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Old 04-09-2008, 09:13 PM
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this may be a dumb question, but i've read on here about tb coolant mods, what does it gain? whats the best way to do it?
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Well if it does add any its minimal. But hey, every little bit counts. They way i did it on my camaro was just get a piece of fuel hose about three feet long and run it from the intake manifold to the radiator. I cant remember if i had some band clamps on the end or not, but i would get them while your at it. Hope this helps
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what about a 3/8 vaccum connector just hooking the 2 stock hoses together and position it under the throttle body? leave the ports on the tb open?
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exactly what i did, except i took some rca covers and put them over the inlet/outlet tubes on the TB so **** wouldn't get in incase i wanted to hook it back up for the winter.
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vaccum caps would work for that as well, what exactly is the purpose of doing this?
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keeps the hot coolant from passing under your tb, in turn cooling off your tb.
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all i did was disconnect the short hose and connect the long hose over to the engine... then the belt got ahold to the hose so i rerouted it with new hose.

easiest was is to use a coupling..
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I did this mod when I got my Shaner P&P throttle body, so I'm not sure if its anything noticeable.
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Yes it will help get a kit off ebay saves all the running arround! Type up silverado bypass!
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