yeah I have been thinking about doing the same thing, I just got a turbo that Im doing a custom setup with and I would really prefer a horizontal TB rather than vertical. I had also thought about choping off the runners, not compleatly but just make them shorter. I had been woundering if this would create problems. I have no problem doing the work, but will this affect the MAP sensor, or give unequal pressures in the runners?
by the way,.......first gen(97)
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