EGR VALVE BLOCK OFF PLATE

[beppe180]

k i finally got all my motor together, now ppl r telling me not to use a block off plate, they said the motor wont work as good with one. or bad for it.. wut do u guys think?

[Maetrix66]

Mine works fine.

[beppe180]

cool. is there any benefit? or gain in performance?

[bszopi]

No gain in performance and expect to get an SES light every so often. Its not the "best" idea from an emissions standpoint, but...

[Maetrix66]

Benefits??

I don't know, you might see a small benefit from not recirculating hot exhaust into your intake, but mine was installed due to the fact my passageway was SEVERELY plugged. I'm talking mystery oil and a titanium drill bit couldn't clean it out. So instead of having this ignorant looking EGR walve sticking up, I made a good looking plate to block it off. I mean, if it wasn't gonna do anything anyway, then why have it there? I am going to be running a modified tgp code, so I've just shut off the EGR code anyways.

[Anonymous]

Mine works just fine, and thanks to Ben turning the EGR off, no SES light.

[RednBlack]

But if your EGR works fine and no clogs, is there a point to blocking it off? I just hate to change something stock that doesn't do anything for performance. Give me 5 HP and I'd do it.

[geoffinbc]

It will not give you any performance. Infact you may loose some milage while crusing because the ECM cannot run as lean of a mixture or advanced the timing timing as much as it could if the EGR was functioning.

So leave it on and enjoy better gas milage and a greener earth of all of us.

[RednBlack]

It will not give you any performance. Infact you may loose some milage while crusing because the ECM cannot run as lean of a mixture or advanced the timing timing as much as it could if the EGR was functioning.

So leave it on and enjoy better gas milage and a greener earth of all of us.

Well said!

[Anonymous]

PAVE THE RAINFOREST

[Guest]

It will not give you any performance. Infact you may loose some milage while crusing because the ECM cannot run as lean of a mixture or advanced the timing timing as much as it could if the EGR was functioning.

So leave it on and enjoy better gas milage and a greener earth of all of us.

Well said!

Agreed.

And another slap for Aaron, you really are a tool, aren't you?

[jweir22]

I thinkyou can go about 70% less hole size with no engine light coming on i just pressed a piece in that made the hole smaller only to stop the black stuff back into my intake don't have to clean it as much, but it does serve a purpose it cools the cumbustion chamber.

[Anonymous]

but it does serve a purpose it cools the cumbustion chamber.

With extremely hot exhaust gas right?

[jweir22]

Yes the combustion chamber is way hotter then exhaust gases.

[RednBlack]

PAVE THE RAINFOREST

You should have used Spel Chek. I know you really meant "Save The Rainforest."