MY Fmic is in, but am I missing a pipe???

[Acecool]

http://xs-power.com/nissan/nissan007.html

I have all the pipes and hardware from the pics... but, the left side (passenger) of the car will fit on, it looks like, but i am missing a pipe from the otherside to make it connect to the turbo???

How do you make it fit??

Josh

[AxiOn419]

You are not missing a pipe. You have to use the stock pipe on that portion. Would you mind posting pictures of your intercooler setup?

[leesredgt]

yeah i had the same problem i thought i got srewed out of mine to but nope got use the stock pipe but i didnt have mine so heres what i did i went and got some of that bendable exxhaust pipe and we bent it to the shape i needed and it works fine hold up to the heat and it dosent look bad either.

[Acecool]

the part where you used bendable exhaust pipe was where I was talking about...

Do you mind taking a photo of where you drilled into the front support?Also, where you drilled near the battery, and where did you get that exhaust pipe?

[AxiOn419]

Where did you get that hose from and what kind is it? I need a new solution because right now my piping is too big for the hood. Does that hose hold vacuum and boost well?

[leesredgt]

so far it holds really good but i havent got to drive the car alot, u have to clamp it down really tight to get a good seal b/c when we first done it,it had a slight leak but now since we tightened it on up its fine, just make sure its on there good and try to get it as straight as possiblemeeting up to ur pipes. i think we got it a advance i think it came in like a 6-ft stick and we just used what we needed.heres some pics.

this is the rest of it that we didnt use.

this is pretty close to the max it can bend to.

this is were my dad cut is was about the middle of the battery tray just below the tray and above the frame rail so that area just cut a square out at about the middle of the tray(youll have to eliminate you washer fluid resivor) we actually put some foam under it so it would cut the pipeing.

this is a pic of it going under the battery tray its tight but my dad actually cut the whole with the engine in the car so it can be done.

and for the other side we just made the hole bigger u can pretty much with the flex pipe put it were u want it though as long as u have the room,u see in my case thats really the only spot i had.

here is how it looks connected u might have to get a friend or in my case my dad to help u make the tight bends and make sure ur cuts are straight as u can see it sits pretty flush with it like it should.

hope that helps guys let me know if i can help any more.

[AxiOn419]

Looks good. A friend of mine and myself actually just did this same exact intercooler install this weekend. Pain in the butt. The hole under my battery tray looks terrible, I really need to clean it up. I will have to check out that piping. Is that 2.5 inch?

[leesredgt]

yeah its 2.5 inch.let me know if u do it ide like to see how it turns out.

[oneslow240se]

yep your suppose to use your stock hot pipe, i only ordered the piping kit and ended up using the top half and moded the driver side.. did not use the lower passenger side since i didnt wanna cut a hole. ended up ordering a civic piping kit and moded that to complete it.. still did not cut any holes=). for some reason the tophat mounts made the engine sit higher so i have hood clearance issues other then that it works..
Modified by oneslow240se at 4:21 PM 11/20/2007

[Acecool]

almost done drilling the hole..

I am using a 3 and 1/4th bit for the hole, had to return the first one because the center piece snapped!!! :-)

[Acecool]

Bah, the fmic core is not fitting!!!!

I drilled the hole, ran the pipes, but the fmic core is too thick!!!

It will not go up into a mounting position with my front support in place, and without I am not sure how to mount it, but I do want to keep the front support!!!!!!

Maybe I will have to bend the brackets that hold the popups and horns a little to get it to fit right??

Josh

[oneslow240se]

depending on how much you need to cut for clearance i would just trim the bumper support

[AxiOn419]

I just did this exact install.. I will show you how much of my bumper I had to trim. Let me get pictures, one second.

Here you go:

View from the front, got the front mount tucked up as high as I could. Pretty good mounting position if you ask me.

Here is the view from the top, the green line is my guesstimation of where the front bumper originally came out to. I cut off quite a bit of it so I could get the intercooler as high as I possible could.



In these pictures the front bumper support is in the proper position. I have a spare front bumper support so I didnt really care how much i hacked this one up but it turned out alright still.

