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Jul 11, 2011 | 06:59 PM

97badass

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coolant crossover tube

there has to be a way to remove the tube going from the heads to the throttlebody im trying to clean this engine bay up. to me it seems like you could do away with that extra tube and just tie the 2 heads together. explain in depth to me why that will not work?

Jul 11, 2011 | 07:23 PM

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If you do the throttle body bypass it will connect straight to the radiator. You have to have the crossover tube because is sends coolant back to the radiator

Jul 11, 2011 | 07:58 PM

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If you connect the tube to just the Heads and the Heads only you will blow the Engine up, rice will conquer the world and babies will cry.

Jul 11, 2011 | 08:00 PM

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If you connect the tube to just the Heads and the Heads only you will blow the Engine up, rice will conquer the world and babies will cry.

Jul 11, 2011 | 10:07 PM

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Steam cannot be purged if it does not go back to the radiator and the whole point is to purge the steam (plus the blowing up and rice and babies thing...).

Jul 12, 2011 | 03:01 PM

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Mine's bypassed to the radiator. Been that way for years. Only three babies died so far.

Al 95 Z28 running on free rice from bypassing the throttle body.

Jul 12, 2011 | 11:13 PM

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Wow...

Another eloquently put explanation from the_merv. No babies will pass during my swap, however I do need more rice for a speed boost. Is the going rate 5 or 10 hp from each sticker, I forget?