Fleetcare,
While I don't have a clue as too what would happen with if you remove the stuff but a friend of mine, who also races a CRX in ITA, had mistakenly flip the two vacuum lines that go to the tb. The car would idle but wouldn't rev past 3/4k rpm. This might not help, but thought I would tell you. Good luck!

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Richy Gonzalez
GB Racing - #24 ITA CRX
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