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Old 06-05-2010, 11:33 PM
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EGR necessary?

Do we really need an EGR valve on the car?
or can it be removed and plugged?
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Old 06-06-2010, 12:14 AM
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Re: EGR necessary?

as long as you don`t need to pass emissions, go ahead and plug it. Also to keep the egr sensor code from popping up, all the ecu needs is a reading that the sensor is in place unless it is a california car.
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Old 06-06-2010, 01:39 AM
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Re: EGR necessary?

why emissions?
i'm putting in a stage 2 ecutune ecu so will that still matter?
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Old 06-06-2010, 04:15 AM
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Re: EGR necessary?

The stage 2 should not have an effect on emissions but blocking the EGR will. They won't notice that it's blocked but your readings may not be within specs. With a '92 do you still have to do smog tests in Ontario?
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Old 06-06-2010, 04:24 AM
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The stage 2 should not have an effect on emissions but blocking the EGR will. They won't notice that it's blocked but your readings may not be within specs. With a '92 do you still have to do smog tests in Ontario?
my car's a 94, parts car is 92, and yes we need to do an emissions test every 2 years kinda gay. supposedly it was supposed to be for any car under 14years old but they cut it off at anything 87 and under doesnt need it.
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Re: EGR necessary?

What's the point in blocking out the egr?
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Re: EGR necessary?

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What's the point in blocking out the egr?
exhaust gas in the intake tract is NOT really ideal for HP production as you dilute the intake charge. which means there is less vol available for air/fuel.
they do it to help reduce NOx.
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Re: EGR necessary?

^^^What he said. For what it's worth, we swapped a JDM EJ25 into a coworkers Outback after his lunched it's head gaskets. The JDM motor has no EGR system. The car still passed it's e-test with flying colours.
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Re: EGR necessary?

so.... Goodbye EGR
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Old 06-06-2010, 06:03 PM
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Re: EGR necessary?

Don't forget your car has 260K plus so may be starting to produce a few more noxious fumes than a JDM engine which typically has around 60K.
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