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Hi, I have been searching online for anyone with an in-bay set up but no luck. Im assuming the shroud needs to be trimmed and obviously radiator pushed toward the engine.

I will be running a greddy forward facing plenum so piping should be easy once mounted.

I am aiming for 300atw on approx. 19psi. Does anyone know the dimensions to best suit this set up? Also the thickness of the piping I should run?

Has anyone seen a in bay set up for a r33 before?

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i have one, but I removed AC condensor and put the cooler there so it sits directly infront of the radiator...works well.. it is possible to relocate the AC condensor if you wish to keep it..putting an intercooler behind the radiator is never going to be ideal, plus it means removing the fan and using electrics ones but the standard clutch fan is the best way to cool it...

..2.5 inch piping will see you 300kws+ no worries...

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Appreciate the reply. That looks good.... was there any cutting of any metal to get that to fit? Looks like the bonnet latch support has been trimmed?

Have you relocated your aircon or leaving it out?

2.5 wont be restrictive? 2.75 ? Eh I'm just real picky about this stuff

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Always been a big fan of the above style I/C setup and if I had the funds Ide do it on my own car.

Have not seen it before on an R33 but have seen it on a Nigel Petrie's really popular S13 (the only s13 I like, its really well done).

Just google his name and car, theres build threads out there and im sure he has info on what he did. Would be a similar job for an R33 I imagine.

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ARTZ Grand Master

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S13 looks mint...i have more pics of mine Somewhere if I can find them...

there was no cutting of metal at all actually..the latch support was bent slightly with a spacer on the bottom bolt and the cooler in/outlets had to be modded of course but the cooler I had (300x600x76) squeezed in there beautifully...i didn't bother putting AC back in...,

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Looks great, I've been following Nigel for a while now on Facebook and he has does some insane fabrication.

If there was no cutting of any metal looks like I'll be setting my cooler up in the same spot. Can you purchase coolers with inlets facing in like that or does it have to be a custom job?

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its always going to be piss easy to do with a 4cyln engine..

very difficult with an RB if you want to retain ac and the likes.

not really...custom endtanks were a bit of work but easy if your handy with a welder...apart from that all we did was bend the radiator and its support in a few mm at either side for pipe clearance... AC condenser could be mounted in front or maybe even behind the radiator..or better yet just buy a smaller AC condenser unit and mount it elsewhere...

your average skyline has about 3 metres of cooling piping with around 10 bends...with a front face plenum my setup would have less than a metre of piping with 2 bends...its a huge difference...

if anyone wants one we can easily make a kit up..:thumbsup:

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