4 to 8hp gain?

[SPLCB7]

So i was reading this thing on ebay where it eleminates the coolent lines into your intake, makeing your cold air intake a true cold air intake. Because it doesnt heat up the air going into your moter it says its a 4 to 8 hp gain and it shows dinos. Can anyone tell me if this works? im tempted to try it give me your opinions on the issue thx

[H22A91CB7]

post pics of this thing, and i say try it

[noobcake]

there are no coolant lines on your "intake"
there are coolant lines that run through your fitv that is connected to your throttle body, to regulate idle.
these coolant lines can be bypassed, which helps reduce your intake temperatures. for free. but i doubt there is a 4-8 whp gain from it.

[evil_demon_01]

^^ agreed 4-8whp is highly unlikely.
Maybe 0.5 to 1 at the most. Which isn't even noticeable.

[SPLCB7]

if it dose make the air going into the moter not as hot then there would be some type of an increase in hp i think im gunna try it just to see but i dont have an dino so i cant prove any increse http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/90-07...Q5fAccessories

[noobcake]

you
can
do
it
for
free

do
not
buy
that

i dont know how to make it more clear.

[johnl]

if it dose make the air going into the moter not as hot then there would be some type of an increase in hp i think im gunna try it just to see but i dont have an dino so i cant prove any increse

If you even half expect that it might increase power then a placebo dynomometer will detect that increase, even if a brake or inertial dynomometer won't...

[johnl]

^^ agreed 4-8whp is highly unlikely.
Maybe 0.5 to 1 at the most. Which isn't even noticeable.

I'd be surprised at even that small a gain. The amouint of heat involved is very small relative to the amount of cool air moving through the manifold at high velocity.

With a carburretored engine that uses a heated inlet manifold where a large % of the manifold wall is exposed to a substantial amount of heated coolant that is constantly replenished, then there would significant gains to be had from eliminating coolant flow...

Having said that, blocking or removing those hoses won't hurt, so long as you don't live in very cold climate in which case you risk icing up the throttle body, IACV, and / or FITV.

[bcjammerx]

Do not buy this...do it for free...I'm sure there's diy or something around here

there ARE coolant lines that run at the bottom of the TB, and to the IACV and the FITV. Leave those.

Unhook and loop around the ones going to the TB

You will NOT gain any hp though...

[PointBlank]

15$ for a rubber hose and a fitting?

[johnl]

Shove a bearing ball or short length of rod into any one of the tubes to block flow.

[SPLCB7]

hey i never said i was gunna buy it guys i was gunna by pass it. i have hose that will fit it. it cant hurt if it works and if it doesnt add horsepower then its not hard to put back to stock. its one of those things that could or could not work like the whole dampner belt deleat it could make a diff or not. but im willing to try every little bit adds up to alot in the end but hey im just trying to do with out a turbo set up. ive done a few and there getting boring i want to build a na moter no bs old school style plus you get more respect when you dont just go turbo. hell when i max out i might just supercharge it for the hell of it because i havent seen a cb7 supercharged humm........

[MadSpleen85]

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[johnl]

it cant hurt if it works and if it doesnt add horsepower then its not hard to put back to stock.

As with this being not really being worth the trouble to specifically go to to do it in the first place (I know, I've done it), it's also not really worth the trouble to undo it, unless you have to deal with icy conditions, in which case you shouldn't have done it in the first place...

plus you get more respect when you dont just go turbo. hell when i max out i might just supercharge it for the hell of it

But a turbocharger is just a supercharger not driven off the crankshaft...

You should build an engine according to the manner that best suits your purposes, not 'just to be different'...

[bcjammerx]

you don't get respect for building N/A...or turbo...or supercharger..or anything.

You get respect for doing things properly.