Cheap LB7 Intake Heater Delete

bullfrogjohnson

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I was informed by 02bigstrokin who is a former powerchoke owner that when they delete the intake heaters on the 7.3's everyone just used a cummins drain plug and gasket. So we went to Napa and ordered some and go figure they work on the LB7's also.

This was a cheap and easy mod to do. Just have to have EFI to disable the intake heater and codes. All for under 10 bucks:D


http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ca...Plug&fromWhere=&searchText=&_requestid=349933
 
TrentNell

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bullfrogjohnson said:
I was informed by 02bigstrokin who is a former powerchoke owner that when they delete the intake heaters on the 7.3's everyone just used a cummins drain plug and gasket. So we went to Napa and ordered some and go figure they work on the LB7's also.

This was a cheap and easy mod to do. Just have to have EFI to disable the intake heater and codes. All for under 10 bucks:D


http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ca...Plug&fromWhere=&searchText=&_requestid=349933
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nice find :cool2:
 
Turbotug

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I have plugged mine and disabled it with EFILive, but it still shows around 5v while the truck is running..
 
jonathancasey19

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Where is it exactly in the intake? Will the turbo flow better....boost wise and such? Kinda weird I haven't heard about this mod before. Plugging a resonator is more popular by far and basically serves no purpose.


The words "intake" and "heat" shouldn't even go together in the first place. What is its' function?
 
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TrentNell

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jonathancasey19 said:
Where is it exactly in the intake? Will the turbo flow better....boost wise and such? Kinda weird I haven't heard about this mod before. Plugging a resonator is more popular by far and basically serves no purpose.


The words "intake" and "heat" shouldn't even go together in the first place. What is its' function?
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it screw's into the y bridge its a large coil that heats up for cold weather startup , it is quite large and has to be bad for airflow i deleted mine when i did the twins
 
jonathancasey19

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gotcha...I might do that this weekend. What kind of code does it throw? I don't access to efi live for a little while. Could I run without it or delete the fault with a predator? I'm anxious to see what kinda results I might have. Did you notice an improvement travis?
 
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jonathancasey19 said:
gotcha...I might do that this weekend. What kind of code does it throw? I don't access to efi live for a little while. Could I run without it or delete the fault with a predator? I'm anxious to see what kinda results I might have. Did you notice an improvement travis?
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it will throw a intake air heater open circut code that needs to be shut off , i disalbed the tables to ever turn it on , and shut off the dtc's
 
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MMLMM

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I made a IAH delete spacer (this is a rough one I made. But I am having ome cut on a water jet that will be a nice easy bolt in on LBZ/LMM, you need to shut code off with EFI live. I've ran mine for weeks now with no issues and seems to be better...

here is a pic of the one I made, the ones I sell are a lot nicer looking. I will even tap it for a boost gauge if you desire.

$30 shipped right now..

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maine04max said:
if you remove this does it hurt you when starting in the winter???
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below 40° degree it is used. It wouldnt effect start up as theres no air moving through until running. It might take a little longer to warm up, and if its real cold out side, it may not keep the IATs up to a reasonable temp when Idleing.....
 
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