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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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I had bought the stock GM able for cars without TC. No big deal. My dilemma is with the BRACKET itself. Are there any aftermarket brackets out there? The stock one is bumping into my intake and I can't get the holes lined up. Is it safe to be cutting/trimming some of the stock bracket? I'd hate to mess up it's integrity.

See where the bracket that's part of the intake comes off the top. That corner of the intake hits the bracket
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 01:30 PM
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Hack it. If it bends, get another one from the stealership. You might be able to fab up a custom one with a little sheet metal and some creativity.

Only thing I don't like is that you have to put some junk on that work of art.

Painting the bracket silver might make it blend in a little better.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 02:06 PM
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stealership... i guess that's what i would call my parts department even as an employee

i was gonna paint it silver cause it just looks like *** anyways. I'm just trying to avoid having the bracket break and stick the throttle wide open or something.
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stealership... i guess that's what i would call my parts department even as an employee

i was gonna paint it silver cause it just looks like *** anyways. I'm just trying to avoid having the bracket break and stick the throttle wide open or something.
If the bracket broke, the throttle would close, no worries. It might feel like you blew the motor when it shuts down with your foot nailed to the floor, but you can get a new pair of underwear pretty cheap.
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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
but you can get a new pair of underwear pretty cheap.
That much I remember from when the exhaust fell off the collector under it's 2nd nitrous run last year

6500 rpm, at the 1000' mark, suddenly louder = pack it up for the night

thanks again!
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