LooseBoltsRob

I live in Florida and have no use for the intake grid heater...it's nothing more than a restriction for me in the warm climates of FL. Anyway, has this ever been done? Will it throw codes if disconnected? Anyone make a spacer to eliminate it without making intake mods?

thanks!

PourinDiesel

Yeah www.powerbypoole.com has the spacer...Its called "Power Blok"
I run one on my truck even in the cold winters out here.

It take about 5 seconds of cranking before my truck starts much of the time in the winter...then it smokes white from the colder intake air charge.

cquestad

How much or a restriction do you think it is? I would love to get rid of it in the warmer months. Do you think it puts much moe of a strain on the starting system if it is 50 and above?

It seems like a bottle neck in air flow.

stang

John at Floor it Diesel sells them also 785-842-8545

sleds

I also build these. They look nice, but, when I dyno tested them there was zero gain in hp.

cquestad

EGT drop? Dyno vs Sled/Real Life?

LooseBoltsRob

That's surprising. It sure as heck looks like a restriction. What do you do with your old cables? Anything to disconnect to prevent codes and/or shorts?

What level of HP truck did you dyno where you noticed zero gain?

Jus Cruisin

You must live way south. My grid heater comes on pretty often in the morning (7:30 or so)... too often (hate the cold). Came on this morning, 59 degrees on the overhead.

sleds

The truck was a 2nd gen 24 valve with a 66 turbo at around 650hp. I've never tested these on the 3rd gens, so I shouldn't say they won't help, because I know the intake horn has more restriction than the older trucks. Also, they would probably make a bigger difference on trucks running twins with more air flow.

PourinDiesel

Guys you probably wont see a dyno gain with just this mod.
But I chalk it up as a restriction and freeing the way for airflow is only GOOD!!