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    I also smoothed the inlet just like your picture Bill.
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    Did you plug the coolant passages? Because I'm pretty sure it's paper thin there.
    I drink..so consider that when reading my posts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BillBoost37 View Post
    Did you plug the coolant passages? Because I'm pretty sure it's paper thin there.
    I read something about that but the more i read into it, the more i heard about the throttle body icing over in winter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by logan809 View Post
    I read something about that but the more i read into it, the more i heard about the throttle body icing over in winter.
    That doesn't happen. I have had mine blocked for two winters in Minnesota and never had it ice over.
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    I've yet to hear it happen. Even in upper Canada
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