intake vs. throttle body spacer

From : sackattack84

Q: ninebal310 wrote from trey i am considering putting a grill cover on my truck to restrict the air flow into the duramaxs radiator during the winter months. i would like to know if you consider this a good idea or a bad idea like gas engines diesels have a thermostat. the thermostat will only let a very small amount of water to pass thru when cold. as the block begins to heat up the thermostat will open letting more water pass thru. if the thermostat is working properly the engine will stay a constant temperature unless it is extremely cold. i am talking below -1 degrees. by blocking the airflow you run the risk of the engine overheating. in extreme temperatures blocking the airflow may help with providing you more comfort in the cab. sometimes in extremely low temps blowing air over the heater core is enough to keep the engine at operating temp. so only you can decide if you want to risk you engine over heating versus your comfort. ask yourself this question will i remember to remove the cover when it warms up if the answer is yes then go ahead and cover it up. hank i believe the old wwi/wwii german cars actually had a louvered grill with a lever in the cab so you could block the radiator until the engine was nice and warm then you could open it up to keep the temp stable. what ever happened to really cool stuff like that because stuff like that requires workmanship to work properly which costs money and that is a big no-no in todays high profit minimum cost world. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

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From : trey

damn bud...you are good.. right to the tee!! oh no . . . now i get this mental picture of a middle aged hells angel on a chopper lassoing honey bees hog tying five out of six legs and then branding them with a little tiny branding iron heated with a bic lighter. well that certainly made my morning . . . . vbg -- budd whats the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver one goes whack darn and the other goes darn whack. on wed 8 dec 2004 174428 -0500 maxpower damnnickname@yahoo.com wrote was that your bee that stung me did it have my brand on it beekeep .

From : steve lusardi

tsb 18-037-04 this tsb applies to 2004.5 thru 2005 ctd rams. it increases fuel economy reduces white smoke when cold and improves the accuracy of the console computer. this change also loads the code for high idle but it takes another action by the dealer to enable it. the change applies to cummins engines serial number 57130285 thru 57246361 and a date of manufacture 12/10/03 thru 8/17/2004. steve is any one aware of a high speed fix other than the one already installed that can be controlled by the cruise control buttons i have checked out tsb 18-004-04 and find that my engine is too new and does not apply. is there a more recent one out that i am unable to find -- .