im new to the cfi camp so ive got lots of questions and lots to learn. i looked under my hood intently tonight, for the first time just taking in the scenery, trying to familiarize myself with whats going on under there. i know its essential not to have any vacuum leaks in the system so i checked that out thoroughly. everything seemed to be kosher except whomever put the egr on the spacer succeeded to only put one bolt through the gasket, the rest is just hanging on there crookedly. i guess thats not helping much. i will fix that tommorrow evening. i started the night after work by ripping the stock exhaust off. took a mere ten minutes. i love working on a lift. i also took the manifolds off, another thing i had never done on a lift on these cars. its amazing how easy that was....that brings me to my two major questions....
1. the little guy on the back of the drivers side manifold with a vacuum controlled blade - what is that doing for me and what if it disappeared. my best guess is that it is just used at start up to warm everything up faster, as well as the thermistor?? coming off of it, like the old jeeps. both of these will probably go away. im planning on putting shorty headers on it, actually they are already on. for the time being i have just followed that vacuum line back to the block and capped it off there. is that sufficient? what have you cfi guys done with that when you modify the exhaust.
2. the oh so touchy subject of the air pump.....it also may go missing(i dont plan on driving more than 5000 miles a year). is that as simple as removing it as well as all of the hoses/pipes that go with it? and in doing so will i effect the running of the vehicle? im thinking not because it is its own seperate system. i plan on plugging the holes in the back of the heads with bolts. what size are they, i used to know.
anything else i should be considering when doing all of this?
also, is it counter-productive to put e7s on the motor and keep the stock lopo cam?
1. the little guy on the back of the drivers side manifold with a vacuum controlled blade - what is that doing for me and what if it disappeared. my best guess is that it is just used at start up to warm everything up faster, as well as the thermistor?? coming off of it, like the old jeeps. both of these will probably go away. im planning on putting shorty headers on it, actually they are already on. for the time being i have just followed that vacuum line back to the block and capped it off there. is that sufficient? what have you cfi guys done with that when you modify the exhaust.
2. the oh so touchy subject of the air pump.....it also may go missing(i dont plan on driving more than 5000 miles a year). is that as simple as removing it as well as all of the hoses/pipes that go with it? and in doing so will i effect the running of the vehicle? im thinking not because it is its own seperate system. i plan on plugging the holes in the back of the heads with bolts. what size are they, i used to know.
anything else i should be considering when doing all of this?
also, is it counter-productive to put e7s on the motor and keep the stock lopo cam?
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