i was wondering if instead of just bypassing the throttle body warmer (i'm not sure how is call) i could eliminate it completely by removing the hose and blocking it on both sides. just trying to clean up a little under the hood. thanks

 

you talking about the 2 hoses coming out of the heater core to both coolant pipes?

 

While the throttle body heaters might not be needed in south Florida, I don't see how removing them would improve the appearance of the engine much. I had to get a flashlight and poke around to find the hoses. They're buried or blend in pretty well under the other stuff that you probably don't want to remove.

 

I removed mine, good riddance!

 

yeah there's definitely no need for it here. much less when boosted.
is no necessarily appearance that im looking for but trying to clean up a little.
Is really easy for me to delete it now since the top plenum is off. I have decide to do it thanks everyone for the help.

 

pics of said hose? CANT SEE IT

 

IMO, at least on the HR, it looks worse with the metal fittings sticking out of the TB's with nothing on them. I'm considering shaving the fittings, but I don't wanna risk damage to my $300 TB's in the process right now.

 

eliminated the hose and everything works fine.

 

Everything will work just fine, they are only there to prevent icing of the TB in certain conditions. We don't have those conditions down here at all