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STRUT TOWER BRACE
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Well for tightening the front end up, I got a strut tower brace.
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EDLEBROCK
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My first strut tower brace purchase...
I thought maybe it would not clear the 2.8L's throttle body, but it did.
All was well till I closed my hood the first time. Bang, an upwards dent in my stock steel hood. And I had the darn thing as low as the brackets would let it go! Another friend had the same problem in his 91 GTA. Same dent too! So they don't fit Firebird/TA/GTAs, no matter what engine.
Well we got the idea to make the mounting holes deeper...So after much drilling it could go down another inch. But to make it go down that far A notch had to be cut in it to fit over the throttle body.
It might have then been safe for a steel hood, but I went on to a Suncoast ram Air hood. It still hit. I got some nasty rub marks in the surface thanks to it. And with it hitting the hood was slightly up on the driver�s side frt. corner.
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BMR
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So I finally got wise and changed the brace all together. I went to the BMR brace. It rubs slightly, but nothing like the Edlebrock. It only rubs in the very center.
I'm much more satisfied with its fit!
It even clears the new Truleo intake!
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Site Overview
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05
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06
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07
Steering
08
Sway Bars & Wonderbar
09
Strut Tower Brace <<<
10
Old PA Racing A-Arms: Failure
11
Old PA Racing A-Arms: Passenger side damage
12
Old PA Racing A-Arms: Driver side damage
13
Subframe Connectors
14
Underbody View
15
Brakes
16
AJE Racing: Tubular cross member
17
AJE Racing: Tubular A-arms and coilover conversion
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