Hello all!
In the 'introduce yourself' part of this site I have pictures of my engine bay of the G20 van. I am stumped as to what parts of the motor are. I am looking to simplify the engine bay and clean up all of the vacuum and EGR hoses. I am making this van a very basic drag race van. I know the chevy guys will jump down my throat, but I want to get rid of the quadrajet carb. I've rebuilt it but it still bogs during acceleration. I have included pictures of parts I have questions about. Some people have told me it has things to do with cruise control, and A/C. All of these things I want to remove/ don't need anyways. But if I can get some second and third opinions I would be very grateful.

There is a part behind and to the left of the carb.
There is another part that is on the other side of the engine bay that I was told had something to do with the cruise control.
The other part (black ball) in the front of the van, underneath the hood, I was told had something to do with heating and A/C

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