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So how many washers did you put underneath the strut bar? Cause when I had mine on there, It was really close to the throttle body and it was actually touching it
3 on each of the back sides, but i think im going to switch it to 2 in the back and 1 in the front, will see tomorrow. cause i think its touching at wot and stuff.
jersey, do you still have the part number for the strut bar? i'd like to ask my local dealer how much it is, and unless i have the part number, every time i go searching for a part, they always act dumbfounded or look for the wrong part
i don't have the bar, but i've heard the gt500 one doesn't directly fit; i believe some people have gotten it to fit by turning it around (the 'front' part of the bar is facing the firewall instead of the bumper) and putting a few washers between the back side of the strut tower (the firewall side) and the bar
Washers?
That kinda defeats the whole purpose of the bar.
To make the body more rigid.
Its purely decorational at this point/
jersey, do you still have the part number for the strut bar? i'd like to ask my local dealer how much it is, and unless i have the part number, every time i go searching for a part, they always act dumbfounded or look for the wrong part
no idea, i bought it off a local guy. I know what you mean about the parts department, they didn't know what gt500 chin spoiler was. I just hung up and called the next closest dealer. Good Luck.
With or without the washers... the strut tower braces don't do a lot on our cars anyway.
I recommend the Edelbrock 3pt tower brace I installed on my convertible.
Mounts to the fire wall. Tech who installed it said it was the best brace he's seen for the S197's.