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Old 07-30-2002, 09:55 PM
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ok what good would it do to take the emissions off of my vert? like the smog pump or whatever
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Old 07-31-2002, 02:36 AM
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It'll make the engine look way cleaner. Here is a pic of my vert's engine.

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Old 07-31-2002, 04:51 PM
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well how hard is it to do that? strangly i found a dual cadmiun plated alt belt pulley in the garage.
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Old 07-31-2002, 06:35 PM
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Just leave it alone, it will still be slow after, isnt your car also a automatic?
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the only bad thing is it possibly hurts resale value if you remove EVERYTHING....
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Jul 31 2002, 09:35 PM
Just leave it alone, it will still be slow after, isnt your car also a automatic?
Yeah, removing the air pump alone won't do much, and you need it if you still have a converter. If you remove the converter then you can remove the air pump. ILUVMY88CABRIO has a FULL DUAL exhaust, which makes much more of a difference than just removing the air pump.
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Old 07-31-2002, 09:10 PM
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yeah its auto
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Old 07-31-2002, 10:57 PM
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just leave it alone....... worth more untouched than raped
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Old 07-31-2002, 11:15 PM
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ok glad i asked first!!!
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Old 08-01-2002, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Jul 31 2002, 05:51 PM
the only bad thing is it possibly hurts resale value if you remove EVERYTHING....
I can put everything back on in like 2 hours. I saved everything.
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