This is the motor I put into my 87 firebird. It is from an 88 or 89 camaro.

First pic: Do these connect to the cannister?

 

sec pic: what does this hook up to and is it safe to drive with it capped off? Picture please if possible because I think that I am missing the other end of this pipe.

 

3rd pic: Can I reroute the hoses and get rid of this thing.

 

This engine must be an 88, cuz i have an 89 and i dont have that item in the 3rd pic. In the first pic, yes that goes to the canister, not too sure bout the rest.

 

Didn't you already have a thread going for this?

The third picture is the deceleration valve for manual transmission cars. When you drive a stick and instantly let off the gas for shifting, you create a large pressure difference across the throttle plate very quickly. The decel valve slows down this change in pressure.

I think what Slow2.8 meant was it's a pre-88 engine, but that's not necessarily true. Only the manual transmission cars had the decel valve.

I am still convinced that the pipe in the second picture is the AIR pipe. Is there an AIR pump on the engine (kind of looks like another alternator below the alternator)?

 

Okay, you see in your picture that I reattached I have two orange arrows. The larger one points to the pipe/check valve that the pipe in your second picture should connect to. The smaller arrow is where this AIR system is connected to the exhaust manifold. The capped end of that pipe in the second picture should be connected to the AIR pump, but I can't tell if there is one there.

 

Arrow points to where the check valve connects to the pipe going behind the engine towards your capped end.

 

that engine looks exactly the same as mine, the third pic is as camaro_junkie said the deceleration valve, the 2 hose part is for the charcoal canister

 

Orange arrow points to air ("smog") pump. Red arrow should correspond to your capped end.

 

I decided to shrink the pic.

 

Ahh, that smog pump motor is what I'm missing. My car did not have that originally so how do I get rid of this thing? Or can I just leave it capped off? This motor was from a manual car so can I also get rid of that thing as well since mines an auto?

 

The decelerator valve can be removed and you should do a good job of capping off the 3 connections to ensure you have no vacuum/intake leaks. Although it likely won't hurt anything to leave it on; it should always be non-operational in that case.

As for the mystery pipe coming from under the engine, you should find some plugs to plug the 3 holes in the driver's side exhaust manifold (I have no idea what the thread is) and just remove that 3-pronged pipe that is attached to those holes. Otherwise, exhaust can flow backwards (especially if the check valve fails as mine did) and then you will have exhaust under the hood.