can somone explain to me what it means to have a TB bypass done, and what are the advantages, as far as i can figure it is for intake,

 

Well, I guess you know where the throttle body is, (follow your air filter pipes until it meets the engine, for those that don't know), but look right underneath the intake tube where it meets the throttle body. You'll see two little hoses going to the bottom of the throttle body. These are connected to the car's cooling system, just like the heater core. HOT coolant flows through these hoses! If you do the TB Bypass (you might see it listed as a !TB mod), you basically remove the hoses from the TB, and connect them together.

Look under thirdgen.org's tech page, there's an article on the TB bypass.

It's not so much a racetrack 1/4 mile mod (run the 1/4 mile, car cools down, run another 1/4 mile) as it is a street mod (car always hot). You might not even feel any horsepower from it! But since reality says a cooler engine, with cooler air and cooler fuel, will make more power, it goes against theory to have the throttle body (which lets all air IN to the engine) get warmed up to the temp of the antifreeze (160-195 degrees)!!

I bought heat sleeves a few years ago (never put 'em on, but you just reminded me) to go over my fuel hoses. Maybe I'll try to slap 'em on this summer. The fuel hoses I want to cover are the rubber lines on the driver's side; the ones that arc upward, and connect the metal pipe from the tank to the metal pipes for the fuel rail.

 

I thought that was only for v8's?? I guess that will be a mod I will try and do when I redo the coolant system next week.

 

ok, I know I sound stupid, but what all am I gonna need to do this. I seen a kit on ebay for like 10 bux. I'm sure its a rip off and I can do it for 3-4 provided I know what I need. Thanks