93blackrx

Hey rotor dudes..........

What is the advantage of installing block off plates? What do they do in terms of performance? Any information would be great.

Thanks yal, Matt

JONSKI

Block off plates are used when you are elimating parts from your car. For example, if you are eliminating your EGR (Exhaust Gas Recycler), then you will need a block-off plate to block-off the holes on LIM (Lower Intake Manifold) where the EGR used to be. Other things you can eliminate are the ACV (Air Control Valve) and AWS (Accelerated Warm-up System). Eliminating parts from your car won't add much performance, if any. It's just to simplify things.

93blackrx

So will block off plates hurt anything?or are they even worth it?

matt

JONSKI

I say, "If it's not broken, then don't fix it."
They aren't worth it unless you work on your own car and you want to simplify things under the hood.

You can see the things I have eliminated in my sig. I got rid of them, because I was doing a hose job, and I didn't feel like putting everything back together again.

duboisr

GET rid of things you do not need before they break Cleanup the mess in there and it will be easy to work on .Just make your own plates for free.

93blackrx

what do you make the plates from?

Thanks guys, Matt

P'cola FD

I use 1/8 inch aluminum for little things, and 1/4 inch aluminum for bigger things. The 1/8" is much easier to cut out, but you will have to use multiple washers if you want to use it for some parts.

JONSKI

Or you can take out the studs and buy new screws. That's what I did with everything except the EGR.