Electric Air Pump Woes

[King Snake]

I installed my new MAC cold air kit last night. Anyone who says installing this kit on '96-'98 Cobras is easy has never installed one. But here's the question: I disconnected the battery while I was installing the kit. I did this because I heard any time you make a mod you should reset the computer. I expected it to run a little ruff until the computer relearned
everything, which is does, but what I don't understand is why the electric air pump, which had to be repositioned to make room for the air filter, has started coming on after the car is started and also occasionally during operation. This pump should come on only if the car is running rich, which it may be since I reset the computer. Why has it never come on before? Is this a normal thing when resetting the computer, or is my cold air kit the cause of this? Also, would it hurt anything to disconnect this pump if it continues to come on? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated...

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'97 Cobra, K&N, 3.73s, Rio Red