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Like I said before, just get a Jap cooler. If you get a JJ cooler you will always look at it and wish it was a Jap one.

Haha cause your from Tassie, ill let that comment slide :) Ill get a JJ FMIC and spray BLITZ on the front and ill bet you wont even know the difference! Performance wise, the difference is almost nil... its just like saying Nike shoes will make you run faster then Dunlop's lol

Nike "may" arguably be better quality then Dunlop, but at the end they will both do the EXACT same job and will last the same distance... but marketing will determine the price of the product... Same senario with the FMIC kits...

Cheers

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anDru,

I live in Perth WA, so ARE is further away than you are. The service they give is great in the experiences I have with them.

It's quite easy to pick up the phone and have a chat to them. What you might like to do is work out your average horsepower requirement or goal. .The average or sweetspot of airflow can then be determined around which you then size and design the intercooler to return peak efficiency at around this point.

As an example I upgraded the standard GTR intercooler for an ARE that matched my required average power and the difference was night and day. Particularly in the low & mid range and very noticable in lower gears in off boost or vacume. The factory GTR cores are not shabby at all, certainly better than a china core of the same size and type.

One example I can think of recently was an SR20 powered race car going from a Hybrid intercooler to a custom built ARE based on recommendation. It picked up 30rwhp extra. The intercooler core was slightly smaller than the original from memory.The most important area of improvement was over the whole power band.

For a street car that doesn't drive around non stop at full throttle and maximum boost, you need to be aware of the light throttle and cruise downsides if the intercooler is very large. It also will dull response to boost in lower gears where there isn't the sort of load to produce boost.

Consider a bolt in R34 intercooler as a stepping stone while you still have the stock turbo, they are hard to beat and easy to on-sell once you do upgrade. I think spending a few days in the shed with the turbo, injectors, intercooler etc. all being bolted on at the same time will save a fair bit on tuning costs and leave you with tad more dollars to buy quality gear.

have fun.

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