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    Nismo Omori Factory - Any Tips?

    in Japan

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    Today I learnt that nismo omori doesn't exist any more!

    Looks like it has been relocated to Yokohama.

    LOL it does exist and it's still called Nismo Omori Factory though it's no longer located in Omori. All the signs at the new site still say Nismo Omori Factory. Go figure hahaha

    Which Intercooler Is Better? Arc Vs Hks For R34 Gtr

    in Forced Induction Performance

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    I have an ARC M073 twin inlet. Used it with 2560R-5's. Upgraded from trust and the differance was staggering.

    Have tested ARC/HKS/Trust/Apexi. (flow,cooling and pressure drop)

    -ARC were the best hands down in every possible way, even give more flow to the radiator.

    -Trust were good in the 150mm wide version (no pressue drop, reasonable cooling)

    -Apexi Cool well due to having a longer 710mm core, but had some pressure drop(3psi)

    -and HKS recorded pressure drop and suffered from heat soak after a few runs.

    Still all better than chinese bar and plate.

    For the power you are after I would use the ARC. Which supports up to 400rwkw and will give more throttle response/midrange improvement over the trust.

    For over 400rwkw....up to 500rwkw the ARC M105+M109

    Over 500rwkw

    Trust 150mm single or twin inlet

    The bell mouthed inlet on the ARC cores make prettty much all other coolers redundant

    ARC technology explained

    Goto products, Commentary ◎ cooler interface | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. and flick through the 7 pages

    Sorry to bring up such an old thread, but i noticed that BoostdR hasn't used the forums in 8 months so I thought I'd ask everyone else. He mentioned that HKS Type R coolers were the worst performing out of the lot he tested but he was comparing it to smaller coolers (at least this is the case with the M079 ARC intercooler). Could this be the main reason they performed worse comparitively? I'm hoping so becuase I was looking at buying one of the HKS Type R coolers, though if they're really that bad then i'll just save the cash.....Does anyone have experience with this intercooler who can vouch for better/worse response, power gains, pressure drop, heat soak etc.....

    Nismo Omori Factory - Any Tips?

    in Japan

    Posted

    Went snowboarding in Nagano for a week. LOVED IT!! Plenty of ski mountains/resorts, and a lift pass for all 13(?) of them for 3 full days is about $130 AUD. Cheap as chips. Tonnes of powder everywhere, plenty of comfortable ski lodges & restaurants, off-piste snowboarding which I thought was second-to-none (have also been snowboarding in Switzerland, France and the US), but Marcus is right, get busted here and kiss your lift pass goodbye.

    Marcus I may have been unlucky with the Up garage I went to but I was being ushered around to all the workshops in kansai by an employee of one such workshop, who first warned me of the calibre of parts they stocked before i got there. His sentiment was also shared by the folks at Auto Select, Signal Auto and Global Auto (when discussing where they sourced parts from locally).......So perhaps it's really just luck of the draw with them. Sometimes utter crap, sometimes you get something good for a bargain. All i saw was stock beat-up parts for various cars (nothing for GTRs), cheap/tacky rims and tyres, and some other small bits and pieces (I saw 1 well priced jasma exhaust for an S15 in good condition, and 1 very underpriced nismo LSD also for an S15 - no idea what condition it was in though).

    Nismo Omori Factory - Any Tips?

    in Japan

    Posted

    Hmm read my thread http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/420485-jdm-tuning-scene-in-japan-today/

    Also, Up Garage is FULL of junk. Any of the workshops will tell you that too. ocassionally you can find a bargain there - it seems that the place is run by a bunch of people who dont know much about what they're stripping, so sometimes parts are way underpriced. Having said that, the range of parts suitable for GTRs is next to nothing and whatever they had when i was there was utter crap. A waste of 10 minutes...

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