I just saw this:
This m2 guy got his arm intercooler installed without pulling the factory m2 brace and as you can see it fits but it literally looks like it is touching.
The importance of this is that the ER intercooler and the ARM intercooler both have the same diamensions, since the ARM intercooler looks like a clone of the ER:
https://armmotorsports.com/collectio...tercooler-fmic
https://www.evolutionracewerks.com/node/258
So this makes it a bit more promising that I can potentially retain the m2 v brace. Also the question that remains is - what sticks out more? A standard 11" tall race core intercooler, or the arm/er intercooler?