Nice. And man what a perfect example of what I said earlier so I'm just going to quote myself.
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Originally Posted by Halon
But reality is don't change things if you don't need to. OEM stuff fits good, works well, and lasts a long time. Don't change it unless you have to.
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So here's a case where yeah you had to change something because your temps were plain old too high. But like you said, this "bolt-in" piece isn't really that simple. So now if you think that was a pain notching your shroud, imagine what it'll be like if you install a SMIM and different TB. Your IC piping will need to change, you're idle control stuff will probably be gone or really tough to fit.
OEM stuff fits awesome, don't change it out unless you really have a legit reason to need to (which in this case I'd say you did).