FIREHAWK #7

Just like it says in the title.... I put on a set of Hooker LT's, without all the emissions crap, got all that tuned out, SO do I NEED to put the EGR block off plates.....

If i dont what happens...... Been running it like this for a while.... THNX fellow LT1ers....

turbo_Z

You cant leave a big hole back there. You dont need the plate where the valve is but you should have one where the EGR tube was. I dont see how you arent experiencing some vacuum problems with no plate plugging where the ERG tube was.

Mikey97Z

Actually it'sthe other way around ... you NEED to block the hole where the valve was, but not the hose.

You must have one helluva vacuum leak right now!

EDIT: I guess you don't need to block the valve hole if you leave the valve on there. You would then need to block where the hose was.

Take a look at this picture
http://z28.reanimator.org/stuff/intake/egr.jpg

I posted that and some other nice pics in this thread
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138756

turbo_Z

What I meant was you could leave the valve(dont need the plate) but need one where the hose is. You say you dont actually need one for the hose?

blkchevyz

you just need the block for the egr valve, you can leave the other side open


the back of the intake has 3 holes. 1 on the passanger side where the flex tube goes, and two on the egr side... the egr valve cover both up.
what the egr valve does is when it opens, it lets the exhaust from the bottom hole(that comes from the hole on the passanger side) into the egr valve then out the top hole into the intake
so if you block the egr side you will not have a vacume leak

StickMaster

i just left my egr valve on and took everything else off

Beyonce Knowles

I just crimped the hose up real good and wrapped that b!itch up with duct tape

OBE1 95Z28

Duct tape...that's going to last

I took a thin steel sheet, used the gasket (flex tube intake port) as a template, and made a block off plate that I placed between the gasket and the flex tube.

NtenseZ28

I spent 15 bucks on plates and stainless bolts...installed in under 5 minutes!

NtenseZ28

Hopefully you disconnected the line off the egr valve, and unplugged the EGR solenoid, because everytime your EGR valve was supposed to open, without the tube connecting it to the header, your EGR valve would be introducing unfiltered air to the intake.

StickMaster

Oh yea, sorry lol, pulled the vacume line off and pluged the vacume line.

1995greenTA

Where did you get them?

Formula305fi

I fabbed my own up, using the existing hardware. I.E. I got my welder filled in the holes where the flex tube used to be and just made it all smooth and pretty... I left the egr valve it self untouched.... Dont know if it hurts anything, but its all promed out... Just block off the 2 holes 1 on the header it self, 1 on the manifold youll be fine.. I just did it tonight actually

1995greenTA

well i was planning on just making some templates out of paper and cutting some thin metal with the plasma cutter and doing a good job but i figured if you could get them for 15 bucks i might as well just buy some.

Don't Look Back

I got a set off of eBay last week.