Wasn't really planning to.


Reason is, from what I've heard, it's really not that beneficial.


I currently have the 460 out of one of my 89's.


Didn't really like the EGR fittings fused to each other, and since I'm planning to paint the original manifolds, I wanted to free up the fittings for future disassembly, if necessary.


Well, the 90 degree elbow at the manifold, while it appears as a custom-made one-piece pipe fitting, is more like a two-piece affair, with steel tubing inside a 3/4 NPT fitting inside the manifold.


That broke pretty easily, and I ended up sawing the bushing in the manifold in two places and collapsing it out of the manifold threads.


So a regular 3/4 pipe plug screws right in there, and you can bet that the only way to get that elbow configuration is to buy a new manifold.


I now find myself looking at the "EGR Eliminator" bypass plug on the internet.


Has anyone noticed any benefit on this year truck, with this engine, using the bypass?


Anything I've missed? I would welcome your insight.


Thanks

 

Dunno what the bypass is, but there are benefits to getting rid of egr.

You can only plug the egr tube, you have to leave the rest of the system (solenoid, valve, sensor, etc) in tact and maintained.

a penny size piece of metal ("wink wink") fits perfect as a plug .

 

I'm using the term "bypass" as a generic term for that three-wire plug that acts as a jumper of sorts, plugged onto the EGR circuit, allowing it's removal.


It's advertised as an "eliminator and simulator" for pre 94' or so Fords.
I've seen threads where the early EFI Engine Controls will tolerate this, but nothing conclusive yet as to whether the engine responds noticeably better.Of course there's a claim in the ad that it does.


Apparently popular among the Mustang owners.


Of course it would clean up the engine bay to some degree, and parts fusing together somehow irks me.