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[also what is the difference between bar plate and fin??

bar and plate are more common on drag cars personally there i think there isnt much diff but tube and fin is the way to go

size doesnt matter too much but depends on ya budget many of my mates have hybrid and work just as good as any jap made cooler but the jap ones are certainly better i use a trust cooler and will only buy jap made ones personal preference.

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Thats almost a crazy notion, to get rid of an Apexi intercooler. 450 long is plenty big enough for street use.

The cash that goes into R&D for an Apexi, HKS or other Jap brand name intercoolers must mean that the consumer gets a better end result of more flow, when compared to a cheap chinese copy.

I recently got a 2nd hand Apexi cooler from Japan, and started the installation last night onto my Stagea. The quality of build & finish, the light weight, etc, tells me the brand name items are worth every penny.......

To my untrained eye, it looks like it'll flow a hell of a lot better than even a R34 GTT stock intercooler (which I took off my car last night). Apexi intercoolers are ace.

Brendan

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thanks guys for the response, basically i want to get either a gtr, 400r front bar or even s2 and want to fill the gap niceley :D was thinking one of those hybrid cheap ones... :P

also i have got myself a power fc [yet to be installed]

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If you want to fill a gap, grab some big arse spotlights and install them either side of the cooler.

My Dayz edition Stagea came with front spotlights in the large airdam opening of the frontbar, and with the Apexi intercooler on, they fit Perfectly either side. Looks awesome!

Photos will go up in the Stagea thread "The Intercooler Thread" by say friday night. That'll give you some idea to how it might look with a nice Apexi + spotlights......

Brendan

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ahhh... but all i want to see from the front is a mass interclooler...

...all you guys have big front mounts... :P

ok ok, i get the point, well see how it all turns out.

thanks the imput.  :)

Have a quick gander at my photos on page 2 of the Stagea thread called "The Intercooler Thread". That shows how a 450mm wide Apexi intercooler looks in a reasonably open front-bar with spotlights either side......

Brendan

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i know, most of the 400r bars around for sale have mesh in the air dam ect.

i will just paint the mesh black like Deluxe's front bar!! ntercooler stays.. :)

just baught a bosch 040 fuel pump :)

heres pic's, note the missing clamp and the state of the pipe!

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If you want to know the difference between bar and plate or tube and fin designs check out:

www.are.com.au

If u r still hell bent on a bigger cooler the Trust coolers will fill the gap and also the Hybrids. I've got a Trust FMIC and construction and efficiency are great but others have rated the Hybrids fairly high too. Sell your cooler to make a little bit up for the loss of buying a new one.

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