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Well its christmas time and I had a free day to stick my front mount in!

The install went pretty well. I bought a cheap Just Jap R33 kit, and suprisingly everything lined up pretty well.

I had to make my own lower brackets that were longer than the ones provided, and dropped the intercooler 30mm to ensure it would fit under the top of the front bar. Other than that it all came together much quicker than I expected!

Now it has brought up a few little problems!

I had to remove my windscreen washer pump and bottle to make way for the piping! So now i cant clean my windows! Has anyone had this problem, and know of a good solution? like a smaller bottle that works?

It now hits boost cut all the time too! so i had to put the standard little brass restrictor back in the vacume to the turbo. Will an SAFC II be able to overide boost cut? I understand the ECU takes a value from the AFM to determin the cut off...

Also I cant run the intake feed for the standard air box because it fouls the new piping...

I dont really want to run a pod, because they are loud and i want to keep this thing as sleeper and stealth as possible, but it looks like i have no choice, does anyone know a quiet pod? (haha a weird question i know!)

Any help here would be awesome! thanks guys!

Ben.

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Same place mine is, nice and hidden, well done! Although my wiper spray bottle is still in the stock position....... A couple of mates have relocated it to the other side where the stock smic was and just run wiring and changed the tubing to suit, works well.

I've seen a 180sx washer bottle swapped into an R33 to clear intercooler plumbing.

R34 bottle will do the job as well most likely. my S2 has tonnes of room under the rails on the driver's side. I've moved my A/T oil cooler over there as my front mount uses the std piping run.

last,pods aren't that much louder,and do flow more air than the box ever will.

Justin...

how much did what cost?

Justin...

The kit, id assume, hey. U can pick up a GKTech intercooler (same as mine and Andys EGA41T) for about $400 delivered. Polishes up beautifully, and after a run u can burn urself on the turbo side and see condensation on the other side.

I had to remove my windscreen washer pump and bottle to make way for the piping! So now i cant clean my windows! Has anyone had this problem, and know of a good solution? like a smaller bottle that works?

Two words - Cable Ties :D

It now hits boost cut all the time too! so i had to put the standard little brass restrictor back in the vacume to the turbo.

What sort of boost were you running before the cooler? What was it peaking at after to hit the boost cut? I've just been messing around with my boost a bit but have reverted back to standard after I was seeing 1.1 bar at only 1/4 to 1/2 throttle. Made it difficult to drive somewhat

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I'm looking for a fmic ...leaning towards a JJ kit but im concerned about having to relocate the washer bottle...did all u guys have to do the same thing?...if not...how did u modify the piping...would be great help if you could post some pics...gives noobs like me a better idea of what i should/not be doing.

Cheers

i'm also about ready for a fmic, i really liked the idea of the return feed type, [apparently no real cutting and shutting] was sure it was mentioned here somewhere, anyone shed any light on it?

i'm also about ready for a fmic, i really liked the idea of the return feed type, [apparently no real cutting and shutting] was sure it was mentioned here somewhere, anyone shed any light on it?

im sure thats with the blitz lm and arc kits....but they're expensive....was going to get a china cooler or jj kit...its cheaper...but wondering if its really neccessary to relocate the washer bottle and cut the front support bar....can anyone who's installed one of the HDI copy 600x300x76 kits care to explain further?

plazman do a kit for the stageas so there is no need for new piping. i looked at it myself but it wasnt cheap. a bit over 2 grand i think. cant remember the web sit but google it ,shouldnt be to hard to find. I went for a hybrid r33-34 gts fmic, cost $780 and $400 to fit and it came out really good will post some pics when i get mine back from the transmition place.

plazman do a kit for the stageas so there is no need for new piping. i looked at it myself but it wasnt cheap. a bit over 2 grand i think. cant remember the web sit but google it ,shouldnt be to hard to find. I went for a hybrid r33-34 gts fmic, cost $780 and $400 to fit and it came out really good will post some pics when i get mine back from the transmition place.

yea...saw the plazaman cooler on one of the threads on sau....but too pricey imho. if i wanted a cooler that routes back to the standard piping...would rather buy an ARC or blitz LM...from recollection they have the return pipe feeding back to the stock position

for the price u paid...u could've got the blitz cooler and installed it urself for just under a grand.

from what i have heard the return pipe to the stock position restricts the air flow ... was going to do the install myself but wouldnt have done a good a job as the shop did. One good thing i found though was when i was trying to chop out some of my bumper for more air flow into fmic. started with my dremel grinder but it was a bit rough so tried wit my stanley knife and it cut through the plastick really easy and left really neat cuts. the plastic in the bummpers is quite soft

from what i have heard the return pipe to the stock position restricts the air flow ... was going to do the install myself but wouldnt have done a good a job as the shop did. One good thing i found though was when i was trying to chop out some of my bumper for more air flow into fmic. started with my dremel grinder but it was a bit rough so tried wit my stanley knife and it cut through the plastick really easy and left really neat cuts. the plastic in the bummpers is quite soft

Not sure why it would "restrict" flow in any way, unless the pipes were too small or had too many curves/bends. If there are some tight bends for the air to pass through, then my understanding would be that you'd try and spread that bend over a greater distance so you keep air velocity up. Fair enough that there may be some increased lag due to the longer pipe lengths with a return-feed FMIC, but a standard FMIC would probably have similar lag issues too.

Got any photos, Jerome? I'd like to see the results (and I'm sure I'm not the only one).

Cheers

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