cobra intake/c@l clearence issues

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jeremey thomas

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Mar 14, 2006

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• Mar 14, 2006

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installed new cobra intake,c@l 76mm mass air and air charge tube with professional products 70mm throttlebody over the weekend and im having alot of clearence issues.#1 is my steeda strut tower brace hits on the backcorner on the drivers side if i rev my engine or i put car in drive.
#2 is c@l air charge tube is on my passenger shocktower completely.you cant fit a piece of paper between the two.
anyone with similar problem or maybe have an answer.

 

timewarped1972

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Mar 14, 2006

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• Mar 14, 2006

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all i can tell you is i've seen those c&l inlet tubes on e bay used and some of them have rub marks in that same spot....

is your maf un bolted from the stock bracket??

youmay just have to mess with it.....i don't think it's un common.

 

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jeremey thomas

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scottsboro alabama

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yeah i bought it straight from lee bender at c@l, ilive 47 miles from there. he told me to leave the bracket off, i would have hated to seen the problem with the bracket on.

 

willys1

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Mar 14, 2006

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How was the install? stock motor? what intake to head gaskets did you use?(size)

 

Repostyle

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Mar 18, 2006

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• Mar 18, 2006

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I've got the C&L with cobra upper and lower like you. here's a couple of pics of my engine bay:

I've got no rubbing or clearance issues with my intake and ST brace or MAS. I got my st brace from Mustang Warehouse on eBay, I had to modify that to drop it down lower since the hood wouldn't close over it, but that didn't bring it close enough to the intake to worry about. And I used my stock TB intake tube on the C&L and the TB and used the stock MAS bracket.

You have any pics you can post?

 

RYC CUKR

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Mar 18, 2006

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• Mar 18, 2006

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I had the same issue with the strut tower that you have. I ended up having to dimple the tower to get it to clear without rubbing.

 

stang8urimport

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Mar 18, 2006

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• Mar 18, 2006

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I had the clearance issue with the C&L meter without the bracket. Easy fix... Put the bracket back on, and no more C&L knocking on the strut tower.

I put on a GT40 intake, and I still haven't put the strut tower brace back on.. haven't even test fitted it yet... Hope I don't run into the same problems. Good luck bro.