Ok the lowdown: I've taken my car apart to do the opti, plug/wires, 160 therm, TB bypass. I'm putting it all back together now and now I'm thinking about deleting the AIR pump.

My question is this, can I just take the pump and remove all the rubber hoses attached to it? I know I'll have to cut the metal air tube, but I just don't feel like doing it right now.

Also, what am I going to need to plug up if I just remove the rubber hoses and what do I use to plug it up? Right now all I know is that I need a 3/4 vacuume cap for the CAI.

thanks

 

I just deleted the A.I.R. from the 388 LT1 I just built for my 96 Vette. I don't know if your exhaust manifolds are the same as mine, but I bought plugs from my local DODGE dealer - 22 mm - designed for a Dodge turbo diesel with a Cummins (sp) engine.

They screwed right into my stock exhaust manifolds. About $9 each.

I had BRYAN at PCMFORLESS turn off the A.I.R. in my PCM when he re-programmed it for the new engine.

Hope this helps.

Jake

 

i just hammered a nickel into them, a 5 cent plug

 

These metal plugs are much cheaper at a shop that specializes in hydraulics.

 

Here's another thread on it:

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...light=air+pump

 

Then the 'F' and 'Y' body cars ARE significantly different, at least on my 96. The holes in my manifolds would be closer to the size of a half-dollar.

I DID use the nickel trick to block off one of the EGR holes in my other Vette, a 86, though. Worked like a charm.

Jake

 

not sure, the car was a 95 z28.

 

I found these on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...1143630&rd=1,1

 

Those look much like the ones I bought (different head; mine were female hex), but those cost half as much as I had to pay.

Jake