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Old Jul 30, 2004
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Auto+Turbo=Issues

Anyone with an auto and the SF kit having issues with the pipe that goes from the turbo to the lower part to the intercooler rubbing againts the fron motor mount??

a hvent been able to fit it any otherway so it doesnt rub, and once i get the car started the mount is going to slowly rip a part the pipe
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Old Jul 30, 2004
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You may wanna put rubber piping around the pipe that is rubbing, it wont last for long, but it would help for now.
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yeah i tough of that already and it will only last for so long he prob id its rubbing against the edge of the mount, if it was on the face of the mount i wouldnt worry as much..


would dremeling the mount so the edge of the mount ends up rounded up, be bad???
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can u take a pic?? ... I've never had this problem before (neither has anyone on this site, I don't believe)
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the mount it made of aluminum just cut off some of it, just don't cut into the rubber part
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dident you also have a problem where your sencer is? i have an auto and i dont have a sencer where yours was
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i'd trim the mount a little
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AZN the prob is the mount on the auto is further to the left (if you see it from the front) than the manual so that could be the problem.......


and Decius the "sensors" where actually the horns from the stock alarm
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