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Anybody Used The Fmic With Same Sided Entry And Exit?

benl1981

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Shockster0429 Enthusiast

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doesn't look too bad at all. Would do wonders for stock plumbing on a Standard Skyline

Yes I ran one similiar on my 25, just the FMIC's slates that allow the air to run through where perpendicular to that of yours. Worked just fine, 277whp on stock turbo at 11psi, lag from going to that from a side mount was unnoticeable.

r33_racer Grand Master

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My younger brother had one on his r33 also. A PWR variety. For ease of installation and piping fab, it was pretty good with little modification required. However they bend into a nice 'U' shape when you hit a tree at about 80kph.

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My younger brother had one on his r33 also. A PWR variety. For ease of installation and piping fab, it was pretty good with little modification required. However they bend into a nice 'U' shape when you hit a tree at about 80kph.

I have an Apexi Genuine equivalent....made 240 rwkw on it before i sold the car.

Its for sale in the classified section if your interested.

WazR32GTSt Grand Master

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it would be ok as long as there was some kind of separator plate in the end tank between the entry/exit holes

essentially it would be 2 thin intercoolers on top of eachother...

but if there were no separating plate, theoretically most air would bypass the core and go straight to the engine without going through the core.. that would obviously be pointless

sloazr33 Proficient

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My younger brother had one on his r33 also. A PWR variety. For ease of installation and piping fab, it was pretty good with little modification required. However they bend into a nice 'U' shape when you hit a tree at about 80kph.

cut it open see if there is a separating plate in the middle :)

The Mafia Grand Master

The Mafia

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you'd be able to see the separator plate from looking in the ends with a torch.

This intercooler would be excellent. The air spends a lot more time in the intercooler than a normal 600 x 300 x 75 mm one.

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I could see another benefit with that particular Ebay intercooler is that it wouldn't completely block the radiator. But would it provide decent cooling or is it not worth it?

32vspecII Mentor

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air only goes in the direction you point it and doesnt like changing directions and a tight 180deg turn will definetly have an impact on flow characteristics

the kits that have the return pipe over the top of intercooler are quite good to save a bit of pipework hassle , thats 2 x 90 deg turns instead

having said that these type of coolers can still perform ok and obviously an upgrade from stock

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Trav33 Mentor

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cut it open see if there is a separating plate in the middle :)

dont cut it, im sure there wld be a seperating plate - its like two small intercoolers sitting on top of each other, with a u-tube connected at one end.

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gts-4 dreamer Mentor

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currently have 1 on my car thought mines of the standard core size with a curved style end tank on the left.

the flow is not as bad as you would believe, the pipping on mine was a nightmare as the top side pipe is to high and requires an extra bend,almost immediatly to get low enough to get past the reo and into the corner of the car. its an excellent method of dropping excess pipping and even allows use of hte stock piping route.

down side is you have a wierd looking FMIC setup, having hte piping on 1 side means you can see the usual pipe on 1 side but not the other and the fact that mine has a curved side which improves airflow back looks wierd when you can see it behind hte front bar.

silva33 Mentor

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i had a trust version of that cooler on my R33, mad 244rwkw no problem, If you look closely it is actually two coolers side by side, with the fins pointing up and down rather than left to right..

It is in the for sale section if anyone is interested.

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