jlat, I figured I'd lost about a liter of coolant by the time I had gotten the old bolt taken out and the new one fitted with the spacer and everything together again. The braces are not going to be possible unless there are a set that are bent like a half moon design, you'll see once you get the IC in there.
I will not be able to take pic until sunday, as my wife went on a trip and took both cameras lol.
The car doesn't feel any different with the new IC as opposed to the old stock one. I didn't change it out hoping to get a ton of HP, I just wanted some new stuff in there plus my Razors kit will be going on in 2 weeks, so I wanted to make sure I had a solid foundation before I installed the alky kit.
The new IC did however take care of the slight knock issue. I have been doing some driving today and It's all 0's with a slight bump at shift but I'm sure that's false knock. Pulls good. I'm still waiting on my RJC boost controller, should be here within the week. I put a rad hose around the bottom bar with some zip ties so the IC cannot get metal on metal damage. After monkeying around, drilling out both sets of holes on the brackets may have gotten me a bit more space but it's a moot point now as it's straight in there. a Regal buddy came to see it yesterday and was impressed with the look and fit of the new IC. He was saying they are usually crooked lol.
I though the IC would hang down lower with the scoop but it's not much lower than factory and looks awesome from the front! my dump pipe is the lowest thing under my car, so if somethings gonna take a hit, it's going to be the DP first. I can't see it happening and my car has a lowered moog front end. Should be all rainbows and unicorns for me
Like I said, pics will come sunday night, unless I can find another camera.