Idea about throttle body coolant lines

[Cleaner13]

ok I just thought of this today and it might be a very stupid idea but I just wanted to ask if anyone ever thought of it or if it would even work.

ok after both hoses are pulled off the throttle body that flow the coolant through it and you use one of the hoses to route it back to the larger hose, the valve ends on the throttle body are still open

this was my idea

the hoses that are used to tap into the vacuum block to go to a boost gauge could be routed so one end connects to one of the valve ends and the other just connects back to one of the valve openings for boost gauge or vacuum block or back to the side of the car

what I am basically saying is to somehow route the vacuum tubes so they flow air through the openings in the throttle body where coolant used to be

I could be wrong, but wouldnt the air have a colder charge then the fluid even if it was 1 or 2 degrees difference?, theoretically cooling the air that flows into the throttle body better then the warmth of the anti freeze coolant warming the air temperatures?


please respond as I have just thought of this now
and tell me what you think about it

thanks

Carl

 

[zam70]

Interesting idea....but, the temperature difference would have to be more in order to off set the heat. I.E. You'd have to chill the air traveling through the "coolant" ports in the TB. If the air was cold enough, it could make a difference.

 

[Joe 1320]

I had thought about using a seperate coolant bottle, icewater, pump and return line. I wanted to actually pump ice cold water through the TB. That would make more of a differance than air.

 

[1970gsx]

You would be cooling the throttle body with the same temp air that the throttle body is seeing anyway if I'm reading your theory correctly. So.... it wouldn't make a difference.

 

[6=8]

One other thought...

Using vacuum signal through the ports would not provide much air flow, if any, unless you have a vacuum leak!

The guage being connected to one end would prevent the flow that would create the theoretical cooling your looking for.

Maybe runing the alky line through would give a slight benifit. Or if you were using a liquid intercooler, you could run a line up to just pass through on it's way from or to the core!

 

[Turbosix6]

Best bet is to get a cool can with a small pump and circulate ice cold water through it.