Stock FJ40 motor.. Can anything be removed?

[Niteryder]

I have a stock 6cyl in my 81' FJ40 and is there an article somewhere that goes into detail about removing non essential things?

I have noticed a number of members with engine compartments far less cluttered than mine is why I'm asking.

 

[Colorado Boy-74-FJ40]

You could start by removing the rust

 

[alstaz]

desmog.

There is a lot of smog equipment on a stock 80's cruiser. You could do a quick search for desmogging and that will give you a good start.

I would think that you would probably be exempt from smog checks in many areas with a 27 yr old rig.

 

[D'Animal]

Where do you live?

In CA they smog back to 76. I think in NV they go back the the late 60's.

Check your local DMV website before you start taking things off.

 

[Niteryder]

Where do you live?

In CA they smog back to 76. I think in NV they go back the the late 60's.

Check your local DMV website before you start taking things off.

I live in MN. I don't think we do any sort of emission testing here. I found this on a MN DMV site, "State of Minnesota does not conduct any vehicle emissions testing anymore."

 

[MoCoNative]

The clutter is one thing, but if nothing is broke than don't fix it. For your information though, that is pretty much the same layout as an FJ-60 under the hood, so look around in that information also for desmog help.

Personally, my FJ-60 is all stock, and still works fine, the smog stuff actually helps in some ways, although most of the systems were just bandaids for old technology.