BTW, to delete your EGR, you just need to cap the vacuum port on the carb. You can just pull the hoses then, as the valve stays shut without vacuum and no exhaust enters the intake. You could take the thermal valve off the water neck and just put a plug in it too. If you want to go far enough, you can make a plate to cover the opening after removing the EGR valve. But once you throw the Offy and Holley 390cfm on it, there is no place on the Offy for the EGR anyway.

BTW, just noticed the blue color of the Nova, I like that color.