Taking off smog equp. on EA82T

[soobme]

I have no more cat.s. Now I would like to remove as much of the vac. lines as poss. Who has done this? What all can come off? I know that I still need the vac. signal to the dizy, the heating sys., the power brakes, the fule presure reg., and I want to keep the line to the boost light sender( it looks like thats where the heater gets it's line from anyway)

[baccaruda]

hey. i could take off all of the crap on skeet's car too. might make it easier to dial in the timing too. his car is an 87 carbureted with an SPFI long block. I've already taken off the crap that bolts to the top of the heads and plugged the hoses that no longer have anything to connect to. no emissions in kentucky where it'll live and a weber in the future = why not? thanks as well for any advice..

oh, and i know that some people put breathers on the valve covers... anything wrong with just looping the valve covers together or would that be like a vacuum leak squared or ???

well, i could loop them and put one breather in with a T.

[rallyruss]

just my opinion but the few "smog" items that are on an ea82t are not big power robbing devices. if anything it keeps every thing running well. I understand removing air pumps and such things from older poorly designed emisions systems but thats a different story.

IF I were to remove things, cats would go. mabey vent the crankcase to the atmosphere. do NOT tie the two valve covers togeter. it will build up too much pressure and blow leaks and seals.

 

guess im a bit jellous because I have to smog all my cars here and could not remove stuff even if i wanted too

[soobme]

I'm not looking for, nor do I expect any improvements in power. I would just like to clean out the engine bay, and simplify the engine as much as poss. Any input on this is welcom.