| Re: 1995 owners. Any body know where this connects to? |
Subject: Re: 1995 owners. Any body know where this connects to? by bogus on 2022/8/26 19:32:37 Chill on the special interests... The reality is very real. Gasoline, as it sits, is a toxic material. It is made up of unchained hydrocarbons and as such, is a known atmospheric toxin. The average lawnmower will leach more gas vapour into the atmosphere in a day than a car will in a month... or some stupid statistic like that. A vintage car will absolutely pollute more with a full tank of gas in it, just sitting there, not running, than a modern car will driving... I don't remember the ratio off hand, but the numbers are mind boggling. I have stated this before, but I do live in Los Angeles. I have seen pollution first hand and it lives in the basin. You see, LA is basin. There are mountains on the north, east and south sides, and a cold ocean, with an ever present inversion layer, to the west. This keeps the area stuck in it's own air for long periods of time. The native indigenous population called LA the "great smoky valley" even 200 years ago, because of the way the smoke hung in the air. Back in about 1968, after SMOG was first identified and named, they put air filters on the roofs of tall buildings in downtown LA. These filters were white things with slats and a thick white filter paper inside. They captured particulate emissions. After 1 day - ONE DAY - they were pitch black. Fast forward to 1983 (or so), and those same filters could sit up there for 90 days and turn just a light shade of off grey. Improvement. Yes, it had its cost, but the benefits are worth it. The reality? The simple act of adding the PCV to an engine cut emissions by a real percentage and didn't effect performance one damned bit. EGR, same thing. And it helps cut down on knock, win-win. The real ding was the early catalytic converter, those things were junk and sucked power like a cheap hooker. Add in the drop in compression ratios, the change in horsepower ratings, and yes, the regulations sucked... However, tech caught up making modern hot rods impressive as hell... You can walk into your local Dodge dealer and walk out with a 700hp sedan that still gets 20mpg on the highway, for not insane money. Deals exist on used Corvette Z06's, where you can get 505hp, 24 mpg highway, for under $40k!!! And it's daily drivable. Insane in the membrane... 1948, or so, the steel industry in Pittsburgh was polluting the air so bad that it left the city cast in permanent midnight. And don't forget when the Monongalia river caught fire! Look it up. I am not some leftist tree hugger, but I am a realist and I like to breath clean air and drink clean water. That requires thoughtful regulation. So, if you want to breath clean air, think before you let some conspiracy theories or neo-NAZI propaganda confuse the issue. As for the emissions part, yes, there is a vacuum line. As I said, the valve array is under the ASR servo. There are a couple of lines that feed it and come off the left side of the intake. You should see a couple of 1/8" hard lines, and some soft lines, down below the A/C compressor, heading to an area below the ASR servo. Not hard to follow, just be careful what you disconnect and what you connect, I think those lines also feed the ductwork inside the car. |
