Coolant bypass...mod?

[GAspeedProtege]

Cept the getting pulled over part, unless your cops have more important things to worry about.

 

[Autox MSP]

Okay the CEL is fixed. I drove around pretty hard today, don't notice a difference. Oh well it was free.

 

[Black Majik MSP]

I'm pretty sure that was a joke

I'm aware of that, but if someone jabs at an idea I like, I usually feel the need to defend myself.

 

[Autox MSP]

Oh yeh found out that the Integra Type R does not have coolent going in to the throttle from the factory.

 

[03MSPRO]

^^^ I am sure most cars do

 

[Puckpimp71]

Dad's '03 Cobra doesn't....

 

[peepsalot]

Is there any problem with getting air in the coolant lines, like with brakes, or will the bubbles work their way out?

Sorry, I'm just beginning to learn the details of how cars work, stuff like bleeding the brakes scares me. (I'll figure it out as soon as I get my SS clutch lines though

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

Alright I have taken this to the next level with an auxillary washer pump and some ice in the washer tank. Gains? got no friggin idea... I'll be runnin it again on wednesday night as always. As a side note that washer pump is louder than mt engine.....it sounds like I have a wicked fuel pump on lol.

 

[Black Majik MSP]

I'm ordering my Thermoblok spacers from Outlaw Engineering tomorrow. They include the fitting required for doing the coolant bypass. The only things you need in addition to the fitting are the 2 vacuum caps & 2 screw-type or t-bolt hose clamps.

 

[Puckpimp71]

-Black Majik tell us know what kind of gains you see with that thermoblock kit!
-Blkzoomzoom, are you talking about the I/C H2O sprayer?

 

[FSDET]

gains on the website r 3 hp i believe but its on N/A car
no his talking about running cold water thruogh his throttle body, instead of hot(over 200) coolant..

 

[acidbug]

I personall think it's a bad idea to run cold water on any part of the engine other than the intercooler. You can cause stress fractures.

Chas

 

[gino]

To do this mod and still have a heated TB during colder months, just put a small valve in the most accessible part of the feed line to the TB. This way, you can shut off the water flow during the warm months and leave all lines intact. The return line is uncharged when the valve is off and is no problem. A suitable brass valve can be found at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc., in the plumbing section.

Just cut a piece of feed line out for the valve, install it, add a couple of screw-drive hose clamps and, voila! No tie strips, no cutting to make lines more compact, no plugs or caps for the TB.

Neat, eh? (thumb)

 

[iluvmacs]

That's the best idea I've heard on this forum in a while. Keep in mind, that valve will get really hot, so if you want to open it after running the car for a while, be careful.

Another good thing about the valve is that you can control the flow to the TB. That way, you can have some coolant going to the TB without having the full amount going.

 

[scorch70]

Subscribing to try this later. Anyone try setting up the valve like gino recommended?

 

[CrazyCaker]

Subscribing.

The valve is a cool idea. I think I'll give it a try since I have to reconnect the coolant lines back to the TB now for winter.

 

[peepsalot]

So, if this mod is left during the winter, you run the risk of the throttle getting stuck open or closed? I'm guessing open, since I think a little extra pressure from the foot could unstick a closed throttle.

 

[Wiggles422]

i doubt it would get frozen open simply because the engine bay (once warmed up) will melt anything keeping it open. and unless you leave a rock on the gas peddle over night it will only freeze closed.

 

[MetalSpeed]

So the ONLY drawbacks would be frezzing of the TB, their is no draw backs further down the road?

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

I still find it hard to belive a FI would suffer from a frozen throttleblade. Of course my Speed sleeps through the winter so I guess I don't have to worry about it.

It is not monitiored in any way from the pcm, so I will say no effects. But you never know.

If I was gonna drive my car in the winter, I would've hooked it up just in case.