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Al weyman
post Jul 15 2013, 10:27 PM
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The thing looks like a bit of an air brake to me so I was wondering is there any advantage in removing it? I have a large aftermarket alloy rad and have also cut away the numberplate section and it runs well cool.
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Racerdad916
post Jul 16 2013, 01:36 PM
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I ran mine over the weekend on the street without it, and it got HOT!!!! I have a huge Griffin radiator, 2500 cfm fan running all the time and I saw temps of almost 230 while driving on the freeway and side streets! It stays cool as long as the car is not moving....
It is interesting that it may function as a splitter and reduces drag..... that kills my theory of ducting all of the air through the nose and sealing off the bottom..... plan b it is....
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Al weyman   Removing airdam on 3rd gen?   Jul 15 2013, 10:27 PM
axoid   QUOTE (Al weyman @ Jul 15 2013, 04:27 PM)...   Jul 15 2013, 10:44 PM
Blainefab   The airdam, in addition to increasing the efficien...   Jul 16 2013, 09:02 AM
Racerdad916   I ran mine over the weekend on the street without ...   Jul 16 2013, 01:36 PM
trackbird   QUOTE (Racerdad916 @ Jul 16 2013, 09:36 A...   Jul 16 2013, 03:42 PM
Al weyman   Ok thanks guys, we are having a bit of a heatwave ...   Jul 16 2013, 06:27 PM
Blainefab   QUOTE (Al weyman @ Jul 16 2013, 11:27 AM)...   Jul 16 2013, 11:40 PM
Al weyman   Will do, its had a few trips into the kitty litter...   Jul 17 2013, 05:46 PM
Racerdad916   So, converting to a top breather is not a good ide...   Jul 18 2013, 04:38 AM
CrashTestDummy   I'm thinking the answer there is no. just mak...   Jul 18 2013, 04:28 PM
Racerdad916   I just returned from a long drive with only the ai...   Jul 19 2013, 02:09 AM
Hotrodf1   One other data point- I have a aluminum aftermark...   Jul 28 2013, 03:22 AM
Al weyman   I find the thing annoying gets in the way when try...   Jul 28 2013, 09:12 AM
mr.beachcomber   QUOTE (Al weyman @ Jul 28 2013, 09:12 AM)...   Jul 28 2013, 02:17 PM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (Al weyman @ Jul 28 2013, 04:12 AM)...   Jul 28 2013, 08:26 PM
Al weyman   I guess I had better leave it on for now, thanks.   Jul 28 2013, 08:21 PM
Racerdad916   here's a another question: For those of you us...   Aug 20 2013, 04:50 AM
Doug Phillips   how do I loada picture here?   Aug 21 2013, 02:16 AM
Al weyman   QUOTE (Doug Phillips @ Aug 21 2013, 03:16...   Aug 21 2013, 06:05 AM
Doug Phillips   Oh. Well the picture I was linking will not add h...   Aug 21 2013, 05:58 PM
Blainefab   QUOTE (Doug Phillips @ Aug 21 2013, 10:58...   Aug 21 2013, 09:50 PM
Doug Phillips   QUOTE (Blainefab @ Aug 21 2013, 05:50 PM)...   Aug 23 2013, 06:44 PM

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