View Poll Results: Did you keep your AIR when you installed headers?
Yes
47
23.15%
No
156
76.85%
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Did you keep your AIR?
Staging Lane
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Germany
Now i got confused 
Is the AIR and EGR a F-Body/pre 2001 Car only Problem? I thought there are street legal Gen III & IV engines with out EGR and AIR System cos of ETC, better cams and PCM. Judging from this answer, there is no AIR "Today"
http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...d.php?t=355404 or am i
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To plug to EGR hole: GM PN 12558346 looks better
Is the AIR and EGR a F-Body/pre 2001 Car only Problem? I thought there are street legal Gen III & IV engines with out EGR and AIR System cos of ETC, better cams and PCM. Judging from this answer, there is no AIR "Today"
http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...d.php?t=355404 or am i
?To plug to EGR hole: GM PN 12558346 looks better
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Central Indiana Honors: 4th grade spelling bee contestant
Originally Posted by 99legnd2rZ
so if you remove the air and get codes...can the dealership take care of the codes with tuning. And if not...how much is the software to program the car?
Originally Posted by y2k_ta
Removing the AIR won't throw a code. If your car is equipped with EGR and you remove that, then that will throw a code.
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From: Central Indiana Honors: 4th grade spelling bee contestant
Originally Posted by 99legnd2rZ
sorry when I said air I ment air pump or EGR. still need to know if a GM dealer could remove the code
No one mentioned it is a violation of federal law to remove, modify or otherwise change any part of the federally mandated polution equipment, regardless of what state you live in. The fine is $10,000.I can get 450rwhp with all legal carb approved equipment except for cheater cam, and my car will pass any states inspection.Car will idle smoth as silk at 600 rpm and run like a cat with its *** on fire.
Staging Lane
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 72
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From: Sacramento Ca
Im going to leave my AIR system, But I did remove the EGR. I will see a smog ref when I go to smog it and tell him I put a 01-02 motor in it. If you read through the smog laws you will find that there is some leway. The AIR system dosent affect performance at all. Just looks messy. Good thing Im not a ricer who has to open his hood for everyone to make them think im fast.
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TECH Apprentice
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Buffalo, N.Y.
I just dropped my engine/tranny to upgrade my heads/cam. As long as it was out, the guy that was helping me just ripped the AIR stuff out, including the pump. Now I just gotta fab up some kind of block-off for the fitting on each header.
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From: Central Indiana Honors: 4th grade spelling bee contestant
Originally Posted by bichin95redta
I just dropped my engine/tranny to upgrade my heads/cam. As long as it was out, the guy that was helping me just ripped the AIR stuff out, including the pump. Now I just gotta fab up some kind of block-off for the fitting on each header.
Here's what I used: http://www.sjmmanufacturing.com/cam_eng_ls1.html
Originally Posted by jhug
I'm almost sure that in Texas you would need this on to pass inspection, right? Can anyone out there verify?
Technically you need to have it to pass. In TX you only need to pass the OBDII scan and the visual check.
Removing the AIR system will make you fail the visual check. Also many places you can find to pass this up since it's only a visual check. So if you aren't throwing any codes you'd be good to go if you can have them pass up the visual check.
Originally Posted by y2k_ta
Removing the air pump (AIR) won't throw a code. Removing the EGR will throw a code. I can almost guarantee that a GM dealer won't help remove a code for an emissions device that has been removed. Unless you have a buddy that works there.
It has a pressure differential sensor of some sort and CAN tell if the pump is actually feeling a little back pressure when the car is running.
Removing the entire pump will definatly set off a code (i can imagine).
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