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RBTWENY5

By RBTWENY5,
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RBTWENY5

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ok so i dont hae one yet and if you can help me selecting one that would be great so feel free to tell me some good FMIC not to pricey though just one that will do the job and also if there is anyone on here that has experiance fitting front mounts on r33s can they fit one to my car ill pay u also >_<

cheers

Nightcrawler Grand Master

Nightcrawler

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dang, is it school holidays already?

Please take your car to a reputable workshop.

Or better still, use the search function to find the 1,000,000 similar posts on the subject of FMICs and people seeking to do mechanical work.

Krishy Grand Master

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  roOts 33 said:
id be looking to spend somewhere round the 500 600 doller area

get a Greddy Kit mate and you wont regret it.....

they are around the 600-800$ mark and they fit great

Weezy Grand Master

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  Nightcrawler said:
dang, is it school holidays already?

Please take your car to a reputable workshop.

Or better still, use the search function to find the 1,000,000 similar posts on the subject of FMICs and people seeking to do mechanical work.

I lol'd :).

Go buy a Greddy kit for autobarn, and then take it to boostworx or something of the likes for installation.

If you buy a cheap eBay kit, you will find it wont suit up and fit and look like horsesh!t.

Maybe even call Sinergy Motorsports and see what they can do. Might be like $1200 installed, I used to work there, Rocco should be able to sort something out.

Krishy Grand Master

Krishy

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very time consuming specially when you have to cut the hole for it

but as Wayne said most ebay stuff wont line up properly mate so...better off spending a bit of cash on name brands

Greddy ones seem to work a whole lot better as well...

and i am sure that there are a few places around that would do a very good job on fitting it etc etc

Evil34 Experienced

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from my experience 1 person fitting a front mount by them selves it takes around 5 to 6 hours to do it properly without a hoist.

with someone helping it could be done in about 3 hours with a good fitting kit but there is quite a bit to do to get it to fit nicely.

mid life crisis Veteran

mid life crisis

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it depends on what front bar you have as well . some fibreglass ones you have too trim so the cooler will fit .

and ive found on some standed bars there is some trimming to do esp series 1 around the indercators .aslo have to trim the plastic knobs off the aircon fan as well .

Krishy Grand Master

Krishy

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  mid life crisis said:
it depends on what front bar you have as well . some fibreglass ones you have too trim so the cooler will fit .

and ive found on some standed bars there is some trimming to do esp series 1 around the indercators .aslo have to trim the plastic knobs off the aircon fan as well .

mine is a s1 r33 with a s1 front bar

and didnt have to cut anything to get the cooler fitting properly

just had to remove the mesh that was on the slots in the front bar

apart from that the only cutting i did was to make the hole lol

Weezy Grand Master

Weezy

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I am not sure who made the kit, possibly a 'Hybrid' kit, but they all bolt upto the standard cooler pipes which goto where the sidemount cooler pipes mounted so no holes need be cut, thus making the job about 2hours easily.

Maybe a bit more research for you to find out who exactly made the intercooler kit like what I am describing and you won't need to chop any nasty holes in your engine bay :(.

Krishy Grand Master

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  MR.RB30ET said:
I am not sure who made the kit, possibly a 'Hybrid' kit, but they all bolt upto the standard cooler pipes which goto where the sidemount cooler pipes mounted so no holes need be cut, thus making the job about 2hours easily.

Maybe a bit more research for you to find out who exactly made the intercooler kit like what I am describing and you won't need to chop any nasty holes in your engine bay :D .

  Luciano said:
JJR (cooling pro), Blitz, and ARC make those coolers ^

There is you answer mate... i personally prefer the look plus its a Greddy kit that i have

ARC and Blitz expect to pay some big bucks there....dont really know about the cooling pro stuff from JJR but dont think they would be that expensive compared to the Blitz or ARC...

Hybrid kits from memory all need hole cutting...and i think regency is fine with that as well

Damo_R34 Grand Master

Damo_R34

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as long as the hole isnt cut in any part of the structure, ie under battery tray is fine (some skylines even have a dotted out circle of where to cut!) then i think Regency is fine. and DONT tamper with the reo bar if u can get away with it.

Weezy Grand Master

Weezy

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Regency are fairly forgiving with holes unless it is very structural.

I had a hole cut for my FMIC on my VLCT, put it thru regency running a crossover pipe and nothing thru the hole and they were fine with it.

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