Throttle valve
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Chest Rockwell
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Re: Throttle valve
I always thought it was the other way around. Coolant was pushed through there to avoid an icing condition on the Corvette/F-body. With our turbos "preheating" the air, icing isn't a concern with our application.
I always thought it was the other way around. Coolant was pushed through there to avoid an icing condition on the Corvette/F-body. With our turbos "preheating" the air, icing isn't a concern with our application.
Re: Throttle valve
google tends to agree with you. I guess all the arctic corvettes were having problems with freezing/stuck valves and needed to keep them warm with coolant. Is that truly a problem?
moral of the story is to leave those ports untouched. Or you can cap them off to make them not look like you forgot to hook something up...but if you use a regular rubber type cap it will get baked and crackly on you in pretty short order.
google tends to agree with you. I guess all the arctic corvettes were having problems with freezing/stuck valves and needed to keep them warm with coolant. Is that truly a problem?
moral of the story is to leave those ports untouched. Or you can cap them off to make them not look like you forgot to hook something up...but if you use a regular rubber type cap it will get baked and crackly on you in pretty short order.
It's just a six
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Re: Throttle valve
I always thought about plumbing it into the intercooler water system to try & cool the TB & intake manifold down some, but then again, it will probably heat up the water too much & the intake air temps will be higher.
I always thought about plumbing it into the intercooler water system to try & cool the TB & intake manifold down some, but then again, it will probably heat up the water too much & the intake air temps will be higher.
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