Fmic Kit Piping Question

[Ricos]

have seen in other posts and read up about it and have seen kits for r33s where all the piping runs back to the original factory piping.

This includes the far side drivers side pipe where u usually have to cut a hole in the enginebay to feed the pipe through.

after seeing kits that dont require you to do that, and have the far pipe run "under" the cooler back to the passanger side factory pipe, i became interested in getting one of those pipes made up for me.

but after speaking to someone , they suggested that it wouldnt work cause something to do with "the pipe is to long for the pressure to go through".

Does anyone know if this will work, or there is some restrictions in doing this?

i mean there is kits out there that sell this "custom" type piping as part of the kit....so it must work...right?

so my question really is, will running the drivers side intercool pipe back under the cooler back to factory pipes work?

cheers

[mjones]

  Ricos said:

have seen in other posts and read up about it and have seen kits for r33s where all the piping runs back to the original factory piping.

This includes the far side drivers side pipe where u usually have to cut a hole in the enginebay to feed the pipe through.

after seeing kits that dont require you to do that, and have the far pipe run "under" the cooler back to the passanger side factory pipe, i became interested in getting one of those pipes made up for me.

but after speaking to someone , they suggested that it wouldnt work cause something to do with "the pipe is to long for the pressure to go through".

Does anyone know if this will work, or there is some restrictions in doing this?

i mean there is kits out there that sell this "custom" type piping as part of the kit....so it must work...right?

so my question really is, will running the drivers side intercool pipe back under the cooler back to factory pipes work?

cheers

yes,i have a blitz lm front mount that uses the same piping, and have not had any problems at all

[tmc_2]

I have personally had pipes made up for htis configuration on my last r33, on my new r33 i have the kit which requires hte hole cut.

IMO i belive the first option using hte two stock engine bay pipes is better. I feel better response and better cooling performance.

So yes u can just buy any front mount and get the pipes made up, Gilmore racing developments did it to mine way a few years ago, they are in brisbane tho.

[Ricos]

ok cool

getting the pipe made up isnt a problem as my family friend works in that kind of industry.

but just that someone said that it wouldnt work cause the distance....i didnt see how that made sence as the other pipe that requires the hole cut out is still a pritty long pipe.

just needed clarrification that doing this would work

cheers guys

  tmc_2 said:

I have personally had pipes made up for htis configuration on my last r33, on my new r33 i have the kit which requires hte hole cut.

IMO i belive the first option using hte two stock engine bay pipes is better. I feel better response and better cooling performance.

So yes u can just buy any front mount and get the pipes made up, Gilmore racing developments did it to mine way a few years ago, they are in brisbane tho.

[Cubes]

I have a FMIC that has a near center core inlet and outlet. Having the inlet near centered allows a 180degree bend.

Mine is setup so that the hot air runs from the turbo obviously then under the fmic to the drivers side, 180degree bend and in to the core. The cooled air then has a short run to the cross over pipe.

Appears to work fine. I'm going to be selling it soon as I need something a little bigger to support 300rwkw odd.

This one appearently has a 1.5psi pressure drop at 580hp worth of air so it could probably do it but..... I want a newy.

[BAMR33]

The biggest problem with this type of piping is the tight 180degree bend that has to be made to fit between front bar chassis. I have made my own piping that returns to the stock inlet/outlet and increased lag isn't really noticeable.

[Cubes]

Any pics?

What core did you use? The usual bottom in/out china justjap style core?

[BAMR33]

I use a Hybrid 450x300x76 tube and fin, standard inlet one side and outlet the other. No pics as of yet probably take some this week end and post them up as I have to take the front bar off again anyway.

[Cubes]

Ahh yes.. When I had mine out giving it a clean I measured up and I couldn't see a way that the 600mm core would fit with a 180degree bend back underneath. Probably could but it looked possible with the 450 and obviously is.

I run a 450mmx300x90mm core with slightly off center positioned in/outs as I mentioned earlier.