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7th Dec, 2006 at 11:46:46am

Should I connect the inlet manifold cooling/heating pipes to the cooling system or not? I've seen a lot of pictures with the pipes cut off/not in use.

In my opinion connecting them up only heats the manifold (and thus heat the inlet charge) instead of cool it.

Of course the turbo is producing a lot of heat and sits underneath the inlet so it might be useful in the end.

Don't know what's best. Please help!

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7th Dec, 2006 at 11:56:09am

Nope, dont bother *smiley*

Not worth the effort in my opinion


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7th Dec, 2006 at 12:23:11pm

Yes conecting it up will heat the manifold (obviously to the temp of the coolant), it initially being intended to improve economy on NA cars by preventing fuel from dropping out of the inlet charge I believe. I guess it's not as useful anyway with the heat from the turbo underneath.

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7th Dec, 2006 at 12:35:35pm

The heating is there as BL obviously thought the cars would spend most of their time running around town off boost, probably correctly!

Of no use to use, even for a pure daily driver, leave them off.

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7th Dec, 2006 at 12:53:38pm

Mr Turbo lives in the netherlands,So I think he should have them connected if planning on going out in the cold.

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7th Dec, 2006 at 03:52:31pm

If I am correct, the Netherlands is no colder than the UK?

I personally haven't bothered plumbing them in.


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7th Dec, 2006 at 04:12:13pm

The Netherlands is just as cold as the UK, just a bit less rain..*wink*

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7th Dec, 2006 at 06:07:06pm

If you think about the inlet charge temps you'll be seeing with no intercooler fitted, is it not a possibility that plumbing up the water connections will actually cool the manifold to some degree ?

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8th Dec, 2006 at 12:57:35am

thats what i was thinking phil, but if you have a intercooler then dont bother?
or am i thinking in the wrong way?

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8th Dec, 2006 at 08:34:23am




[quote=josh_tacon,8th of Dec, 2006 at 12:57am]thats what i was thinking phil, but if you have a intercooler then dont bother?
quote]

Correct ! *smiley*

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