01sscam

Well I got the pcm out, I'm going to finish everything up tomorrow morning.

01sscam

Just finished taking the heater box out, it took much longer than I thought, does anyone know if the HVAC delete plate goes on from the inside or the outside, I did a few searches but couldn't really find a straight answer...

nemss1

plates can go on either way depending on the shape on the plate. i put mine on the inside because IMO it looks better under the hood

01sscam

Perfect, thanks, back to the garage I go.

nemss1

haha no prob man. thats how i work sometimes. run into a problem with the car, get on tech, find an answer and back to the car i go

RENE'S RAGE

iTrader: (96)

I was wondering the same thing. I haven't put my plate on yet,or dash back in. I guess my question is how hard would it be to take my plate off from the inside with the dash back in the car? I am thinking not to put some top screws back in so I can get to the bottom screws easier so I can work on the back part of the motor from inside the car.

nemss1

it all depends on what u have removed frm behind the dash. my plate is mouted on the inside with the stock bolts and mounting points. i have nothing behind my dash and my plate is really easy to remove frm inside

y not use all the stock screws? its not that hard to remove with big A/C box jutting into the engine bay

01sscam

Alright, more questions, I'm an idiot and thought I could thread the stock screws into nothing. I'm going to put the plate on from the inside, then I'll put the stock screws in from the outside, with some nuts on each one inside. Does that sound right? And also, did you remove all that rubber material over the tunnel and up against the firewall?

camscam02

iTrader: (21)

haha yea nothing to put those into. i used the 4 from the inside and then use other bolts and nuts for the others. just bolts and nuts we had around instead of the stock stuff.

for the rubber gasket thing we didnt put it back in, but im sure you could if you wanted to

nemss1

ya just put the scews like they were. some scews from the engine bay and insall nuts behind them. i used silicone sealer behind my plate

Black94Z28

iTrader: (12)

I put mine in from the inside, used the 4 bolts and came up with the remaining nuts and bolts.

Pics from my weight reduction thread...

mean_greenz28

When you take out the passenger air bag, what goes there? I'm not familiar with how that passenger air bag works. Is the cover separate from the airbag itself?

nemss1

^^^that is the cover. the passenger airbag isnt attached to the cover

SaultysHuggerSS

iTrader: (17)

the bolt behind the intake for the heater box everyone forgets and just breaks the heater box including me no big deal it went in the trash

5_02ls1

iTrader: (20)

i looked for this thread last night would have been helpfull.....my engine is out so i didnt have to break anything......this needs addrd to the sticky up top...i did take a pic or 2 after the dash was removed,and some after the hvac and air bag came out......

DemonInside

iTrader: (54)

do they sell plates to keep the heat incase i just want to delete the a/c? i couldn;t imagine it would be hard to make a plate to keep the lines i was just curious

SPEED#1

iTrader: (14)

you use the same plate just DONT eliminate the heater box only the a/c which is on the outside of the car in the engine bay.

prostreet67

when you delete the heat do you just loop the heater lines?

monster81

yes u just loop them at the WP

00MaroonZ28

iTrader: (3)

Just did the heater box delete on my car today. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Couldn't get to some parts of the plate with the drill to get the screws in so I just calked the edges to seal it and spray painted it to match the color of the car. Turned out pretty good.