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What Do You Think About Removing This Part?

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I had to replace the intercooler, so I deciced to do the EGR Valve delete mod as well.I removed the metal tube encased in the water jacket from the exhaust manifold to the EGR Valve.There is a metal bracket (see picture 1) between the side of the engine and the top of the transmission, it main purpose seems to be a mount for the EGR Valve.It may have a secondary purpose of strengthing the engine to transmission connection.I looked on fq101 where they removed a gas engine with an intercooler from the car, and I could not see a similar bracket installed in the same location.What do you think, can this bracket be safely removed along with the rest of the EGR Valve stuff?post-9481-1396399157_thumb.jpgThis is a picture of the bracket in position (note the loose bolts holding it in place).post-9481-1396399285_thumb.jpgThis is a picture of the bracket removed.post-9481-1396399517_thumb.jpg

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To me it looked structural enough to leave it there. After all, it's not very heavy

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I removed them from my smarts, makes more room and also makes it easier to work on the engine. You just have to make sure the ground it properly relocated.

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Mine has been out for awhile now (at least 2 years) without any issues... Makes taking the IC out a lot easier

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Bracket becomes redundant when EGR valve is removed. Leaves free space for future catch tank.

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