ok...heres my problem, ...car i low, hit a bump, AIR tube leading to the cat is crimped. the bracket that holds the air tube on is a sob to get to ...just behind and below the pass side valve cover. so either i can a.) pay someone to route a new tube or b.) cut the crimp out and replace that segment with a rubber tube. which should i do? does the AIR tube conduct heat tha far back? or can i go with option c.) and crimp the inlet tube on the gutted cat and disconnect the tube leading out the smog box ...the one that connects to the air tube going to the cat. so any insite here people?

 

Rubber will work

 

Why not scrap all the AIR stuff?

 

I know that bracket you're talking about. It is insane. You can get some rubber hose that'll work to bridge the gap where you cut the kink out. I wouldn't expect any problems from it. The only thing I could see going wrong would be some rattling or such if the rubber section gives too much flex to the system. Keeping it short should eliminate that though. I'd go the rubber route. Good luck.

 

eh i took a sazall under there, cut the crimp out and put hose there, id ditch the air stuff but taking the AIR pump off emeans ditching the a/c....the a/c compressor or whatever is attatched to the air pump. plus the headers i have , have the air tubes, and if i ditched the air pump id have to take the headers off and get the air tubes cut off, all in all, its not worth it, besides, i wouldnt see that much --if any--- hp gain by doing that.. not worth the trouble to me honestly...

 

I'm running the same AIR equipped headers you have and I ditched all my smog stuff while the A/C compressor is still bolted on. Probably no HP gains but sure makes the engine bay look less crowded.

 

thats fine if you like it cluttered ( ) , but you can run AC w/o smog

 

how will the a/c compressor fit on there without the AIR pump? it seems to be attactched to the air pump bracket

 

They're both attatched to the same bracket, but can be removed independantly from each other. Remove the pump pulley then the two torx bolts that hold the pump to the bracket. Read the tech article to find out the #of the new belt you'll need.

 

does it add any hp? or just look cleaner

 

Probably no added HP, but it does look a lot cleaner with all the smog stuff out of there. If you don't use A/C get rid of that too for even more room.

 

i did this too but i needed a diffrent belt size because i have the aluminum pulleys but the smog boltr right off. also that bolt is not that hard to get if you have a long enough tool!!! i got mine off no problems the last bolt on the manifold is tough though cause you have that big plastic box back there on the firewall.

 

yeah removing the AC and the smog stuff definitely cleans up the engine bay a lot, look guys did u know there was valve covers under there. sorry for the crappy picx but you get the idea.

Matt

 

well right now i cold have my A/c going but i took off the belt because its comming out, i live in seallte, so no need for it. so if anyone wants it PM me. and yes i have no smog stuff, havent for a while. its nice, much cleaner looking engine bay.