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Hey again guys,

Upto my next stage of mods for my r33 gtst which will be a new fmic now i have no idea how to install one or how much trouble etc,

But i got a quote from a well known import specialist locally,which was for a justjap intercooler for 490$ which they reckon would be harder to install or my other option was

A blitz intercooler which they said would fit easier and its of better quality to the justjap which they wanted 760$ now they reckon it would take approx 8hrs aka full day to do ?? is this correct does it actually take that long??

Cheer's also if i go ahead would you recommend the Blitz or the justjap? Is there that much of a difference?

Thanks in advance,

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Hey again guys,

Upto my next stage of mods for my r33 gtst which will be a new fmic now i have no idea how to install one or how much trouble etc,

But i got a quote from a well known import specialist locally,which was for a justjap intercooler for 490$ which they reckon would be harder to install or my other option was

A blitz intercooler which they said would fit easier and its of better quality to the justjap which they wanted 760$ now they reckon it would take approx 8hrs aka full day to do ?? is this correct does it actually take that long??

Cheer's also if i go ahead would you recommend the Blitz or the justjap? Is there that much of a difference?

Thanks in advance,

http://www.justjap.com/store/product.php?productid=19944&cat=339&page=1

A few hours yourself and you can install it without having to pay any1. Difficulty level = low.

Chinese made core (just jap).... may not be as good as some jap brands, but hey, unless you're after a 500 hp drag monster the JJR cooler is fine for a street setup in aussie conditions.

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oh ok just i hear allot of people having to cut parts of the car etc to fit correctly? Which i know if anything weakens the structure would be illegal and require a engineering cert if i remember.

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oh ok just i hear allot of people having to cut parts of the car etc to fit correctly? Which i know if anything weakens the structure would be illegal and require a engineering cert if i remember.

Yea in some cases the Reo bar and front bar may need to be shaved a little, but that's only some cases. My return flo cooler fit with no alterations required to any part of the body.

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Hey again guys,

Upto my next stage of mods for my r33 gtst which will be a new fmic now i have no idea how to install one or how much trouble etc,

But i got a quote from a well known import specialist locally,which was for a justjap intercooler for 490$ which they reckon would be harder to install or my other option was

A blitz intercooler which they said would fit easier and its of better quality to the justjap which they wanted 760$ now they reckon it would take approx 8hrs aka full day to do ?? is this correct does it actually take that long??

Cheer's also if i go ahead would you recommend the Blitz or the justjap? Is there that much of a difference?

Thanks in advance,

Just Jap is the Australian Blitz Distributor, and they have the Blitz Return Flow cooler kits for cheaper than you have been quoted.

Check their website: http://www.justjap.com/store/home.php?cat=339

The Return Flow intercooler kits take nowhere near 8 hours to fit

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wow yea i can the difference in pricing they mentioned blitz i know for sure and a aussie made cooler justjap.. exactly how they said don't know if that was the brand they were referring to or.. yea 8hrs i thought was ridiculous i thought these things were basically built to sit in flush onto a r33

Ill ring them back ask a few more questions

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Hey again guys,

Upto my next stage of mods for my r33 gtst which will be a new fmic now i have no idea how to install one or how much trouble etc,

But i got a quote from a well known import specialist locally,which was for a justjap intercooler for 490$ which they reckon would be harder to install or my other option was

A blitz intercooler which they said would fit easier and its of better quality to the justjap which they wanted 760$ now they reckon it would take approx 8hrs aka full day to do ?? is this correct does it actually take that long??

Cheer's also if i go ahead would you recommend the Blitz or the justjap? Is there that much of a difference?

Thanks in advance,

Yeah get a return flow so you don't have to do cutting except to trim the reo bar. In principle the Blitz kit should be easier to install (better piping tolerances) but heaps of people have fitted the Cooling Pro coolers just fine.

I got myself a second hand Trust turnflow (vertical flow) kit last year and fitted it myself, works well but took a fair while to install: http://www.skylinesa...r-installation/

8 hours by an experienced workshop sounds a bit much though. Good luck.

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To be legal in Victoria - you need a return flow intercooler and keep the stock airbox.

If it doesn't go back to the stock holes on the passenger side, you need to cut. Cutting if you have airbags, will never be engineerable down here in Vic.

Stupid rules, but thats how it is.

