Tunnel stud protection system for a snowmobile

A snowmobile tunnel stud protection system to provide protection to a tunnel from a studded endless track, the tunnel having at least one attachment channel formed into an undersurface of the tunnel, the tunnel stud protection system comprising:

• at least one protection rail extending from a first proximal rail end to a second distal rail end, the at least one protection rail having a tunnel engaging wall and a spaced apart opposed track engaging wall with a pair of opposed rail sidewalls connecting the tunnel engaging wall and the track engaging wall to define an airflow passthrough extending along a length of the at least one protection rail, the tunnel engaging wall defining a plurality of tunnel engaging holes and the track engaging wall defining a plurality of track engaging holes;
• a plurality of bolts configured to be positioned in the at least one attachment channel formed in the undersurface of the tunnel, each bolt configured to pass through a corresponding tunnel engaging hole;
• and
• a plurality of nuts, each nut configured to attach to a corresponding bolt, each nut sized to pass through a corresponding track engaging hole;
• wherein each nut couples to a corresponding bolt to attach the at least one protection rail to the tunnel.