does the TB bypass really help any? and if so how do you do it to a V6?

 

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I have read the Tech article on how to do the TB bypass, but the diagram is on a V8. Looking at my 3.1 TB, I see two hoses going in to the TB. They are real close together and right below the air toob thing, I can't think of the name now, but its that thing that goes from the air box to the TB. Are those the two hoses I need to disconnect from the TB and connect to eachother?



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Jeff
92 Camaro V6, mods: K&N, modified air box, JET chip 2,high performance muffler.
www.camarors.4t.com

 

Yep, those are the hoses. If you follow them, you'll see that they come from (or go in to) a steel pipe that comes out of your intake manifold's base, and feeds your heater core with coolant.

I'm actually considering cutting that steel pipe down to eliminate the throttle body coolant "section" completely. Then, I'd just run a longer heater hose. For a long time now, I've removed those steel heater hose lines that follow the main passenger frame rail. I run heater hoses directly from the front of the engine to the heater core. It simplified things a ton; I don't need those pre-formed heater hoses anymore.

If anyone else plans to do this, make sure you route the heater hoses so they don't touch the exhaust manifold. Mine touched the first time I did it; the manifold melted a pin-hole in the heater hose, and voila! I had a coolant leak that was undetectable. I found it one day by opening the hood after driving the car; I saw steam. The pressurized coolant was shooting on to the exhaust manifold, and evaporating- thus, no visible coolant leak.


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