2nd gen N/A engine bay, what a mess
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2nd gen N/A engine bay, what a mess
So I was doing some rutine engine upkeep the other day and I could barely get at my damn spark plugs! My engine bay is absolutly STUFFED full! It kinda pisses me off, all my friends have huge 350's and 302's and even they have way more working room.
Does anyone have any pic's or Suggestions on how to make your bay a little more spacious?!
Thnx
Does anyone have any pic's or Suggestions on how to make your bay a little more spacious?!
Thnx
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Here's a way to increase space, increase power, increase reliability (less things to fail), and save weight!
- remove air pump system
- change to stand alone EMS (including ditching the AFM)
- change power steering rack out for manual one
- remove rats nest
- remove cold start system
- change to an electric rad fan
- change to aftermarket intake system
- remove windshield washer system
- remove air conditioning system
- remove EGR system
I'm serious by the way.
- remove air pump system
- change to stand alone EMS (including ditching the AFM)
- change power steering rack out for manual one
- remove rats nest
- remove cold start system
- change to an electric rad fan
- change to aftermarket intake system
- remove windshield washer system
- remove air conditioning system
- remove EGR system
I'm serious by the way.
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Ok, so If I remove the air pump what major function am I loosing? Also, what is the EGR system? Sorry guys, I'm pretty new to the whole "Work on Cars thing". In the past my car just went directly to Campbell River Mazda, but I recently found out they're a bunch of Ripoffs and Don't have a clue to start with about rotaries!
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Originally posted by Bridgeported
- remove air pump system
- remove rats nest
- remove EGR system
- remove air pump system
- remove rats nest
- remove EGR system
-failed emmissions
-failed emmissions
-failed emmissions
I HATE northern Virginia emmissions laws! You guys make it sound so easy to just rip it off and forget it
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Ya, it's nice not to worry bout polluting the air. Heck, bush is going to get us all killed waaaay before a little exhaust in the air will!
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Originally posted by apreludem
air pump is what opens the 5th and 6th ports...i dont think your cats will get clogged (correct me if im wrong please)
air pump is what opens the 5th and 6th ports...i dont think your cats will get clogged (correct me if im wrong please)
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Originally posted by silverrotor
If you have a 89-91, than you will need the Air Pump to activate the Auxilliary Ports. Irregardless of series, you'll smoke the Cat w/o the Air Pump.
If you have a 89-91, than you will need the Air Pump to activate the Auxilliary Ports. Irregardless of series, you'll smoke the Cat w/o the Air Pump.
Anyhoo, I did all those things bridgeported said, except for EMS, and I live in Cailifornia, Land of the Strictist Emissions Laws. I just kept em all in the box, and am putting them back in later (air pump and acv mostly). I have much more room to work now. I can change my spark plugs no problem.
When the exhaust goes through the cat, the air pump pulls all the stuff that was filtered out back into the intake and burns it again. Whats funny though, is on my car, the split air pipe wasn't even attached to the acv, and I passed smog with flying colors. My exhaust smells bad and I'm probly buring up my cat, but oh well.
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Originally posted by AreExSeven
Is Irregardles even a word?
Is Irregardles even a word?
From Dictionary.com:
"Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so."
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When the exhaust goes through the cat, the air pump pulls all the stuff that was filtered out back into the intake and burns it again. <snip>
When the exhaust goes through the cat, the air pump pulls all the stuff that was filtered out back into the intake and burns it again. <snip>
Cory
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So I've got an s4, if I remove the airpump does this mean i've got to wire the 5th and 6th ports open?
Also, Where do you buy an electric Fan?
Also, Where do you buy an electric Fan?
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Originally posted by Bridgeported
Here's a way to increase space, increase power, increase reliability (less things to fail), and save weight!
- remove air pump system
- change to stand alone EMS (including ditching the AFM)
- change power steering rack out for manual one
- remove rats nest
- remove cold start system
- change to an electric rad fan
- change to aftermarket intake system
- remove windshield washer system
- remove air conditioning system
- remove EGR system
I'm serious by the way.
Here's a way to increase space, increase power, increase reliability (less things to fail), and save weight!
- remove air pump system
- change to stand alone EMS (including ditching the AFM)
- change power steering rack out for manual one
- remove rats nest
- remove cold start system
- change to an electric rad fan
- change to aftermarket intake system
- remove windshield washer system
- remove air conditioning system
- remove EGR system
I'm serious by the way.
#19
Originally posted by Net Seven
I heard that if you remove the airpump that the cats will get clogged fast if you dont remove them also. Is that true?
I heard that if you remove the airpump that the cats will get clogged fast if you dont remove them also. Is that true?
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Man, I am still laughting at the guy that thought the spark plugs were hard to reach...
was the oil filter had to change for you too???bet the fuel filter will require a mechanic
and ditching all the emissions equipment on a street car is against the law and lame...
was the oil filter had to change for you too???bet the fuel filter will require a mechanic
and ditching all the emissions equipment on a street car is against the law and lame...
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Originally posted by dr0x
Can anyone else stand in there while the motor is in it too?
Can anyone else stand in there while the motor is in it too?
hehe damm just when I thought I was the only person who had tried this....
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Originally posted by Cwaters
Uh, you've got it wrong here. The Air pump sends it's charge through the ACV where the air can be sent to the cats to provide more fresh O2 for the reaction going on in there. Too much O2 and the cat burns too hot and dies. Too little and it won't work right either. The Cats are not a filter. After a while the chemically charged ceramic-honeycomb brick can loose it's potency or the small passages in the honeycomb can get clogged with carbon and other crud.
Cory
Uh, you've got it wrong here. The Air pump sends it's charge through the ACV where the air can be sent to the cats to provide more fresh O2 for the reaction going on in there. Too much O2 and the cat burns too hot and dies. Too little and it won't work right either. The Cats are not a filter. After a while the chemically charged ceramic-honeycomb brick can loose it's potency or the small passages in the honeycomb can get clogged with carbon and other crud.
Cory
Catalytic convertors are a ceramic mesh with a rhodium and platinum alloy (35% platinum, 73% rhodium).
A catalyst (hence the name catalytic convertor) does not react in a reaction, it instead lowers the activation energy (and thus allows the gases to continue the oxidation reaction). No catalyst is used in a chemical reaction.
rhodium helps break NO and CO in CO2 and N2 via:
2NO (g) + 2CO (g) ---(rhodium)----> N2 (g) + CO2 (g)
platinum helps break CO an HC's (hydrocarbons) into CO2 and water via:
2CO (g) + O2 ---(platinum)---> 2 CO2 (g)
C7H16 (example HC) + 11 O2 (g)---(platinum)--->7CO2 + 8H2O(g)
The addition of Oxygen in the platinum reaction is the reason we need an airpump.
The platinum, rhodium nor its cermics can be consumed, only blocked. Certain additives, especially those containing lead, bond to the rhodium and platinum reaction sites, and prevent them from reaching exhaust gases to react. They are still intact, but unable to provide a reaction.
Too much oxygen has no effect, as it would just be in excess of the platinum reaction, or perhaps over-cool the ceramic (which needs 200 celsius or higher to activate), but this is doubtful. Too much oxygen will not burn out your cat.
Your errors: too much air will kill a cat.
Catalytic convertors will loose their potency. (they will work forever given proper conditions). They are not "charged".
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