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Old 06-10-2004, 04:51 PM
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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
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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
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Old 06-10-2004, 06:25 PM
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Just up the idle like i did imo the good outweighs the bad
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Old 06-10-2004, 07:06 PM
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Bad there is bad ??????
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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..)
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Also if you're running the stock cat you'll probably clog it? i think?
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Old 06-13-2004, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by HobbeZ' date='Jun 13 2004, 05:18 AM
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
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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.
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Originally Posted by Signal 2' date='Jun 13 2004, 03:18 PM
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
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ok so say i put in a mid pipe..along with an ecu and all that good stuff..will there be a problem then?
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