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Old November 13th 04, 01:39 AM
Larry Hill
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Hello,
Put the roll bar /brace in yesterday. Took 3 hours and some cussing and
drilling. Not real difficult.It has a rattle inside the bars when I hit a bump.
I did tighten the 2 bolts that came with it. Ya think someone that built this
fake rollbar put something inside as a joke? Maybe that is why it was so cheap
on eBay ($85). It does help stiffen the car though and I will tighten the bolts
again and if it still rattles I will drill a hole in the bottom and a small one
in the top of the bars and fill it with foam.
Put the front tower shock brace in today...15 Minutes, works good the whole
front end feels much tighter. Only $8.50 on eBay.
I also have a cold air intake kit ($25 on eBay) but not sure about putting
it on. It has parts missing but what do I do with the two 2 sensors that are
going in the stock filter box ? Is this set up worth the effort of installing?
Any suggestion hints or advice would be appreciated.

Larry Hill
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Old November 13th 04, 06:32 AM
Dana H. Myers
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Larry Hill wrote:

> I also have a cold air intake kit ($25 on eBay) but not sure about putting
> it on. It has parts missing but what do I do with the two 2 sensors that are
> going in the stock filter box ? Is this set up worth the effort of installing?


Probably not. Does it have a CARB EO#? If not, it'll be a problem
at smog time and can also be ticketed before then. Perhaps I can have a
look if you'd like since you're local.

Cheers -
Dana
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Old November 13th 04, 12:41 PM
Randy Maheux
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I fooled with a CAI (MonsterFlow) and found little improvement. It might be
noticeable if you drive at the peak of the HP curve a lot, but all I really
noticed was a different intake sound. I sold mine to return to better air
filtration.

Randy


"Larry Hill" > wrote in message
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>
> Hello,
> Put the roll bar /brace in yesterday. Took 3 hours and some cussing and
> drilling. Not real difficult.It has a rattle inside the bars when I hit a

bump.
> I did tighten the 2 bolts that came with it. Ya think someone that built

this
> fake rollbar put something inside as a joke? Maybe that is why it was so

cheap
> on eBay ($85). It does help stiffen the car though and I will tighten the

bolts
> again and if it still rattles I will drill a hole in the bottom and a

small one
> in the top of the bars and fill it with foam.
> Put the front tower shock brace in today...15 Minutes, works good the

whole
> front end feels much tighter. Only $8.50 on eBay.
> I also have a cold air intake kit ($25 on eBay) but not sure about

putting
> it on. It has parts missing but what do I do with the two 2 sensors that

are
> going in the stock filter box ? Is this set up worth the effort of

installing?
> Any suggestion hints or advice would be appreciated.
>
> Larry Hill



 




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