I have a 96 LS throttle body on my B20 and I was able to bypass that little inlet/outlet that coolant is supposed to flow through to keep the TB butterfly from sticking in the cold. I know some poeple in the past have voiced concerns that it would cause idle fluctuations before warm-up. So far the coldest it's been has been about 65*F and I could tell no difference.

I do however have a 98 LS TB that instead of just inlet/outlet pipes, it has a solenoid of some kind on the bottom of the TB, but it has no electrical connections, so that may be different.

Don't know how big of a difference this makes, but just one less thing heating up that intake manifold. All I did was run the hose from the block straight to the sensor thats on the back of the Intake Manifold (forget what its called...IAB maybe??).

 

now get yourself a hondata gasket kit and your good to go! i dont really think youll have a problem even in the winter cause the engine heats up the engine bay anyway...

 

yeah I don't think you'll have any issues either. I haven't performed the mod yet but eventually I'd like to get an insulated gasket and just block all coolant to the IM/TB.

 

I've done what you have done, haven't had any problems.
Try this site: http://www.lyonel.orcon.net.nz/tb_bypass.htm

 

Think you could use this product on the Intake manifold? It might get too cold and break something though...



Could have it run through these inlets.......

 

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I highly doubt that would make much of a difference.. Think of it this way.. If you could throw a football through a freezer would it get cold if it could go out the other side? No. Why you ask, because the airs rushing into the Intake maifold so fast it wouldnt have time to cool.

 

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I wouldn't exactly think of it as a football. If the coolant (cryo) could penetrate the metal enough to cool a large portion of the manifold than it might help.

More like throwing a football into a fridge and it knocks another one out on the other side. Also air can change temerpature, quite a bit cooler than a solid.