replaced 22re in 1987 pickup and don't remember where this bracket came from. Any help please?

 

Looks like the lower intake bracket

 

Yep intake stay, goes into the vertical hole under the lower intake on one end and the other gets stacked into the motor mount.

 

How necessary is this?

Don't feel like putting it back on, since it looks like its mostly useless.

 

It's important enough that it made it past the cost cutting engineering phase and into production vehicles...

Two bolts, just put it in.

 

I agree. Just install the bracket.

If Toyota thought the bracket was useless, they would have never put it on these engines.

 

In my experience, being lazy with anything to do with vehicle maintenance and mechanics will only cause you problems.

I agree with them, put it back on

 

ditch the passenger seat, weld up the doors, your halfway to a racetruck. keep pulling parts

 

I ran for 20 years without it.
Put it back in when I put in the new OEM 22-RE long block.

Not sure it's needed. It's obviously for triangulation, and worthwhile if you actually offroad. (Problems with breaking motor mounts, so you chain them type of offroading)

 

Put it in or don't. Its easy to install. Or just make sure you have towing coverage. Not saying you will need it. More of a Murphys Law type deal. Since everybody told you to install it if you don't...