To De-Smog or not to De-Smog...

There are no exhaust manifolds with EGR hookups -- it's the intakes that have (or don't have) the mounting pad for the EGR valve.

True. I'm still working on my English. It would have been more correct for me to say that I replaced my EGR compatible exhaust manifold with one that was not provisioned to interface with the EGR valve.