s14 Turbo hood clearance issues advice

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jaysol92
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s14 Turbo hood clearance issues advice

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what do you top mount guys do to clear the hood with bigger turbos?? any suggestions are welcome. i really dont wanna cut into hood or use hood spacers.
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Re: s14 Turbo hood clearance issues advice

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If you don't want to cut into the hood support or use head spacers, your only other option is to lower and/or tilt the engine. The KA already sits crooked, so I wouldn't try and tilt it any more. Xcessive makes lowering engine mounts that bring the motor down 3/4": https://xcessivemanufacturing.com/nissa ... -lmmb.html

You just have to be mindful that your oil pan may be the lowest point on your car after that. With stock pan, that may not be a huge issue. But with the Xcessive oil pan adapter and my ISIS SR sump, my pan is already very low. So, on my car, I cut my hood support for clearance.
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