intake heater

[boogeyman]

on my 92 mtx on the intake between the idle air motor and the intake is a small plate is this some sort of intake heater using coolant similar to a 5.0 mustang.
my second question is can this be eliminated to help keep the intake charge cooler and gain a tiny bit of power ???

 

[frosho]

Yes, you can remove it. The throttle body has similar heater lines that can be bypassed. Don't expect any power gains though. I removed the heater block and bypassed my throttle body, but I only did it to make intake removal/installation easier.

Beware that you could run into throttle plate icing issues in cold weather if you decide to do this. It's a very rare occurrence, but it can happen.

 

[boogeyman]

yea i figured it would be worth little to no power really, but anything is better than nothing, and i would think that cooler inlet temps could be helpfull

 

[yamahaSHO]

I think the biggest benefit to removing them is not having to deal with them and the coolant mess when you remove the intake.

 

[trainguy1989]

i think the biggest benefit to removing them is not having to deal with them and the coolant mess when you remove the intake.

^this^ Have done this to mine for that very reason.

 

[Racer X]

I think the biggest benefit to removing them is not having to deal with them and the coolant mess when you remove the intake.

This. The first time I removed my intake, those little coolant lines literally cracked into pieces. Eventually just bypassed the whole mess. Intake comes off in like 20 minutes now.

 

[hawkeye18]

Yeah, I've actually had the throttle ice up on me with those lines bypassed, so it absolutely can happen. A little common sense applied and it's not a big deal, though (shift into neutral).

It does make taking the intake off a heluva lot easier.

 

[SuperHO]

it takes 20 minutes to pull an intake??? i must be doing it wrong...