Throttle body coolent line?
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Throttle body coolent line?
So the line that runs from the heads in the front of the engine to the throttle body (98 vette ls1 with a 00 throtlebody) from what I heard is there to heat the intake charge. On my friends swap, (ls1fd) his radiator has an extra fitting on it to connect to this hose. I've also heard that you can just block it off and call it a day....? Would blocking this off prevent nessarry flow to the heads? Trying to avoid taking out the rad again and spending more money as I would need to have a port welded to my radiator for this.
Any help would be great.
Any help would be great.
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There are several ways to do this, but I think in the end (due to simplicity) I'm going to buy this or something like it and just run the line in the upper radiator hose.
I'm not there yet, and not exactly sure what the upper hose size is.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/51155...ductId=1206363
I'm not there yet, and not exactly sure what the upper hose size is.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/51155...ductId=1206363
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There are several ways to do this, but I think in the end (due to simplicity) I'm going to buy this or something like it and just run the line in the upper radiator hose.
I'm not there yet, and not exactly sure what the upper hose size is.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/51155...ductId=1206363
I'm not there yet, and not exactly sure what the upper hose size is.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/51155...ductId=1206363
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I guess I could run it into the hose. But what if I just block it off? (after I get all the air out of the system of course)....? Does it help cool the heads?
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I've never had my head under the hood of anything with an ls before so please clarify this, the tube goes from the heads through the tb then to the radiator into its own little inlet?
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I really don't see how you guys think that tiny little passage makes a bit of difference in cooling. Lets look at the flow rate compared to the the rest of the system. the tube is 1/4" in diameter. so thats a cross sectional area of .0491 square inches it would take that thing 30 minutes to drain a gallon of fluid. compared to the main passages that flow a gallon every minute or less. so if someone can say that, other than bleeding air out of the heads, this thing actually lowers the temp more than 1 degree when its outlet is not blocked off then I say run it to the radiator. But if you are pressed for time or are just running out of money, its not going to make a bit of difference as long as you bled the air from the system.