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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 02:50 AM
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so most guys just link the tube comming off the heads to the line going into the radiator... is there any reason why you couldnt just plug both those lines?

i did it like this, i just wanted to make sure that there isnt something im overlooking here....
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:06 AM
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There has been some discussion on this a few times....people come down generally in two camps.

1. Sure...it wont make a difference..
2. There's a reason the engineers wanted fluid to refreshed

Im someone with little or no knowledge about the subject..but for the price of a short piece of tube....Im in the second camp
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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I think if u live were it gets realy cold "snow/freeze" like temps then leave it. it'l keep it warm but, if u live down south were temp is no much a factor then incomming air wont get hot from T/B I did a temp dif with lines hooked and with out. if I remember it was about 35 deg dif on T/B. probably not enough to feel but, I'm convinced cooler inlet air helps 1 or 2 hp gains, if any.



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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 12:24 PM
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It really picks up alot when you put ice on your motors in the lanes at the track.

I gained like .5 second like that.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 01:42 AM
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im doing the bypass because it looks cleaner, and mainly becuase i dont want to buy a new hose.
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im doing the bypass because it looks cleaner, and mainly becuase i dont want to buy a new hose.
Its way cleaner with one hose that costs about 2 bucks at most.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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I used a fitting to connect the hoses together. I thought each hose was a different size you couldn't just run one hose from one side to the other. How are yall doing this?
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