egr removal, anyone done it Options

[STCelica]

has anyone completely removed their egr system. i live in fl so i dont have to worry about inspections. the reason i ask is because i need to know if the car will run fine without it. i removed the egr system on my 94 tt supra and put a resistor in line to trick the computer into thinking its hooked up. so if anyone has, what resistor is needed. also i have a sensor that im pretty sure was connected to the system and i wanted to know if this needs to be plugged in in order for the car to run. i have a post on here already about the problems im having with the motor and i just to see if anyone else has removed their egr. thanks

[Kwanza26]

All the stuff about fuel economy at cruising speed is irrelevant to the EGR system. Learn how it works before you go off on a tangent.

[GriffGirl]

All the stuff about fuel economy at cruising speed is irrelevant to the EGR system. Learn how it works before you go off on a tangent.

That raises a question for me - and it sounds like you can answer it/clear it up. I thought the EGR only actually came on at cruising speed (i.e. about 50 mph). So my question is, how would a faulty EGR affect stop-and-go driving if it doesn't activate until you hit 50?

Reason I ask is that I've been fighting with my friend's EGR on his Prizm (4AFE). We had to get it through DEQ, and after replacing the EGR w/no luck on the CEL, I finally just took it to a parts store and had the CEL reset, at which point we drove it to DEQ (about 6 miles) and kept it under 40 mph so the EGR wouldn't trigger and the CEL code would stay clear long enough to get it through DEQ. (Illegal, I know. Desperate measures, ya know...)

In his particular case, the CEL or bad EGR hasn't affected "performance" or gas mileage at all. I know on other cars though, a CEL would throw it into "safe mode" and make the car run like crap and get horrible mpg. Does this just not really apply on our particular cars (or variations thereof)?