that long ass stud might also pull out the insert that it's screwed into. Depends on how rusty it is in there. Mine came out so I bought a HUGE ass bolt to attach the ac kit. If this happens to you, buy the big bolt and open up the hole in the ac kit a bit to clear the new bolt. Good luck!
I got a great hp pickup when I did mine. I had nothing but gears, and headers. Idle might be off at first, you'll have to mess with it. and, your cold morning starts might require you to feather the gas a bit but it's so worth it
If you're insured, they can do two things, one: bondo the **** out of it and you'll have to deal with ugly cracks the rest of your life. Two, they can pay and get a junk fox body and cut out the entire metal cowl piece from the firewall back and weld in the new one. This happened to me with my...
Or, use your P heads and other intake stuff, get some long tubes, rear control arms, subframe connectors, and an NX wet kit.. Are you nitrous friendly? :)
Sub frame connectors, rear control arms, maybe a stronger sway bar, upper and lower, strut tower, lower chassis brace-good for a daily driver, like mine! Tubular K-Member and coil overs if youre hardcore