Long Tubes and EGR?

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May 2, 2006 | 11:28 PM

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Long Tubes and EGR?

I trying to decide whether to get LT's with or with out EGR and secondary air provisions. I know that secondary air shouldn't be a problem because it just dumps fresh air into the exhaust, but the EGR does concern me. I have a stock compression ratio motor, and I was just wondering If I will get pinging under load without EGR. I know it's supposed to reduce combustion temps. to reduce NOx emmssions. And with higher temps. you get more of a chance for pinging. I want to know what others have done about this.

May 2, 2006 | 11:33 PM

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For your 02 the egr is not external, it's done with the cam, get the non emissions headers if you don't care about having the AIR

May 2, 2006 | 11:44 PM

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To be honest I haven't looked around my exhaust manifolds that much, I saw the AIR lines, but now that I think about it I never did see the EGR system. I never really spent the time to find out for sure.

May 2, 2006 | 11:52 PM

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I was also wondering how much power will I be losing before I get a tune. I will be running Pacesetters, no cats, and true duals dumped before the axle.

May 2, 2006 | 11:53 PM

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As far as I understand it...01' and 02's don't have EGR.00's were the last models to have EGR...

May 2, 2006 | 11:59 PM

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'01 & '02 models do not have EGR. It was deleted from the factory for a gain of 5 HP.

May 3, 2006 | 12:12 AM

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Don't forget the additional benefits of EGR like a nice thick coating of SOOT on you ENTIRE INTAKE SYSTEM! Isn't that special? Ford makes big bucks (about $1200.00 a pop) to clean the intake on their F150 trucks once the carbon buildup gets so bad the engine barely runs. If you don't bypass your EGR you'll need a wire wheel and muratic acid to get the SOOT off once your engine gets completely choked off by carbon. EGR is just a feel good measure instituted by the EPA.