ok. ill post up afew photos and maybe youi can tell me what it is and is it even nessearry to have?

i dont know how to post photos yet so ill just send you the image links.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...hh44/mycar.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...whatisthis.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...4/manifold.jpg

yes im working at the end of my driveway lol. im doing body work and going to replaint it so it looks ugly right now.

i pin pointed the parts i have no idea what they are or what they used for.
i started taking it apart and see what it does but i put it back togeather cuz i had no idea what i was doing.

 

Appears to be part of the emissions equipment.

JamesC

 

that my friend i believe is a form of an air emision control i had a chevete that had one on it i took it off and bent the hoses running out of my headers and closed them off it never worked any way the thing on top is sort of an air pump i think dont take it to the bank cause i could be wrong

 

oh ok.
is there any kind of exhaust manifold that will fit with the stock exhaust system? one with out thos metal tubes sticking out.
its just ugly when you open the hood. clutters the engine. looks nasty.

if i took that air pump thinger out and all thos hoses and stuff attached to it. and did bend back thos tubes. will the engine still run properly?
its not really doing anything i dont htink.
there was a long metal tube running from that air pump thingyer all the way to the CAT. but i got my exhaust done and i had it removed ( no aircare where i live) so its like pumping out air or something at the end of the tube.
i have no idea.

its just banding around and stuff when i drive. (i want it gone!!)

 

You might find the following interesting:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/faq-...injection.html

JamesC

 

If your smog pump has been removed already then you don't need any of that junk. As a matter of fact, what I did to my '86 was removed the smog pump and the factory manifolds and just installed headers on my engine. Certain headers don't have the bung for the O2 sensor but I just took mine to a shop that works on cars and showed them where I needed the bung welded and they just burned a hole where the O2 sensor goes and welded a threaded bung to that hole so I could screw the O2 sensor in.

If you insists on staying with manifolds, you can get rid off all the junk on top and whatever lines you cut going to the manifolds you will need to close off so you don't have an exhaust leak.

 

oh ok thanks for the help
by the way.
what does the smog pump looks like?
and if i still have it. how do i remove it?

im going to get headers eventrually but for right now. i just want to get rid of that ugly stuff on the engine.
something i can do on my spare time with no cost in money.

 

 

that is your AIR diverter valve... will pump air to your cat or to the exhaust... do you need to pass emissions?

 

i dont need to pass aire care. i dont have it where i live.

will it hurt if i remove it?
screw up the computer stuff or anything?
where are these 2 plugs that plug into the box thingy.
in the 2nd photo shows you.
one has a green tab and the other has a white tab.
will it hurt the engine if i remove the whole thing?

 

the smog pump is located under your air compressor, if you remove that either get a smog pump delete pulley, or get a smaller belt, removing that black box and all the hoses won't hurt anything, but will make your engine bay look cleaner, and for those plugs just unplug them and cut the wires or hide them, I didn't have any codes pop up after i did this, then i went to a carb and stopped using my ECM

 

1. no, it will just produce more emissions, doesn't matter for you
2. same answer as above
3.the plugs just tell the diverter where to pump the air, either to the cat, or to the atmospere.
4.as spina said to take it off you will either need a pulley or run a shorter belt. if you want to run a shorter belt, there are a couple threads that will show you how to route it.

 

thank you for the info
ill check up on the small belts.
i found one an article that shows you where to place the belt if you remove the smog pump.
but i would need a longer belt.

 

as far a the lines going into the ex. mainfold , just pipe thread plugs 1/4 n.p.t. if i recall . any hardware store . lol .

 

lol thats what i was thinking.
just sticking in some bolts or something in there to plug up the holes till i have enough money for some headers and a good exhaust system

 

yeah your right it is a longer belt, this might be the same atricle that you saw but here is what i used.....https://www.thirdgen.org/serpentine

 

yeah thats what i was reading up on.
thats how i was going to do.
says you need a 96.8" belt.
i tryed to see if i can use the stock. just abit short

 

Why, exactly, do you want to take this stuff off?

 

i want to clean up under the hood.
i dont like the way it looks and stuff. just ugly.
there not really doing anything anymore besides pumping air into the engine compartment.

 

Oh.


I see.

 

yep.