wut is this called..and im pretty sure advanced would have the tube part but wut about the other thing? its all rusted and the tube is already riped off. so somehelp me real quick...gona go to advnaced in a fw and get some parts

 

wow i sounded like a dumbass...i know thats what help warm the engine up and thats y i wanna replace it..it takes for ever to warm up

 

If you live in Georgia you don't need that tube, unless you'r having problems with carb icing. You may want to make a cover for the hole on the manifold, I had a harness melt once.

 

can i just take that damn thing around the headers off? its half off anyways and rusted to hell.

 

i took mine down to the very bare exuast manifold, corked off all the holes and left (not my choice) the air pump one still on. no melting or anything, ill take pics of it all tomarrow if you want to wait.
Good luck ill get pics tomarrow

 

Are you talking about the carburetor preheater hose?

 

yes that...is any of that stuff needed? im in a pretty warm climate

Brad

 

Well, it may not be necessary in your locale, but it sure doesn't hurt to maintain it.

 

Trust me, the last thing you want to do is remove the heat shield around the manifold/header. You can burn off the bushings in your idler arm without it.

Ask me how I know.

 

ok ok well ill eave the heat shield...should i cover that hole??? like weld some steal over it?

 

yea, prob should leave sheild it really contains heat. you may want the tube in the winter to make heat faster inside the car, but other wise leave it out

 

also, remember this: if you take the heatshield off, you will further heat up your intake air, making it less dense and decresing your engine's volumetric effiecncy. i reccomend leaving it on.

 

The carb preheater hose does not affect the heat inside the car.