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Air Pump

The 06 and up have an air pump that feeds air to the heads to improve emissions. the system is hideous and heavy at about 10lbs. The whole assembly and associated wiring can be removed. You'll have to remove some codes with your tuning software and purchase some block-off plates $30-$80. But the difference is huge.

ditch this:

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for these

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Looking at the EJ motor can be intimidating so I wanted to make a post about what can go in the trash to make the motor easier to work on, and what can be done clean it up quite a bit.

These are just a few of the things I will be doing personally, and is by no means complete and or necessary. I'll just touch on everything briefly and we can discuss any of them in other threads if necessary.



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The motor has several ...

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My Aluminum lateral links were pretty nasty. They had a nice layer of undercoating, oxidation and rust from the bushings.

I started out with some solvent to get the rubber off (a razor blade helped get the rubber out of the grooves) and then gave them a quick sanding with 400 grit and then did a quick polish with wet 600 grit which gave them a nice shine. I guess they could be further polished but they are perfect for me.

Next step was pressing out the old rusted ...

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For a while I thought that I might kind of hang at the 450,000+ miles mark as I was just driving to and from work - about 50 miles total, with my studies over - for now - at St Gregory's University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, I just was not traveling as much. Then as I began to consider retiring I had a job offer that intrigued me so off I go to El Paso, Texas. Ya know they have upped the speed limits on I30/I20/I10 so that by the time you connect to I10 you’re cruising at 80+ on smooth, open road. ...

I've been away from the engine for a while. I installed the body for, I hope, the last time but we will see on that point.
So my friend Mike came over a couple of times this month and we adjusted to things. I had never really precisely done
the basic timing (just close) so that was pretty easy with two people. So it is now at 13.5 or 14 with the spout disconnected. After
that we did a procedure to calibrate the WOT sensor to optimize that computer reading. It was off ...