place the nickle where the hole in on your intake side, then take the tube/fitting and "crush" the nickle.

 

what if you just went to the hardware store got a big enough bolt to thread into the hole in the header.Trace a plate out of aluminum or something of that nature to use as a block off plate, use that in place of the EGR on the intake manifold.But then im left with the question of what to do with the hoses from the EGR.Do you just plug them up?

 

dude I just told you what to do...are you going for massive weight savings or something!

 

I know I went balls out when I did away with my EGR system. I had the intake manifold off, and split upper and lower. I was cleaning the thing out, and decided to get rid of the EGR. I pulled the four allen type plugs out of the underside of the runners at the plenum on the lower portion, where the exhaust gas plumbs through the manifold. Once the gases enter the valve, they pass through a long tubular passage in the manifold; the four plugs cross-sect the passage at the runners, where the gases then spills into the individual runners. After pulling the plugs, I pumped each of the four areas with high heat silicone sealant, and filled the primary passage, as well; then I reinstalled the plugs. After wiping the excess silicone away from the area inside the manifold where the holes are, I let it cure up to a solid state. No extra hardware, and no EGR components left over. I didn't have to worry about the exhaust side hook-up, because the manifold was swapped for a T3 turbo manifold that has no provision for EGR piping. The vacuum system was redone entirely to accomodate the new turbo equipment, but the solenoid is something I still need to deal with. I simply unplugged it, hoping that I could track down a way to resister the plug, and fool the computer into thinking the system was in tack and operating as normal. No such luck, so far. Seems to run alright without, but I have a nice little SES light on, now. Oh, well; just one of many issues.

John

 

u can leave the temp sensor in a as a plug for it. and leave hte little plugs in unless ur going all out.

weld up the little 1/2" x 1" weird looking hole marked 'egr hole that leads to valve'

search topics created by me i posted some stuff i removed a while back.

 

Hey chin dont jump the gun here, i was offering another way of doing it rather than just putting a nickel in it and crushing the pipe.This way it still looks good and yeah you save what like 3 pounds.woohoo!

 

do you really gain that much?

 

I'm not sure with actual numbers, but it made a bit of difference.