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Old 03-11-2008, 10:21 PM
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Phenolic spacer install difficutly?

I'm considering buying a set of the Evosport phenolic spacers and was wondering how difficult the install is. Looks like you basically remove the bolts retaining the air plenums, sandwich the spacers between the gaskets, and reinstall the bolts. Am I missing anything, or is it that easy? If so. sure seems like a DIY project.

Do you need longer bolts when doing this?
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Nobody does their own installs on these things??????
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If you have any technical ability what so ever, you won't have a problem.
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If you have any technical ability what so ever, you won't have a problem.
+1. I've done it and it's straight-forward. Just don't over torque the bolts. The required torque is just 20 nm which equals 15 ft lbs.
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Thanks for the replies. Should be a piece of cake compared to installing my own headers.
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For those of u who had it installed,can you tell if your car runs cooler?
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I will plan to take some before and after measurements of IAT. No doubt the spacers should help reduce the IATs, but getting a larger heat exchanger is also necessary to improve the supercharger efficiency.

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