i got a stock 88 firebird with a 2.8MPI under the hood, what junk can i remove under the hood without messing with the computer?

 

cruise control. go with custom intake (made by you out of plumbing pipe, see CAI link in my sig for an ok one) clears up a bunch of stock airbox crap. your no longer working AC . anything else (like evap can, A.I.R injection "smog" pump, or EGR) will require modifing your computer to be done right.

i am sure there ore others, but i can't think of anything.
i supose if you are real desperate to free up space you can relocate a few things, i moved my evap can down into my fender for a while, you can relocate the batery, and i just read THIS thread about switching to a 4th gen washer fluid bottle so you can relocate that as well. good luck.

 

how do you modify the computer to accept removal of the smog pump and charcoal canister and stuff?

 

Here's an uncluttered engine bay w/ a little bit of elbow grease applied:

 

can remove smog pump w/o ecm modifications. Its the belt routing you have problems with.

Remove AC
relocate battery
that washer fluid thing just posted (I like that, thanks x!!)
redraif relocated her charcol canister I belive.

Thats about it. Unless is show, or drag race, its not really worth all the effort. These things are quite easy to work on as is.

 

here's my uncluttered engine bay






oh wait, that's what it looked like.

 

what what looked like? i dont get it?

also, if you remove the smog pump w/o modifing the computer you may not be able to pass DEQ/SMOG/EMISSIONS because your ECM is counting on the exhaust gasses running back through the plenum and since they wont be your car will be running rich (i think it's rich, somone will no mmore about this then me. i just know it leads to greater emmisions and is BAD)

if you are set on doing it though it won't make the car run goofy or anything, it will just affect what comes out of the tail pipe.