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Mar 7, 2007 | 07:27 AM

CodeRed2000SS

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From: Kinston, NC

egr or no egr?

ok im buildin a car for the street/strip, should i take my egr and air pump off, or leave it as is? (i dont care about emissions, i live in a county where u aint got to have no emissions haha)

Mar 7, 2007 | 07:58 AM

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I'd say remove all of it. I did when I installed "race" headers. It saves a few lbs. and the car might pass an emissions test anyway. Although it is technically illegal, according to the federal government.

Mar 7, 2007 | 08:04 AM

CodeRed2000SS

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i think thats what il do, thanks man, well the county that i live in dosent even use the obd tester, u drive in flick ur lights and signals and leave haha, it costs 9 dollars and ur done.

Mar 7, 2007 | 11:46 AM

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weight and you dont really need it......

Mar 7, 2007 | 06:53 PM

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no egr!!

Mar 8, 2007 | 11:54 AM

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dont install them its a PITA, get the race version

Mar 8, 2007 | 12:02 PM

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Mar 8, 2007 | 12:11 PM

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Ditch it, no regrets here

Mar 8, 2007 | 12:48 PM

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!EGR You wont miss it at all, I don't.

Mar 8, 2007 | 02:08 PM

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Another vote for removing it.

Mar 8, 2007 | 06:18 PM

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How would you go about plugging the hole in the manifold? I was cutting the EGR tube into the manifold and cut it too short today. The collar broke off and now, I have a vacuum leak and it will barely hold idle.
So now I am going to delete both air and EGR!! **** em' both. Has anyone written a how-to on this?

Mar 8, 2007 | 10:21 PM

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Emissions laws are just going to expand. They did in my area and since I ditched so much EGR/emission crap I just ended up selling the car for a C5.

Eventually they are going to become federal.

Note, keep your emissions crap when you go for the race/off-road stuff.

Mar 9, 2007 | 07:33 AM

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CodeRed2000SS

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yea ill keep it all, put it in a box somehwhere, im senddin my headers back to summit, i ordered the wrong part #, actually read the book wrong haha

Jan 11, 2008 | 04:17 AM

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so no egr seems to be the popular decision? what about the hole in the top on the intake? what do you do about that?

Jan 11, 2008 | 04:35 AM

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answered it in your thread already

either buy a plug from thunderracing, or make your own out a a 1/4 brass pipe fitting with teflon tape to seal it off