i got it installed at aam. when i got home i relized that my right side of hood pop up a little. near the headlight. does this happen to anybody else? or did aam installed wrong?

 

they probably need to adjust the strut bar under the hood so its closer to the plenum

 

do i need to take the car to them again? cause i paid them $79 for installation already.

 

Agree. Strut brace tension is adjustable. Loosen locking nut. Turn other nut to increase-decrease tension. Look at space between upper plenum and brace: you can see the brace rise and fall. Tweak the brace so that it clears the hood and plenum. Tighten locking nut.

 

which one is the lock nut? and which one do i turn

 

okay. i tried adjust and its has like 1 mm of a space between the bar and upper plenum . still not aligned.

 

Check under the mounts of the strut tower brace - do you see washers installed there? They should have installed spacers (a couple washers per bolt) to give you the clearance you need. If they're not installed, go back to AAM and ask them to do it - they should not charge you for that.

 

what is washers?

 

Check out the pics - the washers are the shiny silver pieces of metal in between the brace and the shock tower. In the last pic you can see how much clearance there is between the engine cover and the bar. There's about that much space between the bar and the hood too.

 

yeap. mine is so much diffrent.
and two washers on every bolt

they also left out this part. hanging out by the tubes.



i got like 1 mm gap between bar and plenum


left hood is aligned

right hood is disaligned

 

That's no good. Give them a call tomorrow and tell them what's wrong. I've had very good experiences with AAM in the past, but it looks like someone was lazy with your install. Good luck!

 

should i lose the gap between bar and plenum?

 

I'm not sure that 1mm will make a difference. Can you take a picture of the whole bar from the front? I can't quite tell why the bar is pressing on the hood if it's so close to your engine cover.

 

 

 

Well I'm at a loss now. It looks like the bar is where it should be. Are there any marks on the underside of the hood?

Could be something else... when I installed my spacer, I was leaning over the engine and pressing against the side of my car. I didn't really notice it while I was doing it, but I actually pressed the headlight and quarter panel down a little. I just looked at my car and my hood looks just like yours, but my spacer is definately not pressing against the hood.

Bottom line, take the car back to AAM. Sorry I couldn't help more!

 

plenum spacer on a reveup without mrev+ , i dont think you gained any thing , this spacer works with nonrevup better than revup , cause the revup engine plenum stay a little closer to the strut bar , i had this spacer on my o4 and it clears the bar nicely, looks like u have to lose your strutbar man

 

its an automatic. aam swore it gains 10-15 hp

 

if your hood pops out too then i guess its normal, but i will make a call tomorrow and make sure whats going on

 

btw, anyone know why do i have that stain on upper right bolt area?
i had it since it was pure stock but never bother to ask.