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As far as i know, yes, it will fit for you. There is one guy that is using an R33 kit.

Though, dont go ahead and cut a hole in the chassis too quickly, its easy to get a defect. Do what humble will do and use the kit/cooler etc, but get one pipe made custom to go under and then up to the cooler, like my pipes

  • 2 weeks later...

we fitted a 600x300x76 cooler to our stagea.

used a r33 piping kit with some of the standard stagea bends.

fitted up pretty well.

had to cut out sum of the support to make the cooler fit, but overall it wasn't that hard to do.post-25826-1141479214.jpg

Ian

we had the same problem with the drivers side, passenger side was easy

yea no need to cut a hole under the battery.

it took us bout 3 hrs to figure out which bends would go where on the drivers side for the best possible fit with no cutting needed.

only thing we had to do was chop some of the standard plumbing

don't have any pics at the moment but I could get out in the next couple of days and take a few for you.

was not that hard when we sat down and thought it out and then tried and tested several ways til we got it spot on.

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Have 90% finished installing my cooler today. I bought an R33 kit from just ja[ for $499 (bit of a bargain if you ask me). Still need to trim the fan then it will be complete.

I didn't bother cutting too much out of the support bar at this stage as I don't think I will really need it yet. Further down the track I will probably open it up again and chop away.

Only problem I had was the AC fan not fitting with the core there. I decided it will just be easier to buy a smaller thermo fan from the wreckers or something. AC isn't essential so I will worry about it later...

and some photos...

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Have 90% finished installing my cooler today. I bought an R33 kit from just ja[ for $499 (bit of a bargain if you ask me). Still need to trim the fan then it will be complete.

I didn't bother cutting too much out of the support bar at this stage as I don't think I will really need it yet. Further down the track I will probably open it up again and chop away.

Only problem I had was the AC fan not fitting with the core there. I decided it will just be easier to buy a smaller thermo fan from the wreckers or something. AC isn't essential so I will worry about it later...

and some photos...

post-809-1141557276.jpgpost-809-1141557296.jpgpost-809-1141557316.jpg

hey mate easiest option is to chop the front support bar abit to alow it to come forward and therefore keeping the air con fan etc in place. its not visable from outside with bumper on so cops cant defect u or nuthin, and its strong as hell and only holding the bumper.

hey mate easiest option is to chop the front support bar abit to alow it to come forward and therefore keeping the air con fan etc in place. its not visable from outside with bumper on so cops cant defect u or nuthin, and its strong as hell and only holding the bumper.

I didn't do it that way because then the brackets won't line up. Just easier to get a smaller fan.

talej

wat size cooler are you installing?

we installed a 600x300x76 cooler to our stag

and i don't remember havin that problem

as alexcim said you might be best tiltin the cooler

anyway i'll post some pics up this arvo of our engine bay and under drivers side for you humble..

Talej

have you cut under the battery?

can you get some pics of the piping from inside the engine bay and under the car on direvers side too??

listen to me, soo demanding..

PLEEEEASE

thanks

Ian

Yes the piping goes through a hole cut under the batter. I will get some photos for you later...

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Any one done a FMIC install with a front facing plenum?

im pretty keen to find out every thing i can, what and where i would need to cut etc please post up any pics you have and show me where the pipes would come through. Also if you could recomend a kit to suit a stagea with a front facing plenum that would be TOPS cheers guys and thanks for any help

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