Saml01

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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.

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

it does exactly what you described.

wayne_curr

iTrader: (8)

I used it to hammer a nail in a wall to hang a picture once. Couldn't find my hammer.

levnubhin

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You still have it in?
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NA6C-Guy

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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.

turbo94

ive heard stories of people taking it out and something with the throttle/ cable/ braket breaks. and for others it does nothing. i guess its like a 1.6L diff. could blow up under stock power, or could hold alot more.. just whatever it feels like doing on that day.

Saml01

iTrader: (9)

Yeah.

Gonna take it out this Saturday. I barely got my filter off with it there, and then barely got it on.

Stein

iTrader: (46)

Do you guys try to go from the top to reach the filter or something? From the bottom it's a piece of cake, even with my Hustler-sized massive forearms.

y8s

iTrader: (8)

I left mine in. without the top bolts. dar.

Saml01

iTrader: (9)

So awesome without it, I can reach the filter from any angle now.

If that dude who thought it was a good idea was still alive id fist him with this thing.

TonyV

iTrader: (17)

^cant believe u still had this thing in there... now i dont wanna hear any complaints bout oil changes no mo, mmmk

crashnscar

iTrader: (9)

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).

thesnowboarder

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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?

kotomile

iTrader: (24)

How sure can we be that Emilio's incident can be blamed on a lack of IM brace?

levnubhin

iTrader: (30)

How can the brace possibly cause any problems with the TB? It's at least 6 inches away from it.
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coastertrav

Refresher on the incident?

thagr81 us

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I'm with coaster... Please explain or link to the incident.

Turbo_4

iTrader: (6)

I'nm really not seeing the coorilation here...remove that **** and never look back...never

Braineack

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mine's been removed for nearly 10 years.

Saml01

iTrader: (9)

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.