a friend of mine told me that if you bypass the coolent so that it doesnt run through your intake manifold, it would keep cooler, and the only reason its there is for warming up. there is a valve that senses temp. and makes it idle higher when its cold i guess. he said i might make the idle fluctuate a little more. does anyone know anymore about this? and how to do it on a gen3 integra gsr?
-jon

 

coolant runs through the intake manifold? :thinking:

 

Yep... the intake manifold actually does have an operating temperature, and the coolant helps keep it there

Get a Hondata intake manifold gasket... Unless you're running a pure-race app, then you will want the coolant running through your manifold to warm it up to the proper temperature... The Hondata intake manifold gasket will help eliminate the excess heatsoak from the block, where most of the negative heat comes from...

 

If you're talking about the inlet/outlet in the actual throttle body not the intake manifold(which i think is what you're friend is talking about) cause I've seen this topic and articles many times before, It's to warm the intake charge of air/fuel on cold starts. It helps atomize the air/fuel mixture better when it's cold. If you bypass it which I don't recommend, you might get a cold start issue or idle issue. It's not even worth the trouble because there is no real gain, you'll never feel it. gain's cost money and nothing is free. this is really true for hondas. i think the going rate for hondas is around 100 a 1hp gain these days, lol

 

ok,thanks guys.