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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 10:20 PM
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Removing AIR pump

anyone done it, is it worth any power or will it hurt me. Just wanted to know before i start ripping stuff out of my car
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91 Z-28 Coupe
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K&N, Gutted air boxes
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454 LS7 crate motor
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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 10:31 PM
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it should run the same the main reason why you should do this is to clean up the engine compartment over any thing else, you will not get much of a power gain, but it does look much better when you do
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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 10:52 PM
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will my check engine light come on if i di this
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 12:29 AM
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It shouldnt come on.

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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:00 AM
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I just did this last week mine went bad and was making an awfull sound. It really cleaned up the engine bay. Well worth it!

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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:05 AM
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I ripped mine out and the bay looks cleaner + I still passed emmisions.

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Old Sep 14, 2001 | 11:44 AM
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I've got a 90RS. I recently swapped 305 out for 350. The air pump is making an awful noise (the bearings I assume). I replaced stock exhaust with non-emmision headers and got rid of cat and all the emmisions crap. So the pump isn't hooked up to anything anymore. I've got one serpentine belt runing everything now. What do I do to get rid of pump and retain serpentine belt and pulleys.
I know I could replace all the pulleys and run v-style belts but I didn't really want to do that if I didn't have to. Is there a conversion or something?
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Old Sep 14, 2001 | 07:02 PM
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Look in the tech articles, there is a write up on this already.
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