So go return flow, keep stock airbox = 100% legal.

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Yea i want to keep the car as legal as possible... I gave them a ring asked why take so long had some dude tell me that there's a difference between installing it on a coupe to a 4 door also kept mentioning on varying on how much modifying they would have to do aka cutting etc ? ?? O.o and yea the blitz was 719$ which i want to get, based on apparently being cheaper in labor to install and is of better quality,

They reckon possibly 7-8 hours to install estimate and at the cost of 100$ bucks for every 1.5hrs of work which is like 600 for the day roughly on top of the 719$ blitz Fmic :S, spoke to two people one avoided me when i asked if it was a return flow as if he didn't know wtf i was on about...(which there getting back to me on)

Which as you guys said return flow and a stock airbox (which i have) is 100% legal in vic

Im on the fence about this one lol.. I think there main mechanic which works mainly on the skylines wasn't in, because the original phone call the guy seemed to know what he was talking about and had owned so many skylines as he told me..

Just the way this guy came across was that there was going to be so much cutting and modifying to fit and mentioned saying if you get pulled over its un-roadworthy O.o

Cheer's for the feedback guys

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I fitted a jjr turn flow in 3-4 hours including going and buying a grinder and I had problems re fitting the bumper, not because of the intercooler just awkward to hold and push on.

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I fitted a jjr turn flow in 3-4 hours including going and buying a grinder and I had problems re fitting the bumper, not because of the inter cooler just awkward to hold and push on.

Yea ive had a few guys tell me took a few hours and did it themselves, just baffles me why a experienced mechanic would want a whole day to do it..

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Yea ive had a few guys tell me took a few hours and did it themselves, just baffles me why a experienced mechanic would want a whole day to do it..

Go to a different mechanic. These guys don't seem to know what they are talking about... And I don't see how a 2dr coupe front end is any different intercooler/engine bay wise to a 4dr... They r pulling your leg on that 1.

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They reckon possibly 7-8 hours to install estimate and at the cost of 100$ bucks for every 1.5hrs of work which is like 600 for the day roughly on top of the 719$ blitz Fmic :S, spoke to two people one avoided me when i asked if it was a return flow as if he didn't know wtf i was on about...(which there getting back to me on)

Seem like they either don't know what they are on about or just trying to bend you over...

I bought the black (stealth) return flow FMIC from Just Jap & got a local shop to install it (since I was too noob to DIY :whistling:)& it was like $200 for the install.

I dropped the car off in the morning & picked it up around lunch time so no idea where they get their 6-8 hour quote from...

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6 to 8 hours for an install? Does he have one arm? Took me and a mate less than 4 hours to do mine and that included welding up all New stainless pipeing on the intake side of the FMIC. Didnt have to cut the reo, only trim the front bar a little. On a r32 but there is zero difference between the r32 and r33 kits

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I have a r33 s2 and fitted a blitz return flow intercooler on it last week.

I can tell you now, do not pay anyone to fit the cooler for you. Its not hard, just time consuming. And if i can do it, trust me you can too.

I think it took us about 5 hrs (yes it could have been alot quicker but we were very thorough with our cutting and it was my first intercooler install)

The reo bar needed to be cut as did the front bar.

This is the part that takes the most time. But apart from that it was quite straight forward.

Just take your time and dont trim more than you need to and you cant go wrong.:thumbsup:

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I have a r33 s2 and fitted a blitz return flow intercooler on it last week.

I can tell you now, do not pay anyone to fit the cooler for you. Its not hard, just time consuming. And if i can do it, trust me you can too.

I think it took us about 5 hrs (yes it could have been alot quicker but we were very thorough with our cutting and it was my first intercooler install)

The reo bar needed to be cut as did the front bar.

This is the part that takes the most time. But apart from that it was quite straight forward.

Just take your time and dont trim more than you need to and you cant go wrong.:thumbsup:

Yea thanks for the info guys been a big help yep ive decided to jump in do it myself i had already got the intercooler turbodragon when i got ur pm cheers though got the blitz return flow standard edition .. gonna have a crack fitting it myself when i get back home next week ill upload a pic when im done, i refuse to pay 500$ for something that people have been saying is quite easy to install and i know how to use a grinder. So im gonna bite the bullet wish me luck !,,!

Cheers

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