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Once Again... needing help.

As my Ceffy is running the larger (everything) especially the turbo, I've decided it's time for the FMIC to go on... However, there are a plethora of options out there... But I'm looking at just purchasing a kit eg: BLITZ, HKS, TRUST are the ones that supply the cooler and pipework... however... with an aftermarket turbo mounted in the stock location may require custom piping :P ? I shall take a pic if required...

I have a feeling it may not as it doesn't appear as though the turbo is using custom piping to the stock cooler currently... and I could therefore go ahead and order a complete kit from one of the people mentioned... :P

ALSO, what intercoolers are some people running?? B)

Fitting the kit will be another issue... as I've had an auto to manual conversion, so, I don't know what I can get rid that's behind the front bar... any ideas? :P

Regards,

Oak.

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to the guys that have mounted a GTR cooler to the ceffy, did u have to cut away any of the metal bar underneath the kit? i've done this in an attempt to mount the cooler a little higher and get more airflow onto it.

i've also made brackets to sit the cooler back further, as my kit has a big inside lip (which will probably require some cutting). my concers with this is that there is little room between the cooler and radiator, so i'm worried about air flow through the cooler. hopefully this won't create a big airpocket in front of the radiator.

how have ppl mounted theirs?

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mine just has complete removal of the metal front bar...

You mean the front intrusion bar ??

I think this calls for PICS !! i want to know how much of the uras front bar to cut away for the cooler so put some pics up huddy :lol:

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I fitted a hybrid r33 kit. Lets just say its not a bolt in!

I have a stock front bar, and there was no way i could get it to fit behid completely.

Basically i bolted the top mounting holes of the cooler to the underside of the metal bumper support, trimed it to allow more airflow. On the bottom i made two metal straps to go from the lower mounting holes to the underside of the radiator support. The bottom of the cooler is hard up against the rad support, all i had to move was the lower horn, and climate control sensor, also i just bent the aircon lines up out of the way.

had to trim all of the 'vent' out of the bar, basically where the number plate used to sit out to the smaller side vents. so the top of the cooler is behind the bar, but the lower half sticks out. I guess it looks ok, but i really wanted the stealth look.

As for the piping, i used the stock pipe from the turbo through the inner panel, then two 90 degree bends and a silicon joiner to the cooler, that was the easy side.

The pipe that runs accross the front of the motor bends back sightly as it goes down under the battery. I found i had to have it go straight down, so i cut the pipe in 3 sections and made it go straight, also relocate the support tab to go the inlet mainfold (there's a earth point thats good to use) ok if you have access to a welder. Clerance between fan and motor is minimal, i had to trim 3 mm of the corner of the fan, (i notice skylines have the fan shaped like this already, hmmm)

Cut out a hole under the battery, and use another two 90 degree bends with a silicone joiner and your done.

One other thing that was a pain, the power steering hose fouled the cross over pipe, but with a bit of gentle persuasion it works ok, again skyline hose goes to the same place but doesn't do a 270 degree up-and-over turn first!

Also the reason i used 90 degree bends and silicon joiner instead of the 'c' shape hybrid pipes (the one's that come off the cooler) is that the cooler is alot further back in relation to the pipework coming from the engine, therefore the hybrid pipes are too long.

So yeah, just thought i'd share my experience

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konect - kit stays up by - remember that pic i emailed you of the front bar - the 3 holes in the middle of the bumper... thats what i 'cable tied' to make it not sag at the front - does the job fine... :P

ok here's the pics guys

1 - top pipe

2- had to make another bracket up, attatched to rocker cover/side of motor

3 - hole had to be cut under battery area

4 - ^^ close up ^^

5 - standard hole for standard piping, have to enlarge slightly

6 - bracket made up goes from hole to other hole running across the top with another little bracket coming off to mount under bonnet latch thingo

7 - bracket mounted to bonnet latch thingo

8 - brackets that come with kit

thats it...

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