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Old 12-20-2006, 12:29 PM
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I wanted to run FRPP tall VC's with the street heat and people told me that I would need to run a 1" spacer to clean the FRPP covers and with the 1" spacer I would need a cowl.
Yeah that's true that's my exact setup.
Did you have to do anything else or was that it? How was the thottle linkage, etc? Did you have to grind anything?
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Old 12-20-2006, 12:32 PM
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I didn't have a prob with any linkage, but the valve cover comes real close even with the spacer on mine. The other thing is you have to fill the oil on the other side because of the opposed breather holes.
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Old 12-20-2006, 12:38 PM
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I'm running the Street Heat w/ a 1" spacer and FRPP tall valve covers. I had to clearance the TB linkage w/ the tall covers, but I don't think you would w/ the regular TFS covers. I'm runnig the stock hood, but it rubs pretty bad. If I didn't have the spacer, it would clear fine. I think the SN95 guys have rubbing issues though.

Even w/ my 1" spacer, it's only rubbing a little. A 1.5" cowl, which is what I'm getting, would clear it fine.
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Old 12-20-2006, 12:55 PM
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^^ Im going to do the same but with a 2.5" cowl.
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:04 PM
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Yeah, I had rubbing issues on mine. I have the 3/8" spacer. It rubbed on my stock hood in a couple spots, it ended up rubbing the finish off the intake even after I notched the hood catch to raise it up a little and adjusted the hood up as far as I could. So I got a new hood and painted the intake black.
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Old 12-20-2006, 04:57 PM
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Awesome, good information. Thanks alot that's exactly what I wanted to hear!
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Old 12-20-2006, 05:09 PM
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thats weird i've been told the sn95 wont have clearnace problems with a 3/8 spacer. and the street manifold
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Old 12-20-2006, 05:17 PM
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According to the Trickflow site it says that 94/95's will have clearance issues with the hood.
http://www.trickflow.com/product/man...spacersefi.asp
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Old 12-20-2006, 07:05 PM
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Yup, it slopes a lot more than a fox hood...that's why the intake is setup differently.
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Old 12-20-2006, 07:24 PM
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I was told you can grind down the bottom of the EGRand not put the spacer on, if you wanted it to fit under a stock hood that might be the way to go. But I am lazy, so I went with the spacer.
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