how do i take it out and what advantages/disadvantages will i have without it?? note that there are no emissons test here in NFLD.

 

no one?

 

You just remove it; if there's any vacuum lines or left-over open hoses, plug 'em. There's no real disadvantage to missing it; the cars can pass emissions without them. Do you have a manual trans? My '86 2.8 with Automatic didn't get a smog pump. My '86 GM Service Manual (Helminc.com) shows that only '86 2.8's with a manual trans received the smog pump. Stupid, huh? (well, good for me, bad for you! ) But two otherwise identical cars, why would one get a smog pump? Did they figure the manual-trans guy would be racing his car and creating more pollutants?

 

the smog pump is the canister on the drivers side up neqar the nose of the car in the corner right?

 

and i also have an automatic

 

The smog pump is the thing(device) that is mounted below the alternator(on the serpinetine belt)

Do you have a Serpintine or "V" belt sytem? (Serpintine is a single belt) If so yes you can remove it easily, go to my site( http://www.geocities.com/generationx.../3rdgenheaders ) to get the new routing and belt length required.
How do I know this? I took mine off about 2 weeks ago.
Any noticable gains? not really, then again I lost alot of power when I took off my converter so....

PS if that link doe snot work then go to www.geocities.com/generationxracing/MainPage and look at the header link. Should be on the first page if I remember corretly.