extra bolts

[rudy1980]

You know how whenever you work on your car when you finish you always have extra nuts and bolts. LOL
Does anyone else do that on purpose or is it just me? I mean there are some things that just aren't necessary and a PITA to remove so when I get them off I leave them off. For example the brace that connects the intake manifold to the block- gone, the timing belt cover- gone. the dust sheild or whatever its called (under the bumper and radiator)- gone. There's other things to but you get the point.

I know some of you will say Honda put that there for a reason, I know that and I also removed them for a reason HAha.

[oranger]

Lol I like the thinking! Yea a lot of that stuff I removed too! I suppose some of it could help. But since these engines get a different kind of abuse than Honda designed t hem for, tbelt covers and such arent as necessary. I got a whole bag of extra bolts after I finished my engine rebuild. A little disconcerting, but 12,000 miles and no problems so oh well!

[HondaFan81]

I would leave that support brace for the intake manifold-to-block. That weight will act like a lever arm and potential for vacuum leaks down the road in the intake manifold gasket area.

[d112crzy]

weight reductions.

[rudy1980]

I would leave that support brace for the intake manifold-to-block. That weight will act like a lever arm and potential for vacuum leaks down the road in the intake manifold gasket area.

I plan on replacing it when/if I go turbo. It's been out for two years now and hadn't cause any trouble.

[MadSpleen85]

The quote in my sig comes to mind.. lol

[NAiL05]

weight reductions.

Some dude lost 150lbs or something like that by taking unwanted bolts out of a miata lol. I try to put all my bolts back whenever I take crap apart. There are some parts I dont put bolts back because I know I am going to take it off more thtan once.

[TheNextAZN]

The quote in my sig comes to mind.. lol

"If you can take something apart and put it back together with parts to spare,
then you must be smarter then the engineer that designed it." Anynomous


Exactly! on the money!

i like to remove random brackets that get in the way as well.. lol

[wed3k]

werd, fuck those extra bolts and plastic sheilds.

[rudy1980]

This threads not as bad as I thought it would get. You guys understand my thinking

[H23CB7]

This threads not as bad as I thought it would get. You guys understand my thinking

yes sir

ive done 3 motor swaps, including friends and have always had at least a baggy full of bolts

[cp[mike]]

i have a large box of spare bolts... every time i do something i reduce the unnecessary bracket and bolt count and save them as spares. i just couldnt stop myself when i was doing my own engine bay...

[rudy1980]

i have a large box of spare bolts... every time i do something i reduce the unnecessary bracket and bolt count and save them as spares. i just couldnt stop myself when i was doing my own engine bay...

Yeah I've seen your bay, nice work. Did you ever get the p/s working?

[accordaffair]

I've seen it happen at mechanic shops, they just throw them away.

Sometimes they keep them, but, the point is, they don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out where, they go. If it works, its fine, don't worry about it.

They were superfluous, hehe