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to OP. cefiro genuine piping fits best. anything else will need slight modification. if you're doing de plus T..

Trust me from experience. Get an r34 smic. Don't sleep eat or piss until you get one. Don't waste time with a31 smic not worth it.

De+t setups run best with r34. It's big but small enough to retain boost response. And to all naysayers. It's plug and play with a31 piping.

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Richard, get a core. ive got lots of s13/r32 piping we can make it work dude? if not we can weld them up????

cheers for the replies guys, ive found a cooler but havent bought it yet, if you've got piping and connectors, oooh yea i want them

can we do deals on sunday?

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R32 pipes need to be cut down a bit.

I've got a Cefiro SMIC, brackets and pipes which I don't need if I go ahead with buying a halfcut (either tomorrow or Monday).

We can make a deeeaaal yeah ?

Dammit why do you have to be in Perth right now,

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RB25DETC33

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from memory R32 SMIC piping dont fit, I was chasing up the piping at one stae and thought to go R32 but the holes through the chassis were in a

O not a O configuration, the piping was quite different.

O O

You'll have a better chance with R33 piping so long as you have the turbo to cooler pipe for the 20 as the 20 turbo has a smaller outlet.

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cheers for the info, I got a R32 one and pipes and they seemed to fit up ok, I didn't want a FMIC I will if I upgrade the hairdryer

the reason it would be a good idea (or most people do) get a larger intercooler is because the factory intercooler is very small and suffers from heat soak really bad (it's more like a interwarmer , theres nothing cool going through there after a 20 min drive , especially through summer) which is why people were suggesting to buy a fmic , even a small one :( . try his: get some vacuum line and re route the back window squirter line to the intercooler with a garden spray squirter at the end of it (aim it to spray over the core as much as possible) , next hot day after driving it wherever and getting it up to temp for a good 20 min , hit the sqirter button and see/feel the difference it makes :)

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I know it makes a huge difference, I had a doozy on my old RB25 VL commohore, the fmic will find its way onto mine soon, I just needed the car back on the road, its a wonder the humble RB20det, I remember when they used to be the fastest thing ever 10 years back, not so much now, but its better than the DE it had, god im glad thats gone

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