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Old 06-19-2005, 05:20 PM
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Has anyone tried out the new air diversion pedals? They're only 64 bucks and are supposed to improve cooling thought it might be worth it... http://www.hopupracing.com/grairdipasct.html
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Old 06-19-2005, 05:43 PM
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are you having cooling problems?
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no but running an engine cooler is always better...
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Old 06-19-2005, 07:23 PM
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to an extent yes. as long as it doesn't interfere with combustion.

if you want to cool the car off more, use water wetter, get some spal fans for the front of your radiator (pull fans), and use header wrap for all the hot parts under your hood.

i don't see how these things would help that much.
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how and where would you go about installing these?
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i found a pic of the greddy car at SEMA. this piece looks more like engine bay bling than anything. i'm still gonna get one though haha.
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cool i was looking for a panel just like that.
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Take some pics when you get them installed, like to see what they look like under the hood.
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I may consider this with my turbo kit. Hmm, def nice for FMIC people.
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A local shop did a little work with water wetter and did not experience any drop in engine temp.
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i've used it in a mustang 302 and had a significant amount of drop.


but i haven't used it on anything smaller displacement that wasn't cam'd out like that mustang was.
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guys.. here is the thing.. it does not matter how much air you put thru the radiator... (unless you were having problems with airflow thru the radiator)... you have a thermistat.. and guess what.. that is going to keep the engine at what ever temp it is set to... so unless you change the stat... your only buying bling...
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unless with an open thermostat it overheats still (i.e. an automatic with a turbo)
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nice find.

but a new radiator goes 1st
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get a 2 row fatty radiator with 1500cfm spal fans
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