daleyboyVR6 6 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Is it worth disconnecting the water pipes that go into the throttle body and connecting them together ? Surely its best to keep the throttle body cool so whats the point in it? and how would it effect the general running of the car if i did this ? My rado is standard engine-wise apart from a pipercross panel filter. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve @ 1 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 I believe they are there to warm the throttle. I have mine disconected and joined together. Now the throttle body never see's 90+ degrees (coolant temp) with them disconnected so it can only be a good thing. Link to post Share on other sites
xyber 1 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 pocket rocket did an article and testing on this and found it made absolutly no difference Link to post Share on other sites
daleyboyVR6 6 Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 So if it makes no difference then why did they design it that way to start with ? we all know that cool air is denser so has more oxygen than hot air ( with the same volume ) perhaps its a starting thing that when on choke ( the injection equivelent when the car runs richer ) it may help it run more efficiently, but i am puzzled why people disconnect them from the TB , but in theory at least should be a performance advantage. As you say though something which sounds good in theory makes no practical difference the only way to be sure about that would be a rolling road experiment? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Rob 0 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 its done to stop the TB icing in cold weatherdisconecting it wont make any differance as the air flows to fast to be heated by it Link to post Share on other sites
SiGainey 1 Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 its done to stop the TB icing in cold weatherdisconecting it wont make any differance as the air flows to fast to be heated by itSeconded - to stop the butteryfly icing and sticking - air in it will not be heated as it won even be in there for half a second! Link to post Share on other sites
daleyboyVR6 6 Posted September 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 yea that makes good sense cheers lads.............. :-p Link to post Share on other sites
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