33 smic is sufficient? or the r34 smic is a worthwhile upgrade on my r33. it gets up to 9psi on a cold night with pod and exhaust. i'm worried about the summer temps though. havent been there yet.

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Munna1 Proficient

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A GTT intercooler on a R33 GTS-T is a very good upgrade it is effecient for power levels up to 200rwkw.

my 2 cents

For those saying the power increase is due to less pressure drop id say you are correct but its not because more boost is generated. Boost is messured after the intercooler remember. Power can be gained on the same boost level because the air is cooler this is for 2 reasons

1. less pressure drop so the turbo doesnt have to work as hard to produce the same boost

2. The efficency of the intercooler (air cooling is better)

The colder the air the more oxygen it contains and the quicker it burns. Boost does make power but sometimes quality of air is better than quantity.

If you choose to run stock boost not much will be gained by installing a FMIC because the stock one is efficent at this level.

I was running 10psi with the stocker then upgraded to a hybrid FMIC, I gained heaps of power on the same boost

cheers

Kennedy Mentor

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hey chopobo, u rekon u could post up a pic of front of the car and the engine bay, just wana c how they fit up, as im thinkn bout getting the same kit

I installed the gktech kit aswell and it seems to fit well. I'll post some pics this weekend. (Cutting back an S1 bar is TEDIOUS!!!!!)

TTT Grand Master

TTT

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does the GTT smic fit straight onto the r33? as i've been lead to believe?

YES.

It is a DIRECT bolt on.

Unbolt stocker, replace with the R34 one.

On the R32, one of the end tanks are on a different angle and it needs mods to fit that.

But for the r33 and stagea, it fits straight on.

PAUL - SK had stated previously that the R34 smic was used in his R32 with the rb20 at 220rwkw.

He did have some temps that he posted here.

have a search for a thread with R34 intercooler and SK in the search options from a few months ago.

khunjeng Veteran

khunjeng

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here is a bick of the GTECH kit on my car. I replaced a 34GTT SMIC for this one.

gtech.jpg

I'm running 16psi though it an ran it up to ~280rwkw last week. It could go more but my injectors were maxing out. Runs fine, I see no problems with it at all. Although it was installed with a new turbo setup I get max boost at 3500 and it cains.

this is all with the plate in the front :) next weekend this will be moved

GKTECH Mentor

GKTECH

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here is a bick of the GTECH kit on my car. I replaced a 34GTT SMIC for this one.

gtech.jpg

I'm running 16psi though it an ran it up to ~280rwkw last week. It could go more but my injectors were maxing out. Runs fine, I see no problems with it at all. Although it was installed with a new turbo setup I get max boost at 3500 and it cains.

this is all with the plate in the front :) next weekend this will be moved

gk gk gk gk gk gk, not Gtech, gktech!! lol

Looks nice mate, do you have any engine bay pics?

Greg

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