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Hey, I've already psoted this in the VIC section but thought I'd psot for the rest of the SAU'ers out there.

I'm just after some hi-res pics of people who have a R33 GTR or GTS-t with their intercooler piping running from the drivers side where the washer bottle used to be (like in the photo below).

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If you could PM me that'd be awesome :worship::cheers:

Cheers.

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That photo actually doesn't make sense. Well, it doesn't look like it shows exactly what you're asking for. The turbo outlet pipe is the one that passes over the AFM and bends down behind the headlight. The cold side from the intercooler comes up to the plenum chamber. So I can only imagine that the pipe that crosses over in front of the engine is the BOV return pipe. Someone has put the BOV on the cold side pipe (which makes sense) and had to put the return pipe across the engine to the turbo inlet.

That photo actually doesn't make sense. Well, it doesn't look like it shows exactly what you're asking for. The turbo outlet pipe is the one that passes over the AFM and bends down behind the headlight. The cold side from the intercooler comes up to the plenum chamber. So I can only imagine that the pipe that crosses over in front of the engine is the BOV return pipe. Someone has put the BOV on the cold side pipe (which makes sense) and had to put the return pipe across the engine to the turbo inlet.

I know what you mean but I'm actually after a picture of the cold side of the intercooler piping passing through the chassis where the washer bottle used to be. :thumbsup:

Have some photos I took for someone wanting to run the same intake manifold as me a while ago.

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Do these help much?

EDIT: some of the photos are older, you can see in the first photo I relocated my washer bottle (which is from an S13 I think) to the rear passanger side of the engine bay.

Edited by 89CAL

I know what you mean but I'm actually after a picture of the cold side of the intercooler piping passing through the chassis where the washer bottle used to be. :thumbsup:

Ah, sorry. I kind of read it that you wanted pictures of an intercooler pipe running where that BOV pipe runs. Not reading too well today, am I. /Yoda

89Cal, you're a legend!! The second photo is pretty much the exact type of photo I'm after :worship: Thanks heaps for that mate, you got PM :thumbsup:

If anyone else has some they can share, let me know :cheers:

Just a FYI - Cutting such a hole in a '97 GTS-t, could end up with you requiring an engineers/VASS cert & major defect. Given the '97 came with airbags etc. It'll be at $1000 adventure at least just to clear it (VASS - $600, repair $200, + swapping parts $$$)

Something quite a few Vic people have been caught out on over the years when cutting non-OEM holes. :thumbsup:

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