i have shorty headers, a y pipe, a test pipe, and a 3" flowmaster cat back ready to install on my 86 camaro's stock lg4 4bbl 305. the headers are non a.i.r. do i have to worry about my car running poorly without the a.i.r.? do i just remove all the a.i.r. or are there some hoses i have to leave there and plug up??


i cannot wait for my new exhaust, please help!

 

Please read this sticky at the top of this forum:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/exha...i-run-tpi.html

That's why they're there at the top.

 

my engine is not tpi so i didnt read it

 

Removing the AIR system will have minimal impact on the carb'd systems. With headers and cat removed there will be nothing left to remain connected. Be sure to place a small bolt in the mounting hole for the smog pump that penetrates the fuel pump rod bore to avoid the Sofakingdom leak.

The carb'd system only diverts air to the exhaust manifolds during warmup. Removing the system should not trip any codes.

 

o, ok, thanks. i already removed my smog pump, so i am gonna check for the sofakingdom leak. but i dont think i am that fakingdom so we'll see.

 

hey guys- what size bolt (thread size and length) would be needed to plug that hole?

 

Sofakingdom is (was?) a member here, and hence the name for the leak he campaigned against. No insult intended, implied nor, I hope, inferred.

A search of his name and 'smog pump' will hopefully turn up the bolt size. It needs to be short enough not to interfere with free movement of the pump rod. I'm on the way out or I'd look it up for you...

 

so i tried searching for the size of that bolt for the sofakingdom leak and found nothing. does anybody know??

 

i took my smog pump out about 6 months a go, didnt put a bolt in, and i havent got any leaks.


btw new exhaust will go on on thursday my first day off

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...leak+smog+bolt

Photo is in the attached thread. You may have to dink around with some different size bolts to find one that fits properly.

 

 

3/8 16 thread short as you can find....(i just found an extra and shortened it) i was told that not all motors have that hole drilled clear through although both my motors have had it