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Is it a bad idea for a car driven in the winter? I read somewhere that you may have to use the gas petal to warm your car up.
Would sheet metal do to block it off (~18 gauge) or should I go with something thinker?
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Why would you want to remove it?
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Shit Rocket Pilot
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Quote:
Originally posted by LightningGSX@Jul 8 2004, 05:04 AM
Why would you want to remove it?
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It's the hot shit these days. All the kids are doing it.
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Originally posted by LightningGSX@Jul 8 2004, 05:04 AM
Why would you want to remove it?
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if you only strip out your interior behind the front seats your a ricer, but if you strip out every possible little thing you are a racer.
Besides, Having my car idle up and down and everything else is annoying. A slightly cooler intake temp, and my personal favorite: LESS LINES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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so its all a big difference between an i and an a
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you can test if it's the fiav by simply bypassing the tb with the coolant lines without blocking off the fiav. if it's functioning, just keep it, and track down the bad isc/egr/dirty tb or intake manifold air leak
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ConArtist
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Of course he may just want to keep from having coolant circulate through the TB. I have had mine bypassed for 2 years and never had a problem in the winter. It also is a good way to eliminate more potential coolant leaks depending on what you do with the old connections. Ask JET about how much those coolant leaks can suck. Sometimes you might even replace a head gasket when you don't have to. :stick:
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Quote:
Originally posted by Emcee gsxtc+Jul 8 2004, 12:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Emcee gsxtc @ Jul 8 2004, 12:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-LightningGSX@Jul 8 2004, 05:04 AM
Why would you want to remove it?
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if you only strip out your interior behind the front seats your a ricer, but if you strip out every possible little thing you are a racer.
Besides, Having my car idle up and down and everything else is annoying. A slightly cooler intake temp, and my personal favorite: LESS LINES ALL OVER THE PLACE. [/b][/quote]
how does removing the fiav lower your intake temp? The coolant circulates around the wax pellet of the fiav only, not the TB.
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Mike is right, I would just rather re-route the coolant lines and not have them near the TB. Would there be a problem with re-routing the lines and not blocking off the FIAV or are they related?
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Mazda Bitch
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Stupid question, what is FIAV?
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ConArtist
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Not a problem just to loop the lines and leave the FIAV open. It will work fine.
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Thanks, I will do that in a few minutes .
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Reynolds number user
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i block that off and the ISC, to be more specific, the entire lower TB assy.
Jet made me a nice plate out of stainless, holes drilled, that fit perfect for $15. he made cher one too actually
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