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  Using
the Trail Tough engine kit leaves the bottom end of the engine in the same
place the original engine sat. Since the 1.6/16v is a taller engine, the
front clip would have to be raised just a bit using the included
replacement front body bushings. This vehicle has a body lift already
though, so we got to skip that part. |
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  The
stock exhaust manifold comes very close to the frame rail, but surprisingly
it cleared it without any additional modifications. The picture on the
left is from above looking over the fender, the shot on the right is from
the front of the vehicle looking through the power steering hoses. |
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  Looks
pretty ragged with all the hoses and cables hanging out of the engine
compartment, eh? Don't worry, there is a place for everything and
everything has a place... patience and a little attention to detail goes a
long way. |
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  Here
is where we build a cool air cleaner out of the bulky box unit that came
with the engine. Trail Tough supplied the K&N cone filter along with
the stock box. After removing the neck from the box, we also had to remove
the sensor that is made into the box. We were careful not to harm the
sensor in any way, but the box seems like it got the bad end of the stick.
You can see a hole where the sensor used to be (lower left photo). We
drilled a hole in the cone filter and then installed the sensor. |
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