white ice

i have been searching for about a week now and could not find any "true" pics of the engine bay where the coolant lines run. i have seen the ws6 instructions and diagrams, but i was wondering if anyone who has does this in the sc3's could post some pics of what thier bypass looks like? i am cleaning my throttle body on monday and wanted to try this trick. any advice would be great. thanks.

KidPandJ

Are you talking about a Trans Am when you say WS6? I've heard of this mod for that car, but never heard about it for ours. I'd like to see pics of someone who has done it too.

white ice

yes, the friebird t/a ws6 this is the website that i was referring to:
http://lexusmodz.netfirms.com/GS_DIY/coolant_bypass/

roo

i used to have a WS6 Trans Am and I did this mod. Basically, the cars are built to handle all kinds of weather and in places where it gets below zero, the throttle body can freeze shut. Sooo, alot of manufacturers run coolant lines through the throttle body to warm it up for these situations...fine if you live where it's super cold but here in so cal, this is useless.

Now, alot of you know that cold,dry air is the best for performance. With this coolant going through the throttle body, it heats up the incoming air and therefore decreases performance. If you use some hose or a pipe to bypass the coolant lines that go through the throttle body then the throttle body stays cool to the touch.

I've never seen any dyno data to show what gains you get but theoretically, the cooler air is much more dense and you should see a gain in power. The only thing is...i'm not sure that we even have coolant lines that go through our throttle body on our car...I haven't looked. BUT, if we do, all you need to do is bypass them, very simple procedure.

white ice

i have the diagrams and know where the lines are but i was wondering if anyone had pics of the sc with it done. i am going to do it monday, in texas i dont think freezing will be a problem considering today was 100 degrees.