Airpump bad! Or good?
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Airpump bad! Or good?
Looking under the hood of my GSL i noted the previous owner had beggun removing some of the emissions controls. all vaccum lines except the idle compensator had been plugged off.
i also noticed that th airpump had been removed too.
Is this gengerally a good hting? or would the car run better if i found one and put it back?
i also noticed that th airpump had been removed too.
Is this gengerally a good hting? or would the car run better if i found one and put it back?
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Yeah, shutup kid.
Check to see if there is a catalytic converter still on the car. If there is, then you need the airpump or else the cat will become clogged(or just replace the cat with a presilencer or straight pipe). If there's no cat on the car, then it's good that it was removed.
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Well you said you have a GSL, so you don't have a thermal reactor on your car. A cat performs the same duties of a TR, but in a different way. Both need fresh air to burn off the excess polutants in the exhaust and both will be damaged if the air pump is removed. In the case of a cat, it can become plugged, restricting exahust flow and reducing power.
If however your cat was removed along with the airpump then you'll be just fine without it.
If however your cat was removed along with the airpump then you'll be just fine without it.
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Yeah, shutup kid.
Originally posted by O 16581 72452 5
Cody should chime in soon about the effects of a clogged cat.
Cody should chime in soon about the effects of a clogged cat.
Originally posted by g prime
I would assume a clogged cat would totally kill you preformance and gas milage, but I don't want to *** u me anything. So anybody else?
I would assume a clogged cat would totally kill you preformance and gas milage, but I don't want to *** u me anything. So anybody else?
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Originally posted by Jeff20B
The air pump must be used with a thermal reactor. The guy with the yellow car in his avatar will tell you more.
The air pump must be used with a thermal reactor. The guy with the yellow car in his avatar will tell you more.
I dont know much about it
get a test pipe and remove the air pump
if you dont have emissions
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Originally posted by Jeff20B
The air pump must be used with a thermal reactor. The guy with the yellow car in his avatar will tell you more.
The air pump must be used with a thermal reactor. The guy with the yellow car in his avatar will tell you more.
Originally posted by wwilliam54
???
I dont know much about it
get a test pipe and remove the air pump
if you dont have emissions
???
I dont know much about it
get a test pipe and remove the air pump
if you dont have emissions
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Originally posted by inittab
Hello? We need to see P I C T U R E S of that bad boy!
Hello? We need to see P I C T U R E S of that bad boy!
Have you no sense of mystery?
Here's a little teaser...
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I read your email
Sorry 'bout that Cap'n, we done highjacked your thread.
Anyway, back to the air pump. What's the verdict on the catalytic converter? Is it still on your car?
Anyway, back to the air pump. What's the verdict on the catalytic converter? Is it still on your car?
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I cut my airpump over a month ago on my 1980. I installed a 2nd gen alternator with a dual belt pulley. My car had been backfiring like a **** and then it stopped when I cut the airpump...well...except for that uncle buck backfire this morning. I figured my original cat was probably blown from the months of me driving it backfiring. Although, I would like to get a *cough testpipe cough*.
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Originally posted by Rutnick
I cut my airpump over a month ago on my 1980. I installed a 2nd gen alternator with a dual belt pulley. My car had been backfiring like a **** and then it stopped when I cut the airpump...well...except for that uncle buck backfire this morning. I figured my original cat was probably blown from the months of me driving it backfiring. Although, I would like to get a *cough testpipe cough*.
I cut my airpump over a month ago on my 1980. I installed a 2nd gen alternator with a dual belt pulley. My car had been backfiring like a **** and then it stopped when I cut the airpump...well...except for that uncle buck backfire this morning. I figured my original cat was probably blown from the months of me driving it backfiring. Although, I would like to get a *cough testpipe cough*.
And here is another n00b question: wahts the alternator do for power output? I thought it just ran the car's electrical when the engine was running?
and no RB exhaust at the moment i am a poor student and a fan of macGuyver
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Ah
Originally posted by Rutnick
it seems to have mystical powers.
although I have also heard a broom handle in the cat might do the same exact thing...
it seems to have mystical powers.
although I have also heard a broom handle in the cat might do the same exact thing...
I had also heard that if things were running good you shouldn't be able to put your hand over the back of the tail pipe because of the air pressure...
i could quite easily, if not for the heat :P
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well, what I have *heard* is that you disconnect the cat and then shove a broom handle or something similar in it and break up all the stuff in it and pour it out. It hollows out the cat. It's not like I know first hand or anything...*cough*