12a air pump - is it needed?
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12a air pump - is it needed?
Is it wise to remove the air pump on a 12a? I'm about to delete rats nest and find that the air pump doesn't have a belt on it and looks like it should go. There is a sign on it saying 'never remove air pump', which is confusing. Is it important?
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I don't have to worry about emissions, and just wanting to simplify the engine bay and get any extra power gains I can. I'll be swapping out the exhaust for RB unit pretty soon.
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If the car isn't running top notch right now, get it running correctly first before removing anything. We have many many folks on here that get non-running or badly running RX-7 and they think that removing stuff will fix their issues. it's just the opposite. Removing stuff has caused more non-running or pore running RX-7.
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The RB exhaust will get you a hp gain but the rats nest does nothing for hp. Now, with that said, if you put a RB exhaust on, the rats nest is pretty useless. Your MPG will go down.
If the car isn't running top notch right now, get it running correctly first before removing anything. We have many many folks on here that get non-running or badly running RX-7 and they think that removing stuff will fix their issues. it's just the opposite. Removing stuff has caused more non-running or pore running RX-7.
If the car isn't running top notch right now, get it running correctly first before removing anything. We have many many folks on here that get non-running or badly running RX-7 and they think that removing stuff will fix their issues. it's just the opposite. Removing stuff has caused more non-running or pore running RX-7.
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