FMIC Kits

[craz0]

I got a Greedy intercooler about a couple of weeks ago from nengun, I got the Greedy that uses the standard returns.

I have nothing to compare it against the Skyline is my first turbo car I fitted it my self all is good, had to do some cutting to the front bar but all fitted well.

[pinoi_boi_r33]

hey mate, i have purchased apexi gt spec piping for my r33 gtst. A friend has the same piping and he said it fits up well with the copy hybrids. I've bought a copy hybrid off a guy on these forums, rmahnovetsky (spelling) it should be here on tuesday. The reason i didn't get a kit was for basically 2 reasons:

a) a lot use the standard returns, (as above) i didn't want this (personal pref)

B) the ones that go over the radiator, most of them require the fan blade to be shaved at the ends. This was a definate no no for me.

the apex pipes do go over the radiator but coz there apex and are fully sik jap brand they don't need the fan shaved at all. also the good thing about the apex pipes is that they also include the turbo hot pipe, where most kits use the standard pipe off the turbo 90 elbow thingy.

all up it has cost so far:

piping 396.1 (2nd hand off ebay)

cooler 290 (forums)

and i will need 2*3inch hose and 4 clamps for the hose, and brakets etc. say 100 bux, which it shouldn't b but round it up.

so it cost around abouts 800, i will do the labour myself with the help of my girlfriend

I could have gone to an exhaust shop and got it done for cheap, but most of them will want to do it in mild steel, which they think is fine but i'm not so sure. I got quoted 420 to copy my piping in mild steel or 365 for 5 kits of em. I was thinking of starting a GB, coz its better qual piping than most crap out there. But thought i don't think ppl would b interested coz its mild steel. And what if the place stuff's it up a little, i have to pay them for what they do, but i'd have to pay back the people of the GB since they didn't get what they paid for. Catch 22.

i will write a diy with heaps of pix when i actually do it. So keep a look out in the next few weeks in the diy section.

Cheers.

[locosam]

Ok, just an update.

I got my cooler fitted by a mechanic because i dont have the time (actually its more like i dont have the talent heh) to do it myself.

Anyway, i asked him which kit he prefers, hybrid or greddy. He says the greddy is easier to install.

Performance of the cores were similar, but the greddy ones you have to do less work.

For one, you dont have to cut the radiator fan, it clears it fine. He also was pointing to a reducer from the throttle body to the pipe and said this part was better. Other than that, i wouldnt know what else makes it easier to fit.

So from what i gather, if youre looking for pure performance/price, then hybrid or hybrid copy is the way to go.

If you want something easier to fit, the get one of the jap ones

If both are same price, then i would get jap

[craz0]

Hmm which one?

[pinoi_boi_r33]

mine goes in saturday. I'll be doing it with a few friends and my girlfriend, unfortunately i couldn't get my hands on a digi cam so no pix. Ofcourse greddy one would be easier to fit, it retains all the stock piping in the engine bay.

[craz0]

I thought I'd post a few pics, so you all can have a look.

[30et]

i've got a hybrid cooler 600x300x75 and i've seen some kits being sold for them (suiting r33)

i was wondering how they fit with the stanard front bar? any help is appreciated

[boost4130]

i've got a hybrid cooler 600x300x75 and i've seen some kits being sold for them (suiting r33)  

i was wondering how they fit with the stanard front bar? any help is appreciated

Hey there,

i recentley installed my cooler the same size as yours (Hybrid copy), i have a series 1 R33 with the stock front bar. Unfortunatley these kits do require a bit of work. Not really that hard just time consumeing, i had to grind out a few centremeters of plastic from the inside of my front bar to get the cooler sitting in there nicely. i used an angle grinder and file to finish it off, looks ok. U might want to allocte a few hours just for this task to get it right. Then there's the hole u have to cut in the side of your car for the pipe that leads in2 your tb. plus i made my own brackets...I've heard u r supposed to take the front bar off 4 the install, i didn't and didn't run in2 any problems. Hope this helps.

P.S: still waiting for silcon reducers to turn up in the mail b4 i can test drive the car but when i do im hoping there is a noticeable power increase for all my effort. I intercooled my last car and power increase was pretty damn decent, hoping these 33's r the same thoughts/results ne1 else?