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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 08:50 PM
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a friend told me that you can block off them steam pipe that leads to the radiator with out any ill effects. He told me the only reason GM put that in there was to warm the throttle body. Can I just block this off? Before you ask, I have an ls1 in a third gen so I really don't need this going into my radiator. lol
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 09:00 PM
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No, do not block them off. Your friend does not know what he is talking about. Search on here, there is several threads on the topic.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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Thanks. Could you pm me pics of your car? I love the 69 bird and would love to see an lsx in it.
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 06:54 AM
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The system won't let me PM pictures to you so here ya go.
Attached Thumbnails Steam pipe vent block off?-engine-front.jpg   Steam pipe vent block off?-engine-left.jpg  
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Originally Posted by 69LT1Bird
No, do not block them off. Your friend does not know what he is talking about. Search on here, there is several threads on the topic.
+1; don't ever do that unless you want to run pistons 1 & 2 hot enough to missfire or worse yet, melt.
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