Under Plenum Job SUCCESSFULLY Running With Removed Equipment

[qship96]

who asked you?

I just wanted to warn other Nico members that this clown is ripping off fellow enthusiasts!

[paranoidjack]

who asked you?

I just wanted to warn other Nico members that this clown is ripping off fellow enthusiasts!

This is a public forum, and no one asked me. Surely you noticed that when you took the liberty to speak without anybody asking you to do so 6,161 times.

For what it's worth, my reply was in reference to older posts on a previous page, not your announcement of this guy's intentions to rip other's off.

[willmoodom]

man this is a rough neighborhood. not paying attention to the petty insults, i think we who have built or customized cars for the sake of performance have forgotten that even manufacturers do stupid things. have we forgotten the same engineers who design this engine had a brain fart when it came to the timing guides? i mean plastic! really? $40,000 sedan and no cup holders. even Hyundai had cup holders back in 1990.. no car is perfectly engineered, but they did a hell of a job. though i hate the lay out of the engine, in reference to doing a vc or oil pan job. As long as ive been into cars, performance cars, deleting the egr was like a given. my last sports car was a 89 conquest tsi. i don't think there was a starquest anywhere that had the egr attached or even operational. i cant say if there are long term effects, but i will say when the egr goes bad, the car drives like s***. i have briefly thought of eliminating it on the Q, basically because i don't think mine work. with the laptop hooked up, some times it work and sometimes it don't according to what i see. anyway, id like to see us get along. we all have a choice of how we want to run our cars. its unfortunate that the car of our liking is expensive to repair and a bit temperamental when things need replacing. i personally have some ideas for my car to enhance its driving pleasure as well as its reliability in its old age.

[Q-ZILLA]

Good God people; who gives a f*** what this guy does to his car... It's his car. Sounds like a bunch of grandma's bitching over some stupid s***. I personally would like to be able to remove a bunch of this crap off the motor, but I'm not that talented. I say good for him... We all don't have to be purists when it comes to our Q's.

[Unnatural1]

I'm also running a level 10 transmission-stall converter and nos.

Cool - so there are three of us with LevelTens..

I'm currently doing an IPT rebuild of my transmission and high stall converter. So when I'm done that will make 4 with performance transmissions!

I'm sure that I have some how offended someone on here by using non OE parts!

[Unnatural1]

who asked you?

I just wanted to warn other Nico members that this clown is ripping off fellow enthusiasts!

Wow, that is completely unnecessary. J is ripping off no one and has actually stated that he is posting info only for those interested in following in his footsteps. This post and really all of your others in this thread are pretty ridiculous and unneeded.

I have been a member on NICO for many years and about half that time has been spent as a Q owner. I've spent lots of time in this forum in that time. I haven't bothered coming around here in quite some time because of the attitude demonstrated by many members in this forum, with this thread as a prime example. The OP was purely informational. J doesn't deserve to be berated for what he's decided to do to HIS CAR! If you don't like it DON'T DO IT!

Almost anytime I've tried to answer a question or offer advice in this forum it turns into something like this thread. It's amazing to me. I actually spend my weekdays as a professional auto technician diagnosing and repairing cars. I would think I may have some experience that may prove useful to some here. A feeling that has been reinforced by a few members that have privately messaged or emailed me questions they didn't want to ask here. I'm not a Q45 expert as some here claim to be but I have a feeling most of those people don't actually work on anything. I read through some of these threads, such as this one, completely dumbfounded. You all could start by showing each other a little respect and go from there.

[Unnatural1]

As for the EGR delete, good for you J. The majority of little vacuum lines on this engine have something to do with emissions systems and they do clutter up the engine bay. Unfortunately, we do emissions testing here in my county. I'll be hanging onto my emissions equipment.

The EGR systems main job is to reduce NOx emissions by reducing combustion temps. It does this by introducing a small amount of inert gas (exhaust gases) in to the intake manifold to dilute the air/fuel mixture. The inert gas takes up space in the combustion chamber reducing the amount of air and fuel that can physically be drawn into the cylinder. Less fuel in the cylinder's combustion chamber equals lower combustion temps. Temps are highest during part throttle cruise which is the only time the EGR system operates. This is also when engine load is very low. With that being the case detonation should not be an issue. The EGR system was not developed to control detonation. It was developed to control NOx emissions. In theory, your engine would use more fuel at part throttle cruise than it did before the EGR delete but the difference in fuel consumption might be pretty negligible. I can't answer that for sure but I get the impression that you don't really care. Am I right?!

[Q-ZILLA]

I've had my L10 Stage 3 for 6 1/2 years and I just love it! Best upgrade I've put in my car. Unfortunately I wasted quite a bit of money on OEM's before I got it...

[BCC93QT]

who asked you?

I just wanted to warn other Nico members that this clown is ripping off fellow enthusiasts!

Wow, that is completely unnecessary. J is ripping off no one and has actually stated that he is posting info only for those interested in following in his footsteps. This post and really all of your others in this thread are pretty ridiculous and unneeded.

I have been a member on NICO for many years and about half that time has been spent as a Q owner. I've spent lots of time in this forum in that time. I haven't bothered coming around here in quite some time because of the attitude demonstrated by many members in this forum, with this thread as a prime example. The OP was purely informational. J doesn't deserve to be berated for what he's decided to do to HIS CAR! If you don't like it DON'T DO IT!

Almost anytime I've tried to answer a question or offer advice in this forum it turns into something like this thread. It's amazing to me. I actually spend my weekdays as a professional auto technician diagnosing and repairing cars. I would think I may have some experience that may prove useful to some here. A feeling that has been reinforced by a few members that have privately messaged or emailed me questions they didn't want to ask here. I'm not a Q45 expert as some here claim to be but I have a feeling most of those people don't actually work on anything. I read through some of these threads, such as this one, completely dumbfounded. You all could start by showing each other a little respect and go from there.

J.hardstyle AKA justin lowe spanaway WA has ripped off a few people on this site. Mostly on other sites though. He has been called out multiple times. Very sketchy person. queership simply just stated that. I am backing this up.

[qship96]

Seems many of the youth of today lack reading and/or comprehension skills.....should have not stopped their education with a H.S. or GED degree.

[Unnatural1]

J.hardstyle AKA justin lowe spanaway WA has ripped off a few people on this site. Mostly on other sites though. He has been called out multiple times. Very sketchy person. queership simply just stated that. I am backing this up.

Ah, I see. I was unaware of that BCC.

Still, QShip has added very little to the conversion. And, who exactly was his last comment pointed at? Qship sounds like a grumpy old man. Did you walk to school up hill both ways in the snow during a hurricane and an earthquake while avoiding a tsunami too? Give me a break!

[Q-ZILLA]

Unnatural, you may have hit the nail on the head! Seems there are a lot of "Grumpy Old Self-Professed Experts" on here...

[hk20000]

E10 is like mandatory in the province of British Columbia even for 94 Octane rating fuels. So if you are anal about it don't take your Infinitis out to BC Canada.

In other news, most Infinitis are still running perfectly ok with a E10 mix.

EGR removal does not do anything to your engine. Just because you have slightly less carbon rich intake charge does not mean that will cause detonation / engine failure the sensors and self-adjustability is beyond capable of working around it.

The side effect is that you are going to see not-always-observable decrease in fuel economy, because the O2 sensors now will see a leaner mixture and the injector cycles will adjust accordingly. On inline 4 cars the difference is negligible but in a V8 there might be some difference to be had.

EGR = simply put burn that exhaust gas again and use up that carbon for emission controls.