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On the impala they aren't additional braces, they are the main braces. If you took them off, you could easily push the motor back against the firewall with one hand. For the time, money and effort of reinforcing the rad support and bolting up the annoying passenger side mount (which might involve removing the AC compressor to gain access) the couple ft/lbs you MIGHT gain wouldn't be noticeable anyways.
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