As an aside to this you can use the now free coolant lines to cool a water cooled turbo.

 

^^^
Friggin fantastic idea.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TK Error Tib @ Feb 16 2007, 01:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I did the throttle body coolant bypass, subtle, but noticeable after driving some distance... engine doesnt feel 'tired' after a while. Nice one.

I have a question regarding the loopback though, if that single tube is bent too tightly and thus pinched... does it not prevent the flow of the coolant?

I avoided that possibilty by using both tubes to form a bigger loop and used a little metal joiner.</div>

Word. I've had mine hooked up as shown for what, 3 years? Little pinch, but no problem.

 

As an interesting aside to this, my Canadian 2000 Tib doesn't even have the coolant running through the throttle body. It is the same casting because you can see where the lines would go but they are blank.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (REDZMAN @ Feb 16 2007, 10:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>^^^
Friggin fantastic idea.</div>



Not mine, Viper had it set up this way, I never even thought of that before.

 

Wierd.. my canadian 2000 tib has them... o_O

Don't you have any trouble when it's cold? Like... right now? lol

 

Hey i just checked my Canadian 2000 out and i dont have the lines running into it either maybe thats whats causing my problems, its warming up today so ill see how she goes.

 

...are you guys sure?
I mean.. i'm not trying to be insulting, but are you looking in the right spot? The hoses should be on sort of the underside of the throttle body.

It just doesn't make any sense at all that we wouldn't have them connected up here, unless they were taken off by a previous owner maybe? Hm. Seems wierd.

 

I'm positive. I removed my throttle body to clean it up and even took pictures of it. I bought the car new so nobody else has owned it before me. That's the way it came from the factory. I am surprised that there would be some here with it and some without.

 

yes im looking in the right spot, i bought my car used so obviously the previous owner took it off.

 

hey just a quick question, could u add 2 valves, one to stop flow into the TB amd the other as a bypass into a T fitting back to the head...? kinda like this: (minus .'s wont let u use multible spaces)
|----| <--- TB
| . . o <-- valve one (to stop flow)
| -o-| <-- valve two (to finish loop back to engine)
| . . |
if valve one is open two must be closed or the other way around....
this way instead of taking apart ur TB yearly, u could just open and close a couple of valves right?(or would the valves possiblely restrict the flow?)

and sorry for bringing up an old ass topic 02.gif