Is getting rid of this emission device from the engine O.K?

[jafero]

Hi,
I am prepping a KA-DE motor in the middle of single cam to dual cam swap.
I decided to get rid of Emission related stuffs as take up spaces and for future upgrade. So far I plugged EGR, charcoal canister vacuum hose, and other vacuum hoses. My question is about this picture below.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/331196855_86bd535611.jpg

That picture is the back of the KA engine valve cover and in my hand is a gallery of vacuum hoses that comes from EGR and other emission related parts.

Is it OK to remove that part in the picture? If so, what am I supposed to do with two wiring plugs that go into this gallery?

[ledzeppelin240]

Why get rid of your emissions, it does not give your more HP/TQ or any gain at all. Your killing the enviroment...You can remove it but the e-brake light will stay on. Download the FSM and find out what it is, then make a decision.

[jafero]

I wanted to keep it but I was missing half the other emission related items.

I have FSM and FSM toldl me what it was but didn't tell me what it did so I had to throw the question out here.

BTW, why will e-brake light stay on when I get rid of these emission solenoids and vacuum hoses?

[projectRDM]

One is the EGRC solenoid, the other is for the SCVs. Read the FSM for more, or search, this is very common and well documented info.

Brake light stays on from low fluid, or a damaged switch. Removing engine components has no relation.

[idlafie]

Doesn't New Jersey have smog testing for emissions??

http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Inspections/Understanding.htm

Good luck trying to pass the inspection without your smog equipment!!

ID

[jafero]

ledzeppelin240 and Idlafie, I hear worse stories from Westcoast when it comes to emissions. If you want to talk about environment this forum is not the right place. Ask about it to many turbo heads on this forum.

R240NA, thanks a lot for the advice.

[Rayne]

Brake light stays on from low fluid, or a damaged switch. Removing engine components has no relation.

I must be missing something about the emergency brake system....shouldn't the rear brakes close onto the rear caliper because the emergency brake handle pulls the drum closed rather than fluid pushing pistons?

[johngriff]

there is a sensor in the resevior for the brake fluid, it trips the ebrake light to stick on if the fluid level goes too low.

If you throw the alt belt, i think the ebrake light and the battery light both jump on. It was some weird combo... haha someone correct me, a couple years ago i had a dual cam i kept throwing the belt off of (burnouts, clutch kick drifting) and i remember every time it was the same couple of emergency lights to let me know.

But def ebrake light for low fluid.

[projectRDM]

I must be missing something about the emergency brake system....shouldn't the rear brakes close onto the rear caliper because the emergency brake handle pulls the drum closed rather than fluid pushing pistons?

The same light comes on with low fluid, it doesn't have anything to do with the parking brake specifically, it's just easier to use one warning bulb instead of two separate ones.

[ledzeppelin240]

Yo, I was just joking. Sorry for being a dick. I know what those solenoids are for but it clearly states in the FSM.

[jafero]

I'm cool yo.

[S14DB]

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