Why don't you pull off the vacuum hose at the TVIS actuator and vacuum plug the hose. Drive around to see if you like it or not before you gut the TVIS. I believe your having the 225 engine?
A visit to melaka on the weekend gave an oppurtunity to bump into some mloc members..Despite being a brief encounter, it was refreshing to see mean machines on an otherwise plain town..Also bumped into some RX8s...