Modified by AxiOn419 at 8:34 PM 11/20/2007
Modified by AxiOn419 at 8:35 PM 11/20/2007

[Acecool]

Thanks for the pic :-)

Ill have to get a saw then, which one works good?

I broke my drill after cutting the hole, ****ing lowes drill bit broke on me 2x (returned got another) costing the life of my drill :-(

Or, what shop can cut it lol?

[AxiOn419]

No need for a shop to do this work. You need to get a sawzall with a metal cutting blade. Takes a bit of work to get it all cut out but it is nothing major.

Thanks for the comment on my youtube video :p

[DriftX]

You have to use the upper hot pipe from the sidemount setup to make it work. That flex pipe is an idea if you don't have a sidemount to work with, but I think hard piping is a little more up to par with boost pressure. A helpful hint if you dont want to have to cut your crash bar, cut the rails by the core support all the way back and the intercooler sits another inch is, perfect fit without having to cut the bar. Heres how mine turned out:

[Acecool]

I still dont have a saw :-(

So, cut the L shape out to _??

[DriftX]

It's hard to explain what I mean. Behind the core, there are rails sticking out from the subframe. By cutting them, the bottom of the intercooler will tuck another inch or so in. And yes, the hole under the battery tray is a ***** to cut lol!

Im just saying to tuck the core as high and close to the chassis as possible for less issues mounting the bumper back on. The kit is made for a skyline afterall.

[Acecool]

the brackets have an L shape!

cut off the piece sticking out right?

Maybe ill just cut the bumper support, I dunno!!...

Josh

[DriftX]

lol, if you trust your driving skills, you could just leave the bumper support off..

[AxiOn419]

lol, if you trust your driving skills, you could just leave the bumper support off..

You also have to worry about other peoples driving skills. My old 240 w/ rb20 did not have a front bumber support at all. Drove it for 2+ years like that. That is until some girl with poor driving skill pulled out infront of me. Had this car had a bumper support it may not have been this bad. Actually, the engine survived this wreck and was just put it my new s13, but I did lose my radiator, intercooler, and power steering bump. I slammed on my brakes doing about 55.. probably hit her doing 25-30ish or so. I wonder sometimes, if I had a bumper support, would I still be driving that car?



Also, DriftX, your piping work looks great. I might have to cut those rails behind the core. My piping is not lining up well at all. I can not currently close my hood with the way it is. I need to figure soemthing out.

[leesredgt]

i had to lower my intercooler core my dad made some brackets to bolt onto those,it also gets the middle or closer to the middle of the core closer to the bumper opening. thats the only way i could get the hood to shut and my pipes to line up and we also had to trim some of the pipes,we just modified ours.

[Acecool]

Mine is in, that flex exhaust stuff doesnt bend enough for mine...

gotta take it back!

[rb24t]

stainless aftermarket s13 hotpipt and cut about 2 -3 inches out of the middle of it and put it back together with a silicone conector and hose clamps

done

[DriftX]

stainless aftermarket s13 hotpipt and cut about 2 -3 inches out of the middle of it and put it back together with a silicone conector and hose clamps

done

It's nice to have rolled beads at the end of your piping to help hold under boost pressure. I've had problems with slick ends popping off at higher boost.

[hkst04z]

may be a bit late on info but i did my piping backwards because i dont like the idea of hot air going into the intake manifold,



i still have to wrap the cold pipe with some kevlar tape

[USMCgetsome]

anyone have any thoughts or suggestion about using a 9in instead of a 12in height intercooler?

[hkst04z]

i cant see/think of any major differences other than a very very slight difference in how quick your boost builds

[Carl H]

lol, you ARE kidding right?those tubes are not airtight, any boost you build will definately leak.get some proper tubing...else you'll have a REALLY slow car.

so far it holds really good but i havent got to drive the car alot, u have to clamp it down really tight to get a good seal b/c when we first done it,it had a slight leak but now since we tightened it on up its fine, just make sure its on there good and try to get it as straight as possiblemeeting up to ur pipes. i think we got it a advance i think it came in like a 6-ft stick and we just used what we needed.heres some pics.

[leesredgt]

it hasent leaked so far