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hi there fellas,

im getting a front mount soon for the line and more than likely be installing it myself. Ive looked at the one currently on my silvia to get an idea of how to do it but I would like to know if any one here has installed one themselves and if so was it easy or hard. More importantly though is would anyone be willing to give me a hand - there are incentives. :cuddle: Im not sure if all front bars are the same but i have a series 2 and it looks quite time consuming. btw the cooler is a 600x300x76 variant.

cheers,

dooky.

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I have a hybrid cooler on my 32 that is the same size as yours. me and my friend put it on. It wasnt hard just abit time consuming. I have a gtr front bar that needed some gentle moulding with a angle grinder :P to make it all fit.

Make sure you line it all up properly and it all square before you cut the hole in the engine bay for the cooler piping.

cheers jagar. Apparently there is not alot of piping need as you may think - i was thinking the same in the beginning as well. I dont have a pic of what it will look like but if you have seen a thread going around by wados then that is what mine will hopefully look it.

personally i don't like the 180 trun around in air flow as i just cut a hole under neath the relay box bit more heat but then i ot ss piping, an exhaust shop can do it for like a 300 bux, but then that mild steel which doesn't conduct heat very well and no clamps and stuff included.

evan usually does ss and high tension clamp and hose, the best sh1t around, have a chat to him cool bloke tells you as is no sh1t involved

i had a chat to evan, yeah his prices were quite impressive and sounded like a nice bloke. Although when i headed now to an exhaust shop which to my suprise quoted an even more impressive price - quotes were in stainless steel btw. this certain shop wanted $170 for the pipes that i was after then asked if i was going to weld it myself - i think the guy thought i was welding an exhaust system as i didnt tell him i wanted it for intercooler piping. on this note, would welding the pipes were the bends are be much better than clamping them together with silicion hose.

Ive taken that issue into consideration but dont have any other alternative to go with atm. fabricated piping - the one in which goes over the engine bay cost approx. $600 while this is only a fraction of the price. Another problem i have is that if i wanted to use less piping ie over engine bay again, there is no measurements which i can go by unless someone here can give me theirs or can the workshop do this for me as when i asked i was being specific.

have you finished your masters yet. on another note, i was advised to get a compression test done before i install the cooler. Is this true or would i just be asking my money - either way it doesnt make sense to be in having a compression test done just for the sake of adding a mod. any ideas??

the pressure drop over that much piping would be insane Duc .... lag city I reckon!

if you calculate the total length of the piping going back to the factory locations it works out about the same as the more common across the engine setup.

I have done the aforemention install and have no noticable increase in lag.

if you calculate the total length of the piping going back to the factory locations it works out about the same as the more common across the engine setup.

I have done the aforemention install and have no noticable increase in lag.

sweet. Did you by any chance use the piping measurements that wados used on his 32 or was your already made to measure. If it was custom, could you please tell me your measurements as i dont want either excess or shortage of piping when i come to install the cooler.

edit - i just had a look at your gallery and noticed that you also had a series 2 front bar. I was wondering if you had to make alterations to it for the cooler to fit.

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