Throttle Body Coolant Passage
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Throttle Body Coolant Passage
With all the trouble that people go to in installing an intercooler, I wonder why many people don't remove the coolant lines that go to the intake manifold? Has anyone disconnected theirs and have they seen any gains from doing so?
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But its not just the TB that's heated, its the entire plenum. I'm pretty sure there's as much volume in there as a good-sized intercooler. Removing those lines should theoretically yield atleast a 5 or 10 degree drop in intake temps right?
Unless I'm missing something here.......to my knowledge there is no valve which controls flow of coolant into the manifold jacket. In other words coolant is always circulating through there.
Unless I'm missing something here.......to my knowledge there is no valve which controls flow of coolant into the manifold jacket. In other words coolant is always circulating through there.
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I removed mine. Didnt notice any difference anywhere. I just did it to make getting to the injectors easier.
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wax valve?! wtf.
all you have to do is plug the line from the IM and the line from the water neck....the end.
you can block and remove the AIR valve if you want like i posted above...this will not fail your emissions....
all you have to do is plug the line from the IM and the line from the water neck....the end.
you can block and remove the AIR valve if you want like i posted above...this will not fail your emissions....