[DMCForum] Re: de-emissioning (Mark)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Didn't we just have this argument last month?

Single largest source of air pollution in the US: electricity generation.

Largest source of automobile pollution: cars stuck idling in city traffic.

I live in rural America (where the air is still clean, thank you very
much, except for all the coal fired power plants in Tenessee blowing
east...)

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> Just imagine the air we would all be breathing if we all removed our 
> Emissions Systems just because "they were in the way".
> 
> You really make no sense in your logic of the way you do things.
> 
> Lets all remove our Emissions Systems today and spread the word around 
> to everyone that it is ok to do so because your car will be easier to 
> work on.
> 
> Unbelievable!
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> On Aug 9, 2005, at 10:30 PM, content22207 wrote:
> 
> > I thought I made that clear in my post:
> >
> > EGR: I oppose the concept of making an engine breathe its own exhaust.
> > EGR is a fuel economy measure anyway, not emissions. This particular
> > system was MUCH larger than the old fashioned diaphragms too, which
> > put it all in my way.
> >
> > Smog pump: Again, the plumbing was in the way (couldn't remove
> > passenger side spark plugs with it in place). Would have been useless
> > once I put the new exhaust system on anyway.
> >
> > Thermactor bank: Overlayed the coil, which made installing its wire
> > difficult. Also had to be removed to remove the driver side valve
> > cover. And without a smog pump the thermactors have nothing to do.
> > Jetisoning them also allowed me to jetison those stupid hard plastic
> > vacuum lines.
> >
> > The engine compartment looks much less cluttered now. I really don't
> > like to see a thousand wires & hoses when I pop a hood. I definitely
> > don't like to work around them. Simplicity used to be a virtue...
> >
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> >
> >> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> >> And your reason for doing this was........?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- content22207 <brobertson@xxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Only removed EGR, smog pump, and the thermactor bank
> >>> (and the vacuum
> >>> canister associated with the thermactor bank). EGR's
> >>> supposed to help
> >>> with fuel economy, but I oppose making an engine
> >>> breathe its own
> >>> exhaust on principle if nothing else. This
> >>> particular EGR sent signals
> >>> back to the engine management computer, so without
> >>> its rheostat the
> >>> computer thought it was wide open and leaned my
> >>> mixture out too much
> >>> (the joys of EFI screwing around with mixture). I
> >>> tied the rheostat
> >>> lines together so now the computer thinks EGR is
> >>> closed all the time
> >>> -- considering it has a pipe plug in its port, it
> >>> essentially is
> >>> closed all the time. I figure the O2 sensor can deal
> >>> with any
> >>> enrichment issues that may cause. Smog pump has
> >>> absolutely no effect
> >>> on an engine (is piped into the exhaust side) other
> >>> that drag. Its
> >>> plumbing however was all in my way (couldn't reach
> >>> the passenger side
> >>> spark plugs). Without the smog pump, there's no need
> >>> for the
> >>> thermactors. Without the thermactors, there's no
> >>> need for their vacuum
> >>> canister. Without the vacuum canister, there's no
> >>> need for those silly
> >>> hard plastic vacuum lines (remaining vacuum lines
> >>> have been replaced
> >>> with fuel line hose).
> >>>
> >>> Plugs look good and fuel economy is comparable to a
> >>> 2 barrel (15-16
> >>> MPG), so I consider the de-emissioning a success.
> >>> This was the first
> >>> time I ever de-emissioned an engine with computer
> >>> controlled ignition
> >>> & fuel delivery so I wasn't sure how it would turn
> >>> out.
> >>
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