I went to install my DG strut tower bar and the object (not sure what it is) in the green circle was in the way. I think I can relocate it to the area where the red circle is by drilling a hole and attaching it with a nut and bolt. Q1: What is this? Q2: Any reason I shouldn't move it to the area with the green circle?



This post has been edited by jgreening: Oct 23, 2004 - 7:19 PM

Here is a blowup of the pic:

looks like thats your turbo pressure sensor and resistor pack. you can relocate them wherever you want, but make sure they are still grounded (attached to the car by a bolt).

curiousity, but iunno why a strut tower bar would hit that?

tri-pt i take it, but seems odd.

take picks when your done, im curious

haha Jayson from jamasco did ur swap dident he?

did your car come with a tri-point?

Mine still fits.

97-99 didnt come with a stock strut bar. i had to order a 94 bar for mine.

-lagos+Oct 24, 2004 - 3:26 PM

You can completely remove that sensor circled green. Your car will run just fine w/o it. You just have to re-route your vacuum lines.

i have TRD tri-pt
stock was a 3-pt but it didn't connect strut to strut i believe...

I'm pretty sure that is the "A/C Idle up" vsv. I took mine out.. no bid deal.

my stock one went strut to strut to firewall.

Gotta better picture of it?

-jgreening+Oct 24, 2004 - 8:38 PM

-drdos+Oct 25, 2004 - 12:18 AM

yep, thats the ac idel thingy... i wouldnt remove it, i drove my car without it for a few days... if you remove it, the engine would idel too low with ac-on and stall when its its in nutral when you first start driving it in the morning... it can be relocated wherever.... its also what makes that Air leak sound when your ac is on ..

As for ugly piping, jayson's did some beutiful work... ive never heard anyone call his welding and piping ugly... maybe because of the route jgreen choose. mine looks beutiful



and, i think he has done more 3s swaps than anyone else... i walk into that shop and iam surrounded by 3sgtes... there was jgreens car, silver 5th gen, white 7th gen, my car, and i think patric's car was parked outside... 5 of them ... he didnt do patric's swap, but he was doing his clutch for him thou.

Mina

This post has been edited by XXX_Mina: Oct 26, 2004 - 12:26 PM

I havnt had it since I swapped and my car never dies at idle... but if I've learned one thing with this whole process its that ALL ENGINES ARE DIFFERENT! haha

i like my piping route better....see profile.

This post has been edited by lagos: Oct 26, 2004 - 2:27 PM