Mazda B-Series Stock Hood Body Drop - Body-Drop Remedies

10b. A reinforcing slug was welded, drilled, and tapped for the intake air-temperature sensor located at the bottom of the new intake plenum.

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11a. Two vacuum fittings were drilled and tapped for 1/8-inch NPT. One was for the PCV valve on the front of the intake plenum, and another for the fuel pressure regulator and heater control vacuum line on the backside of the intake.

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12a. In order to hook the throttle cable back up to the throttle body, a bracket was machined out of .25-inch aluminum plate, positioned, and then welded.

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13. Here, you can see the hood clearance gained, which was enough to fit the stock hood back on with very minor trimming to the underside. Now all of the wires were extended to the new locations.

14. The only thing left to do was to link the newly placed throttle body up to the stock MAF sensor on the opposite side of the engine compartment. So, while we were at it, a one-off turbo kit was made. This made it so everything was linked together with 2.5-inch mandrel-bent stainless tubing, which was later polished.

15a. And there you have it, a stock hood and a one-off turbo to boot. Not bad for a single day of work!

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