Throttle body coolant plug???

[white96six]

Has anyone ever used on I saw it at zzperformance.com. will this fit our car? they said that in testing it gave like 2 horsepower or some thing. it is 25 dollars so I think I am gonna order it just wondering if anyone know anything about it. thanks

[hockeyman]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by white96six:
Has anyone ever used on I saw it at zzperformance.com. will this fit our car? they said that in testing it gave like 2 horsepower or some thing. it is 25 dollars so I think I am gonna order it just wondering if anyone know anything about it. thanks<hr></blockquote>

It will do basically the same thing as a TB spacer. Coolant passes through the intake plenum and flows to the TB, supposedly keeping it cool. The spacer blocks the coolant so it doesn't heat up your TB. A coolant plug may be worth a few HP's, but I doubt you'd notice.

-Marc

[Dominic]

Yeah except the spacer is built to insulate the TB from the engine, not just keep the coolant out of it.

[ReodDai]

We did a coolant bypass on my friends 95' vette... basically routed the coolant line around the TB instead of through it. He can drive across country and you can still put your hand on his TB. However I couldn't find the line on my car.

[DEE97GTP]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ReodDai:
We did a coolant bypass on my friends 95' vette... basically routed the coolant line around the TB instead of through it. He can drive across country and you can still put your hand on his TB. However I couldn't find the line on my car.<hr></blockquote>

You don't have one, the "line" is actually a cavity in the TB.

The tb plug is effective for the FWD l36 because of their composite intake, which does not conduct heat as well.

Since you guys have an aluminum intake, your TB, will be very close to the same temp as the heads/intake with or without the plug.

DEE