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Old 08-23-2012, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by GTOLou View Post
Yeah - a lot of us run the back passenger head plugged and the heater nipple next to the water pump plugged (no coolant through the heater core). Anyone know the effects? I've not noticed any issues, but I don't run super high compression ratio engines either..
That's what I was talking about. There aren't any ill effects, other than no heater and the loss of the heater core as an emergency cooler for a hot engine. You don't need a hole in the thermostat, either, the pump can be dead-headed without ill effect.

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