Deleting smog stuff...

[The Green GT]

What is involved in this?

Id like to just get all of the crap out of my engine bay. I need to do a tune up and I remeber how much of a PITA the rear passenger side plugs were to get to.
So what do I need to do to get that crap out? Im gonna start looking for a shorter belt and take my pump out once I get every thing takes out.

 

[jmhkas]

I just took everything off, plugged the heads and bought a shorter belt

 

[DaveB]

i bought a smog eliminator bracket, cut everything out, then took the head plugs and switched them around so the heads are sealed off. Now at the same time I installed all this I installed a Dr. Gas x-pipe which has no smog pump tube, so you'll have to figure something out with that.

 

[chaos254]

did you guys install the plugs while the heads were on the car or off? it seems like it would be a real bitch to put those plugs in with the heads on the car.

my smog/egr has been deleted for awhile now but I just have that metal line capped..

 

[SublimeRT]

You can plug them while the heads are on the car. There's a little more room than one would think. I cut the blocks off the tube, switched sides, and flipped them, used some copper gasket sealant and bolted them back on.

 

[DaveB]

You can plug them while the heads are on the car. There's a little more room than one would think. I cut the blocks off the tube, switched sides, and flipped them, used some copper gasket sealant and bolted them back on.

Same thing I did, not that difficult at all.

 

[sage2k]

i got an asp smog delete pulley (requires minor grinding)
the head tube in the back i just capped it and left it where it is, the other tubes i removed

 

[The Green GT]

How do you like the delete pulley?

 

[95Mustang302]

just get a short belt and plug the holes...

 

[cbarr300]

A delete pulley makes it 100 times easier as far as the belt is concerned.

I got the ASP pulley for mine. It fit really nicely on the vortech bracket...unfortunately, my bracket got a bit of a crack and the pulley started getting pulled upwards so now the belt flies off of it. I'm running a short belt until I can get that bracket welded.

the short belt seems to be a hit or miss. I run a 84.5 inch belt (I have a vortech bracket) and it worked fine for about 2 weeks..then started squeaking. I covered it with prestones belt dressing for about 2 weeks when I'd start it up to stop the squeaking. Now, I only have a squeal on a cold start-up that lasts like a minute and is hardly noticeable. I don't have to use soap or belt dressing anymore.

 

[sage2k]

i like my asp pulley, was very easy to install just have a grinder (or a file if you feel up to it lol)
pb blast the bolts first cuase they were hard to come off
a short belt wouldnt work for me

 

[Green 94 5.0]

i did mine with the heads on. i replaced the line connecting the heads with 2 bolts. the were a royal PITA to get in though because of the carbon deposits in the holes.

 

[99FiveOh]

I also cut the pipe off between the blocks and flipped them. I used RTV sealant and they haven't leaked yet. I also ran a shorter belt. I didn't wanna monkey around with pulleys and crap. Thought it was gonna be a problem with my blower setup, but it worked out pretty nicely!

 

[DaveB]

FWIW I had to do no grinding at all to get my ASP smog eliminator to fit.

 

[gcomfx.com]

Don't forget you'll have to rig up the EGR sensor if you don't have a tuner or chip to turn it off. If not, you'll get a CEL.

 

[94gsl5.0]

Trickflow also sells plugs for the back of the heads TFS-51400265. Called thermactor plugs. You can also get them through Summit for $3.95 apeice. They are the same as the front plugs on the heads that the front acc. brackets bolt intro.

Kinda a pain to get in with carbon deposits being the main issue... more so if the heads are still on the car.

 

[99FiveOh]

Don't forget you'll have to rig up the EGR sensor if you don't have a tuner or chip to turn it off. If not, you'll get a CEL.

I don't think he's going to delete the EGR system, unless I missed something.

 

[gcomfx.com]

I thought he was wanting to change his plugs easier.

 

[Kornnut]

I have been wanting to do this for awhile also. Thing is the owner before me took off my ac pulley so that will be taken out also.

 

[The Green GT]

I thought he was wanting to change his plugs easier.

Thats my main reason, yes.