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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
[Re: Genic]
#408261
04/08/2007 05:46
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I know Nigel has done this. He says no negative effects at all.
James
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
[Re: Genic]
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05/08/2007 20:23
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I've done it too. I bought a metre of alu tubing (from B&Q) and fitted it across the fuel rail instead of the rubber hose. I reckon it does make a little difference - but as my inlet temp sensors are before the throttle then I can't measure the difference. Chris P.S I also polished up the ally pipe
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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06/08/2007 13:59
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I did this years ago to my 16v, not had any problems with it. The feed is generally for a lot colder climates where the throttle plate may stick due to the low temps.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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06/08/2007 16:43
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The best compromise is to have a switched bypass that activates when the engine is above say 60 degrees and thereafter the throttle is bypassed. Bear in mind it may throw your maps out a bit.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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19/06/2010 19:26
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I have just found out about this little "mod" and will give it a go. Sounds like a bit of a free upgrade. Seems a bit odd to cool the air temps down with the intercooler then have it warmed back up again as 90C coolant courses though the throttle body. I found this link from another forum on a test on an Evo.
Last edited by Gunzi; 19/06/2010 19:35. Reason: link
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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19/06/2010 19:49
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Marco20valveT
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Any one got some pics of this mod??
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
[Re: Gunzi]
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20/06/2010 09:51
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I shall have a look today!!
Good idea any way!!
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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20/06/2010 17:33
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Better get busy then!! Thanks people!!
Also did you block the feed into the throttle housing with some thing? Or just leave it open/unblocked!!
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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20/06/2010 21:12
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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21/06/2010 01:32
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devbod
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I believe the coolant is fed through the throttle body to avoid the risk of it freezing up and getting stuck. Very low chance of it happening but even one Toyota style accelerator incident is one too many.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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21/06/2010 12:21
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so there is no point to it!?
i just saw it as a heated throttle body meets cold air = warm air!!
but htinking about what your saying Jimbo... you have a point... so much air goes into it, i doubt it will have time to heat up!!
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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21/06/2010 21:29
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Most you boost pipes are next to a hot engine at about 80-90°C might as well insulate these.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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21/06/2010 23:13
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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23/06/2010 00:20
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if there is heat in the throttle body there will be heat transfered to the inlet and then through you induction pipe work and i know this is a bad example but a sound one.
with air moving fast it will still get hot if the surrounding areas are hot as the air molecules will come in contact with heat and get hot physics 101 and just think of a hair dryer it has fast moving air going through only being in the hair dry for a split second per molecule but yet gets the air really hot and you press to cool button and the air goes cold.
the only real remidy to get colder air removing the water pipes from the inlet will help but not on its own you would have to move the battery into the cab or boot and move you induction pipework away from the engine.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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23/06/2010 07:53
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But you have a red hot filliment in a hir dryer with a much larger surfice area, and the mas of air through the throtal body at 6000RPM is far far higher. Not sure been looking about for something cheep and shiny on the out side, like pipe lagging only bigger.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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23/06/2010 10:15
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just think of a hair dryer it has fast moving air going through only being in the hair dry for a split second per molecule but yet gets the air really hot and you press to cool button and the air goes cold.
Ummmm, a hair dryer is a 2KW device with a matrix designed to rapidly heat air so obviously that's what it's going to do. A small water rail in a throttle body designed to prevent ice by using 86'C water isn't going to have the same effect no matter how much molecule science you throw at it. The throttle won't be at 86'C that's not what it's designed to do, it's designed to keep it above 0'C. Do a back to back test on the rollers, I'll eat my own head if you notice a difference
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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23/06/2010 11:13
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TurboJ
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I think you would be better off removing the pipes that connect to the throttle as weight saving. You see the 100g will give a lighter car which means it will be faster Basically what I'm saying is even though the theory is correct it will make no difference in the real world and even if it does it will be so small it's pointless. I would be surprised if you noticed a 0.5C difference in air temp (which is less than the tolerance of the sensor anyway). In fact even doing a back to back dyno run wouldn’t be sufficient proof as you would not be able to keep anything constant enough to measure an accurate change. I personally would leave this alone.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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24/06/2010 00:02
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like i said bad example, the point is that air molecules rapidly heat and cool, so removing the heat source to the inlet will help a little maybe upto a few degrees but to get the full benifits like i have stated above you need to move all you incutcion pipe work away from heat sources and the best bit of kit on the market is a Cryo2 intake system fitting this alone is better than a charge cooler and more compact under the bonnet and with a fmic in place and the rad pipes from the inlet will greatly improve performance and reduce intake temps.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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#1058331
24/06/2010 09:16
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dink
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It can only lower the intake temps by removing it, so, ... get rid of it.
No need to go all theoretical about it.
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Re: Throttle body coolant bypass?
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24/06/2010 13:06
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sorry dink my geek glasses came oout of the cupboard
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