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Went to look at an R34 on the weekend, and I was told that the washer bottle had to be removed to install the intercooler piping.

Is this a common problem? Or is it only with the Just Jap kits?

What have you guys done to fix it? I'm pretty sure it's not roadworthy to not have windscreen washer jets, and also it would be pretty inconvenient...

Or does everybody just use the turnflow intercooler kits that go through the stock piping locations..?

Thanks

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Yeah, I've got a few on the shortlist :D

i havent installed on into a r34 yet, but a mate has a r34 gtt with a front mount and he retained his washer bottle, not sure if it was a just jap cooler though. Even if you couldnt keep it in its original postion, i cant see it being too hard to relocate it, or worse case situation just make up a custom washer bottom from some s/s and mount it up, it would look pretty too haha

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Thanks for that PJ, I'll have to check it out when I go look at the car again.

Only problem I can see is, the car that I'm 90% sold on has the standard series 1 front bar, not the Nismo one.

If not, I could always do as Stephen suggested and get a custom one made up

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could be similar, I don't know as I have an aero front bar...

I had to rewire the pumps and extend the hoses once I twisted mine as the standard wires and hoses weren't long enough to reach the new position.

Hope it works out for ya,

PJ

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Went to look at an R34 on the weekend, and I was told that the washer bottle had to be removed to install the intercooler piping.

Is this a common problem? Or is it only with the Just Jap kits?

What have you guys done to fix it? I'm pretty sure it's not roadworthy to not have windscreen washer jets, and also it would be pretty inconvenient...

Or does everybody just use the turnflow intercooler kits that go through the stock piping locations..?

Thanks

or you could keep the stock intercooler (good for up to 200rwkw apparently) - and get a water spray kit (extra washer bottle) to take it further...

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I just left my washer bottle off. It's not like you need it when you wash your car every week. I also keep some Windex wet towels in the glovebox just in case. There is NO room in the engine bay to fit a similar capacity replacement reservoir - you would struggle to fit anything of half decent volume in there - especially since I have an oil breather kit, and a radiator breather kit.

Or if you are dead keen on it, you could mount any sort of container in the boot and patch up some wiring, piping and a motor to it (the piping is already done for me in the form of my rear window washer). I am actually going to do this with a 20 litre plastic jerry can and put in a FMIC & radiator spray system for those nasty 43 degree Adelaide days (I sit around idling in my car for up to 15 minutes at a time while working.)

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It all depends on which FMIC kit you get. The more common alternative which is proven to gain more power and also cheaper is the r33 fmic kit which can fit onto a r34 but mods needed such as quiet a bit of angle grinding and also removing the washer bottle to accomodate the piping. another alternative is a bolt on kit for the r34 which has longer piping but retains everything since its a replacement kit

hope that helps

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the japanese branded FMIC will not require any mods such as removing the washer bottle. Only justjaps will require mods like that such as trimming fans etc. if its the 'Cooling Pro' ones ur talking about

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the japanese branded FMIC will not require any mods such as removing the washer bottle. Only justjaps will require mods like that such as trimming fans etc. if its the 'Cooling Pro' ones ur talking about

Bollocks. Any R34 intercooler kit that has an entry at either end, and does not have a hideously bad flowing 180 degree bend to follow oem pipe path, will need the washer bottle removed. The R34 washer bottle takes up the whole inner corner between the drivers inner wheel guard, and the power steering fluid cooler. Hybrid is one of the largest makers of intercooler kits, and they require removal of the washer bottle. The Trust and Greddy kits I have seen all have a similar piping path, which requires a hole to be sawn under the battery position, and that whole wall of the engine bay has washer bottle along it - so there is no way to get around it.

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Bollocks. Any R34 intercooler kit that has an entry at either end, and does not have a hideously bad flowing 180 degree bend to follow oem pipe path, will need the washer bottle removed. The R34 washer bottle takes up the whole inner corner between the drivers inner wheel guard, and the power steering fluid cooler. Hybrid is one of the largest makers of intercooler kits, and they require removal of the washer bottle. The Trust and Greddy kits I have seen all have a similar piping path, which requires a hole to be sawn under the battery position, and that whole wall of the engine bay has washer bottle along it - so there is no way to get around it.

Agreed with that. Mate has a HKS intercooler, he has to remove the bottle as well because of the piping that goes back into the engine from the battery side of the car. So it doesn't matter what brand, basically it's the design i reckon.

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