(This is my thoughts they may be wrong)The biggest restriction of the egr system is not all the crap bolted on but the exhaust ports in the head so if ya get rid of it bolt ons wont make much difference unless you mod head aswell, the exhaust ports have camel hump shaped castings in head which dirct gasses to egr and restrict ports these would need to taken out which prob be a big hassle and expensive for little gains.
You could get better gains in other areas easier and for bout same money

anybody got any other thoughts on the matter as im going to build the engine back up this weekend

take the valve off the inlet manifold and make a new gasket out of an old biscuit tin but without the two holes then refit the valve and plug the wireing back in that way the ecu will still think it is working but really its doing nothing. and it will still pass an MOT. :thumbs:

now has anyone actually done this on their x14xe engine, and if so what were the emissions like after it and was there any trouble with the ECU as cybermonkey seems top think there will be

u can junk the egr safely and possibly free up a couple of bhp in the process and save yourself any bother when it eventually decides to pack in as they often do and as the part costs £161 new from vauxhall save u a few pennies

tho your emissions may rise slightly but nothing drastic

[Edited on 21-03-2003 by flipmo]

Your ECU will shit on you.

im in the middle of replacing the head gasket on my x14xe powered sport and was wondering if all of this EGR shite could be got rid of without any major repurcussions.

my understanding is that the car wont run properly without it, but im sure ive read posts on here about people succesfully removing it

cheers
demo :thumbs:

ps - replacing the head gasket on a x14xe is an absolute nightmare of a job:mad: