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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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coolant bypass Good or Bad??

okay ive been researching this and could find a good answer for my question's are
1.Is there any bads from doing the coolant bypass mod??
2.another thing i thought is that if i drive my car for a long time would the TB get too hot??
3.so was there a power diff(any thing like a .25 hp,lol) in doing this??

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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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I doubt it makes a difference either way.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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Less boggy when its hot. It really workd well for me! I doubted any help woul e had but dam, that thing must have had a big amount of coolant flowing through it with the size of those hoses.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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There shouldn't be any deleterious effects with doing this, at least none I can think of.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Cold weather might be affected but in hot weather like FL, I had mine out for years with no ill effects.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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BTW i live in San Antonio,TX which in its coldest weather gets like 35 degree's
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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okay one of the thing i just saw right now is that its has a sensor in the middle of both of the coolant lines.....would that affect anything bye removing the coolant pass?
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 09:30 PM
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i have noticed zero negative effects--also zero positive effects though.

the coolant is only there to keep the TB warm in cold climates where the TB could freeze in the open position... that's going to have to be pretty damn cold though.

i have seen dyno sheets for some domestics that have picked up a few HP because they are lowering the temperature of the incoming air by not having hot coolant routed into the TB.

edit: http://www.lt1tips.com/lt1%20dyno%20graph.html

there's one of the sheets i mentioned. we all know how well our engines take to mods though... so i would be surprised if we were squeezing 1 solid HP out of the motor on this. aside from that once you suffer good old heat soak and everything warms up the mod will be useless. this works best with the engine at colder temperatures.

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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 12:38 AM
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I believe i performed the mod from atilla's guide.
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 04:32 AM
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okay so theres not a certain point were the coolant starts to cool the TB down right?(when driving for a long time...when it gets HOT)
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 04:56 AM
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only in hot weather is good. But i would switch back during the cold winter days.
Trust me with experience
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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okay i already did it........
car feels like it has more torque and it has faster throttle response
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Evo666
only in hot weather is good. But i would switch back during the cold winter days.
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yea but here in tx it never gets cold
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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okay ....maybe a noob question but...with this mod does the car waist more gas???
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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It shouldn't.
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