Cold Start Valve On Rb20det, How Important?

[floody]

Can I dick the cold start valve completely from an RB20DET without too much issue?

I'm running an R32 motor with the full electronics and plenum top from a late HR31, and the cold start valve is now in the wrong place, difficult to plumb up, and I feel superfluous to needs. I am running nistune so can play with idle mixtures in the ecu. In point of fact its always had a dicky connector and has been disconnected for weeks and months at a time with little discernible difference previously.

Thoughts? I will remove it and cap both connections most likely, probably remove the T-piece that runs back to the crossover pipe completely.

Edited January 22, 2009 by floody

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

you can ditch it, but then it will be hard to start your car without slightly holding the throttle down when it's cold, other than that it doesn't really do much.

Just replace the t-piece with a straight connector or just block off that end, and the hose under the plenum/TB

[abu]

Know a few people who have done it, slightly harder to start but it starts