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Old 04-16-2005   #17
Alpine TSi
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Re: FMIC Piping costs

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Originally Posted by Speedfreak
And a phenolic spacer... good boost leak.
No boost leak on my spacer, even without longer bolts/studs to compensate for the added thickness. Just use an intake mani gasket on each side of it and you are set. The only boost leaks I had were from a shitty EGR blockoff from ebay and not properly sealing the port for the PCV on my intake manifold.

And yes the spacer works, you could tell after about 10 pulls on the dyno when you felt the intake manifold compared to the IC piping and the piping was warmer. Not that anyone was arguing the effectiveness of the spacer.
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