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I am darg racing my R32 GTR with standard front bar and intercooler this weekend and I wonder if it better to leave the front bar on so you get better aero dynamics and more flow pushed towards the intercooler

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Take it off and have slightly less weight and more of the intercooler showing. And more air I guess flowing round the engine??

I have to put it on a trailer so Im taking it off anyway but should I put it back on.

Wat are peoples thoughts on this matter??

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I am darg racing my R32 GTR with standard front bar and intercooler this weekend and I wonder if it better to leave the front bar on so you get better aero dynamics and more flow pushed towards the intercooler

or

Take it off and have slightly less weight and more of the intercooler showing. And more air I guess flowing round the engine??

I have to put it on a trailer so Im taking it off anyway but should I put it back on.

Wat are peoples thoughts on this matter??

I once took the front bar off my R32 GT-R. There are about a bazillion bolts holding it in place & believe me, by the time you have got half way through removing it you will wish you hadn't ever started. Doing it twice is being a glutton for punishment. Just run it as you brung it - you won't notice the difference either way.

For my 10 cents it would be well worth figuring our how to get it onthe trailer without having to remove the spoiler.

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yeah i wouldn't go the cable tie option on a GTR bar. they are quite heavy. on a fibreglass chepo bar for drift it may not be so bad, but not a good idea for circuit or drag.

Majanal Grand Master

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next time you take the bar off... take the metal bumper bit off two... means that there should be 4 bolts and 4 screws and off she comes. shouldn't take more than 10 mins to take off and refit.

and I would have thought that cable ties are as strong as the screws that hole the bar in place.

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