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Message: [QUOTE="Mr. Neutron, post: 48283, member: 1341"] Hey, PsRumors!! Are you talking about the little factory 1/8 NPT/vibra-lock brass fittings at the rear of each head? On my '97, I didn't have to cut mine; I simply unthreaded them. They cleared the uppipes or dp; whichever it is on the pass. side it gets close to. I replaced the passenger side with a steel 1/8 npt to -5 (5/16") JIC, then plumbed a hard line to a y-fitting I got from summit Racing. On the driver's side, I think I reused the brass 1/8 npt 45* street elbow (both male & female threads are npt, I believe), and connected a 45* 1/8 npt male to -5 jic. To complicate things even more, I then used a 90* female swivel/male -5 jic fitting. My 5/16" hard line from the driver's side went a different path under my turbo, and into the Summit y-fitting. It basically went straight down from my 90* swivel fitting, between the turbo base & the valve cover..... My turbo pedestal has had the EBPV cylinder surgically removed, and the holes for that cylinder either plugged, or welded, or both..... So I have maybe a slight bit more "freedom" for how I routed my hard lines. I went with 5/16" for those hard lines, and really didn't need to. 1/4" would've been much easier to deal with. I already had some of the -5 stuff laying around for a vacuum shock bleeder I once built for my KTM's rear shock, so I used that.... I just wanted to get JIC and/or NPT fittings on there where I could. My vibra-lock fittings on my truck were always a source of leaks for me...... Yours look really well done, PsRumors. Both Joe Down & Tim at Tim's Intercooler Page have pretty good write ups, in addition to the fine stuff by Tom S. here at this site.... Here's a link to Tim's page: [URL="http://members.localnet.com/~boys3/"]http://members.localnet.com/~boys3/[/URL] [/QUOTE]