What is the purpose of the intake manifold brace?
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What is the purpose of the intake manifold brace?
Seriously does it serve any purpose other then to make filter changes a mission and a half?
I am about to rip it the hell out and toss it into the nearest body of water.
I am about to rip it the hell out and toss it into the nearest body of water.
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You still have it in?
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I would have removed mine sooner if I had known it did nothing. Though I never really had any issues with it changing the filter, just had to kind of scratch your arms up a little, but car work isn't free of pain. Mine never went back on during the rebuild and I haven't missed it.
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Don't remove it. That is one of the reasons Emilio's throttle body plate/flapper screw came loose/broke and almost went through the motor. :-o
If I were you, I'd leave it in unless there is a reason you can't (oil cooler lines or something).
If I were you, I'd leave it in unless there is a reason you can't (oil cooler lines or something).
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its 3 bolts to get that thing out, takes an extra what 3 min to do an oil change? I leave mine in for that reason alone. If emilio hadn't i said anything about it would be in the car. So it probably wont do anything if you took it out, but why chance it since its so easy to remove?
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How can the brace possibly cause any problems with the TB? It's at least 6 inches away from it.
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Last time I heard about a screw coming out of a throttle body butterfly and going through an engine was Braineack trying to find weight savings.
If anything the brace is just another case of over engineering on mazdas part.
Its definitely not a load bearing piece.
If anything the brace is just another case of over engineering on mazdas part.
Its definitely not a load bearing piece.