intercooler kits fitting issues

[Nrage33]

Hey all,

Deciding whether or not to buy a fmic kit instead of a custom job cos of costs. I was wondering whether the piping measurements for the kit are standardised for say, an mspec front bar as opposed to any other front bar.

The car has a bomex front bar, and it sticks out forward a little more than an mspec.

so what's the best way to go in this case? Custom pipes, or is there a way to get the cooler to sit nicely in the hole n not look top out of place?

[bbenny]

I think the R33 kits all come with the same pipe set up. I bought an R33 kit for my R32 and the guys were telling me that all the kits were the same for their 33 range. The kits all have the same mounting brackets for the actual cooler itself. so regardless of where your bar sits, the cooler will sit in the same spot. it would be easy to modify the brackets, but then you would also have to modify the piping as well.

I think that buying a pre-made kit and modifying that would be cheaper than going full custom, because all that would need modifiying would be the mounting brackets and possibly two of the pipes.

[Guest Boxhead]

custom can be cheaper, if you find a good quality gtr cooler, or evo5.6.7 cooler... such as motox...

personally if your not in the biggest rush, just wait for one to pop up for sale in for sale section, or maybe go the group buy Blitz is offering

[Nrage33]

yea i've been weighing up all the options...i suppose there's no real rush.

Guess i'd have to ask the shops about modifying the pipes n stuff if i go that way...

thanks for the help