I just cut my BBK strut tower brace the other day. It used to triangulate to the firewall but it didn't fit my GT40 tubular intake with 1" spacer. I just cut all the brace off that went back to the firewall. It is laughable that the brace even bolted to the firewall as the sheetmetal is about 0.8mm thick which I am sure provided no structure.
Now the brace is half the original weight and bridges the strut tower only. Probably the way the brace should have originally been designed anyway.
I too have the BBK Gripp strut tower brace and it wont clear my Trickflow intake manifold, BBK CAI kit or my distributor. Any pointers??? I own an 1989 LX 5.0. Thank you for any help.
Years ago I cut my KB 3 point strut tower brace to convert it to a 2 point to clear the Holley Systemax intake in my 89 Mustang. Recently did it for my 04 Cobra, because I decided I didn't want to cut things up to install the third point. Cutting with an angle grinder takes a few seconds per cut...to eliminate the part of the brace that goes back to the firewall.