Well guys, have I got a story for you. I went to get my Motorvator installed at a shop up here by my house. The guy said he'd charge me the standard shop fee of $60 and that it would take about an hour to do. So I said sure, go ahead and they went to work on it. Well, about forty five minutes in the guy comes in and says, "Hey, you're looking at an additional $65 for the install." 
I said, "Why?" He said, and I quote, "Well, we couldn't get it to fit so we went ahead and CUT YOUR INTAKE." I was, of course, po'd. Long story short, they got it on there, but I paid alot more than I wanted. So, pretty bad experience right? It gets better. I get the car home, turn it off and as i do, I notice that the second I turned the car off a loud rattle came from under the hood. I fired it back up and heard a rattle for just a split second. Wondering what the deal was, I put it in drive and instantly my entire car was filled with a loud aggravating vibration as if something was rubbing the hood. Now, I knew that my strut tower brace was the highest point and if anything was touching it would have to be that, so I checked. It wasn't. Come to find out, the spacer had been such a tight fit with my intake that my intake was vibrating against my right strut tower. 
I tried to make adjustments to compensate, but nothing seemed to get my intake far enough away from the tower. So, I shacked it for the night and the next day, I took it to the performance shop that I usually use. After about thirty minutes, they had it reconfigured and there was no rattle. However, they charged me $25 to do it. So at this point, my total for the spacer and install was $265, about which I was to say the least. So I figured, whatever, I didn't have a choice about paying for the original install since they didn't tell me they were going to double the price until they were finished installing it. I go home glad the whole thing is over....but it isn't. 
Tonight I roll my car out to go for a cruise. I turn the key, the engine cranks. All of a sudden my tach is jumping from 500-1,000 rpm's over and over and idling extremely rough. I pull it out to the end of my driveway and stop to let a car go by. It starts idling really rough again and by now, I'm ready to 
someone. So I watch the tach and, after about ten seconds, my car goes dead and the battery and check engine lights come on. I turn it off, crank it. The engine comes to life and dies just as quick. I get out, pop the hood. I'll be s#$% if the lower part of my intake hadn't fully seperated. How, I don't know, but it did. So, with the help of my brother I got the lower end reattached. Now it seems to work fine, but first thing in the morning I'm going to take it back to the shop I usually go to and have them re-check it to make sure it isn't going to come undone again. Now, with the spacer on, I have to say that I can't tell a bit of difference between before and after as far as power goes. My car only has 15k miles on it and I felt like a real jacka$$ having to already jack with stuff under the hood, especially with my Camaro-driving Chevy-loving brother there to rub it in, even though clearly it wasn't a factory issue. So, I just wanted to share that with you guys and if anyone has a strut tower brace and plans to get a spacer, don't do it. It isn't worth the effort. Looking back on this whole experience, I want to just 
and forget it ever happened. 
I said, "Why?" He said, and I quote, "Well, we couldn't get it to fit so we went ahead and CUT YOUR INTAKE." I was, of course, po'd. Long story short, they got it on there, but I paid alot more than I wanted. So, pretty bad experience right? It gets better. I get the car home, turn it off and as i do, I notice that the second I turned the car off a loud rattle came from under the hood. I fired it back up and heard a rattle for just a split second. Wondering what the deal was, I put it in drive and instantly my entire car was filled with a loud aggravating vibration as if something was rubbing the hood. Now, I knew that my strut tower brace was the highest point and if anything was touching it would have to be that, so I checked. It wasn't. Come to find out, the spacer had been such a tight fit with my intake that my intake was vibrating against my right strut tower. I tried to make adjustments to compensate, but nothing seemed to get my intake far enough away from the tower. So, I shacked it for the night and the next day, I took it to the performance shop that I usually use. After about thirty minutes, they had it reconfigured and there was no rattle. However, they charged me $25 to do it. So at this point, my total for the spacer and install was $265, about which I was to say the least. So I figured, whatever, I didn't have a choice about paying for the original install since they didn't tell me they were going to double the price until they were finished installing it. I go home glad the whole thing is over....but it isn't. someone. So I watch the tach and, after about ten seconds, my car goes dead and the battery and check engine lights come on. I turn it off, crank it. The engine comes to life and dies just as quick. I get out, pop the hood. I'll be s#$% if the lower part of my intake hadn't fully seperated. How, I don't know, but it did. So, with the help of my brother I got the lower end reattached. Now it seems to work fine, but first thing in the morning I'm going to take it back to the shop I usually go to and have them re-check it to make sure it isn't going to come undone again. Now, with the spacer on, I have to say that I can't tell a bit of difference between before and after as far as power goes. My car only has 15k miles on it and I felt like a real jacka$$ having to already jack with stuff under the hood, especially with my Camaro-driving Chevy-loving brother there to rub it in, even though clearly it wasn't a factory issue. So, I just wanted to share that with you guys and if anyone has a strut tower brace and plans to get a spacer, don't do it. It isn't worth the effort. Looking back on this whole experience, I want to just and forget it ever happened. 
That was kewl of him to help you out man. Unfortunately, I haven't met anyone around this area who even likes the 3.8L, much less wants to lend a hand to help fix one. Shoot, I'd help someone fix their 4.6 if I had the knowledge that they needed. I say, a Mustang is a Mustang, from the four to the supercharged 8 and we should all stick together. 
