Throttle Body Bypass
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The hose with clamp goes under AC compressor and straight onto intake base nipple.In the pic you can also see where the other heater core line ties into tee(water pump and oil cooler).
Her you can see the coolant line going into intake base nipple.
Few more pics
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i will do this mod while im there .....
i am posting pics to find out if what im doing its OK
And to illustrate others who want to do this mod.-
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG,Bypassing the TB leaves the TB ..with zero water contact ??? i mean if i bypass this ...the TB has nothing to do with water anymore ????
Here i go...
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG ...OR IS THIS PERFECT ?
i am posting pics to find out if what im doing its OK
And to illustrate others who want to do this mod.-
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG,Bypassing the TB leaves the TB ..with zero water contact ??? i mean if i bypass this ...the TB has nothing to do with water anymore ????
Here i go...
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG ...OR IS THIS PERFECT ?
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on the top right put in jsupino. I looked, can't really see it.
there's a lot of motor pics there, maybe you'll see something that helps.
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I can't help you with port 2. '86 cars did not use them. The vacuum diagram on radiator shroud will show what it goes to, but obviously won't show how it's actually routed on the engine bay.