Recently we tried to take off an EGR Valve because it was stuck open and we broke one of the studs. So we took it off and did the easy thing to do and put a plate over it and called it good. So will this hurt the engine or anything bad ?

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I looked in the Haynes guide book and they didn't have it on some 280zx N/A's but they did on turbos? My engine is a N/A but it did have an EGR valve

 

no it wont hurt.. you just gotta fight the emission police... hahahah

 

you just gotta fight the emission police... hahahah

Umm... I live in Kansas, there are no emission police. Also will this improve horsepower or anything?

 

Yeah it's just there to reduce combustion chamber temp. to reduce NoX. It's shouldn't adversely affect your engine at all. The temp. reduction doesn't affect drivability, it's strictly an emissions CONTROL device. Just make sure your exhaust is exiting all the way out back from the car. NoX is some nasty stuff and if it starts creaping up in your car with the windows up while you cruising real slow or sitting in traffic it'll start to make you whoozy . And that's a negative on affecting hp. Maybe fractions of a single hp. It doesn't let enough exhaust gas into the chamber in the first place to affect performance.

 

thanks again if Iget real ambitious i will try and fix the stud but i have to fix my exhaust bolts first thanks again for the help and it finnaly idles right, but still has the tick. Thanks everyone