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Michael Smith · 01-27-2006, 06:35 PM

I run an explorer with a 1'' spacer too and a cervini cobra R hood. I got one of those cheap strut tower braces off ebay I think like 40 or 50 bucks. Didnt want to spend the money for a real good one if it didnt fit. Anyway I got it to fit by fabbing up some small spacers for the strut towers to the ends of the brace. 1/2 or 3/4 spacer but I still had to bend an indent in the brace pipe by the driver side rear of the intake and by the EGR. Also had to bend the ends of the brace at the strut tower to get the hood to close I think it was like 1'' to 2'' on each end turned out ok and it looks good hope this helps

01-27-2006, 06:35 PM	#2
Michael Smith Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington Posts: 33	Re: Strut Tower Brace with 1" Spacer? I run an explorer with a 1'' spacer too and a cervini cobra R hood. I got one of those cheap strut tower braces off ebay I think like 40 or 50 bucks. Didnt want to spend the money for a real good one if it didnt fit. Anyway I got it to fit by fabbing up some small spacers for the strut towers to the ends of the brace. 1/2 or 3/4 spacer but I still had to bend an indent in the brace pipe by the driver side rear of the intake and by the EGR. Also had to bend the ends of the brace at the strut tower to get the hood to close I think it was like 1'' to 2'' on each end turned out ok and it looks good hope this helps __________________ New 302 block, Probe forged pistons,Moly rings,I-beam rods,Main girdle,Canton 7Qt pan,B-cam, Edelbrock 6037's ported/decked,Exploder upper/lower ported,#24 inj,190lph fuel pump,70mm tb,73mm maf,MSD dist/coil,6al box,3.73's,Steeda lca's,QA1 k-member,subs,strut tower brace.