What useless things have you gotten rid of under the hood?

[325ix]

what does the throttle body heater plate do? Also isn't the washer system slightly important when you drive a veicle on the road?

[nando]

what does the throttle body heater plate do? Also isn't the washer system slightly important when you drive a veicle on the road?

it keeps the TB from icing up (and no it doesn't have to be freezing for that to happen!)

as far as the washer system - nah. wash your car. ;)

[FredK]

m42

m20b27

replaced with nothing at the moment.

hahahaha

[White325is]

Whats up with the rachet straps? Looks great otherwise!

No trans in the car at that time.

[napabavarian]

Engine...I figured it was useless with a frozen bearing and poped head gasket, much more nimble.

[NeoMishMoo]

Whats the part number for the charcoal canister, I wanted to take a look at realoem.
Do you need to do anything special when removing it?

I took off my AC compressor off my new engine before giving it to the mechanic to drop in for me, but the guy took the one off my old engine and charged me for the belt and the labor, after I told him to leave it off... sigh. What I get for not finishing the swap myself.

[gearheadE30]

it keeps the TB from icing up (and no it doesn't have to be freezing for that to happen!)

A lot of people called BS on this one when I was considering pulling mine because of a leak. I ended up deleting it, and the TB actually has frozen on me, twice. It happened when I drove the car, parked in the warm, more humid garage overnight, and then drove it the next day. 10 minutes or less into the drive, the throtte stuck at about 2000 to 2500 rpm. If I don't park in the garage, this never happens.

[nando]

Whats the part number for the charcoal canister, I wanted to take a look at realoem.
Do you need to do anything special when removing it?
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there's really no reason to remove it, it doesn't rob any horsepower, and probably helps your fuel economy.

[akorcovelos]

How are you running your harness?

Wires, ABS, all brackets, coolant res, power steering, A/C, Charcol can, washer tank. Im sure I forgot a few things.





Wish I took more after it was all together.

Best looking swap on the boards, hands down.

[Matt-B]

plug wires, coil pack, washer res, heater plate, mess under intake,

[jeffw]

I have gotten rid of ALL ac stuff. the cruise control stuff. I am keeping the power steering but that can go. the ac condenser. the windshield squirter bottle.

[3bvert]

throttle body heater crap, a/c,ps, fan and fan clutch ( switched to electric), coils adn wires ( cop kit), brakets that held the coils,

[3bvert]

around here it does not get cold enough to have freezxing in the throttle body

[SA E30]

More pictures of your widebody! Or a build thread?

What you have done with those fenders is exactly what I want to do.

[ck_taft325is]

clutch fan, stock coil, cap/rotor, a/c, windshield washers

my ABS actually saved my ass yesterday.. a light turned yellow so I stopped. it was pretty wet and the traction on the left and right sides of the car was not even (one side was asphalt, the other side tar). the car pitched left about 15 degrees, then ABS came on and straigthened me out.

I probably could have just blew the light but part of me just wanted to see how well I could stop in the wet. No amount of threshold braking would help in that situation, since you can't change how the left and right sides of the car brake manually.

there wasn't anything for me to hit (middle of nowhere) so I probably would have just spun, but I really didn't want to find out. :)

I do that sometimes

Always makes my wife shake her head and sigh... :-D