Should I remove my AIR pump?? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

TIMSPEED · 05-07-2003, 12:57 PM

It's not hooked into anything anymore. It's just being ran off the belt (along with the alternator) and the only thing it's doing is pumping air into the engine bay...which might not be a BAD thing, cuz the air isn't hot!

But I think the bearings are shot in it, so should I remove it, just to clean up the engine compartment a little more?

ocbaud · 05-07-2003, 12:58 PM

if its not hooked up to anything anyway, i say yes. i dont have mine on anymore.

TIMSPEED · 05-07-2003, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ocbaud
if its not hooked up to anything anyway, i say yes.

Well, what I was THINKING about doing, was routing the little air output tube, up to my cold-air intake duct...get a little more air in there

LOL, prolly a dumb idea though.

LOHRTBT · 05-07-2003, 01:04 PM

yeah....take it off. YOu said you wont have to pass inspection again right?

*1FaastC10* · 05-07-2003, 01:05 PM

i took mine off my '86, go for it.

TIMSPEED · 05-07-2003, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LOHRTBT
yeah....take it off. YOu said you wont have to pass inspection again right?

No, but it wouldn't do me any good to have that..I don't have a cat anymore!

LOHRTBT · 05-07-2003, 01:30 PM

TOSS IT !!! LOL

PHOENIX · 05-07-2003, 01:57 PM

If you dont have to go to emissions (sniffer or visual) then I say get rid of it too!

I wish I could do the same.

rockman20 · 05-07-2003, 03:29 PM

Toss it.

What tiny little bit you might gain from running it up into the cold air tube would be lost anyways by trying to turn the pump. Get rid of a tiny bit of weight and a tiny bit of drag on the engine. May not seem like much, but if you are going balls to the wall racing, every little bit counts.

c10scotty · 05-07-2003, 08:03 PM

lol route it into the intake, then you can say you have a blower

**old Rusty C10** · 05-07-2003, 08:53 PM

im all for getting rid of stuff that robs horsepower get rid of it

05-07-2003, 12:57 PM	#1
TIMSPEED Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,321	Should I remove my AIR pump?? It's not hooked into anything anymore. It's just being ran off the belt (along with the alternator) and the only thing it's doing is pumping air into the engine bay...which might not be a BAD thing, cuz the air isn't hot! But I think the bearings are shot in it, so should I remove it, just to clean up the engine compartment a little more? __________________ I have a few cars... See Them Here

05-07-2003, 01:04 PM	#4
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	yeah....take it off. YOu said you wont have to pass inspection again right? __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

05-07-2003, 01:30 PM	#7
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	TOSS IT !!! LOL __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

05-07-2003, 01:57 PM	#8
PHOENIX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 4,703	If you dont have to go to emissions (sniffer or visual) then I say get rid of it too! I wish I could do the same. __________________ * AVOID: LOPER'S PERMORANCE / LOPERSPEED.COM OF PHOENIX, AZ & COTTMAN TRANSMISSION *

05-07-2003, 03:29 PM	#9
rockman20 "The dude abides" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North Dakota Posts: 472	Toss it. What tiny little bit you might gain from running it up into the cold air tube would be lost anyways by trying to turn the pump. Get rid of a tiny bit of weight and a tiny bit of drag on the engine. May not seem like much, but if you are going balls to the wall racing, every little bit counts. __________________ RockMan 1993 Chevy Silverado C3500 1 ton dually 1994 Honda Civic 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 1953 IH Farmall Super M New to the fleet: 1992 Subaru Loyal

05-07-2003, 12:58 PM	#2
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	if its not hooked up to anything anyway, i say yes. i dont have mine on anymore.

05-07-2003, 01:05 PM	#5
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	i took mine off my '86, go for it.

05-07-2003, 08:03 PM	#10
c10scotty ~THE SILVER BULLET~ Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: WYOMING Posts: 285	lol route it into the intake, then you can say you have a blower __________________ ~1980 c10 chevy scottsdale~ ~2.5/4 drop 305/th350c~

05-07-2003, 08:53 PM	#11
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,319	im all for getting rid of stuff that robs horsepower get rid of it __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

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