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RE: EGR valve

To: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
Subject: RE: EGR valve
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:16:53 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Navarrette, Vance wrote:

>       None. The EGR disconnects itself from the engine at idle and
> under full throttle, so power stays the same with it on or off the
> engine. You may need to adjust your mixture slightly.
> 
>       Removing it is trivial. Plug the various vacuum orifices on the
> carbs, remove the EGR and plug the hole in the manifold (3/8" NPT ?) and
> plug the hole in the head (uses a metric oil pan drain plug as I recall,
> don't remember the thread size)

Intake manifold plug is 3/8" NPT, the head plug is 3/4"-18 (I think). It's
def. SAE, not metric. At least that is the case on the two 74 heads that I
have.

Frenchie - on the manifold plug, I left that off my initial reply. Sorry
for the ommission.

regards,
rml
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