EGR system bypassed

[aculda@cogeco.ca (Adrian C.)]

ohhh ...
BTW ..
How many of u removed the sound deadening out of your roccos ??
cuz when i removed mine i caould say anoather easy 50 Lbs !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian C." <aculda@cogeco.ca>
To: "Vince Royer" <vince@performancecarstereo.com>; "Scirocco List"
<scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: EGR system bypassed


> well ... think of it as stage 1 weight reduction ..
> i know when i did the digi swap ..
> all that crap came up to at least a 50-75 Lbs !!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vince Royer" <vince@performancecarstereo.com>
> To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:41 PM
> Subject: EGR system bypassed
>
>
> > I don't know if you guys remember but a couple months ago I posted about
> > which hoses & systems can be safely removed from an 8V CIS car.  I am
> trying
> > to clean up my engine bay as much as possible.  Well, yesterday I
noticed
> > that the 3 way splitter on the small vaccum hoses on the fender near the
> > battery was broken.  So I said the f*** with it and started tearing
stuff
> > away.  I removed the expansion tank in the passenger fender, the carbon
> > canister in the drivers fender for starters.  I removed all the little
> hoses
> > and all the big hoses connecting them to various things.  I also removed
> the
> > little white disk on top of the motor (evaporative emmisions valve?),
and
> > the vaccum lines going to it.   I cut off the vent line from the gas
tank
> > halfway down the underside of the car, at the point where it seemed the
> > least dangerous (Farthest away from the exhaust).  I blocked off the 2
> holes
> > in the throttle body boot.  Nothing changed as far as engine operation,
> > except I seem to have finally traced down a small vaccum leak. (cant
hear
> > the slight hiss anymore)
> >
> > So overall I filled up a garbage can with useless old crap and really
> > cleaned up my engine bay.  My car even runs better without it all!
> >
> >
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