ok so i'm deciding if i should take it out when i put in a full exhaust...my question is what are the advantages and disadvantages to it? thanks

 

the advanteges:



saves the $1000 pump for later

frees up that 6sqin of space under the hood



the disadvantages:



it confuses the stock ecu, so the car will idle like poop



belt contact area on the water pump goes way down, you need the greddy water pump pulley and the special wierd belt

 

Just up the idle like i did imo the good outweighs the bad

 

Bad there is bad ??????

 

Only if you care about emissions. If I cared about emissions I wouldn't have gotten a 7.



(Actually, it's still going to polute the same..)

 

Also if you're running the stock cat you'll probably clog it? i think?

 

yeah, keep the air pump if you have the main cat

 

Is this the case just with the "stock cat"? I've got a "Hi-flo" cat and I was told to keep the pump or risk clogging it too.

 

yep they all need it

 

ok so say i put in a mid pipe..along with an ecu and all that good stuff..will there be a problem then?