Dodge Ram Grille Block: Upper & Lower

[radioranger]

seems like your doing your homework, I'll bet you would be fine if you had some sort of auxilary fan like a 12 v boat bilge blower with a duct from a cool place to blow air by the exhaust manifold area, and maybe put it on a timer to run 5 minutes or so after a hot shut down .

[ron]

wow Dave looks real nice ,Im not ready to make permanent yet, I just used clear packing tape on the outside of the grill temp is 172*/176* not enough records for as yet aprox 1.75 mpg in my rig with 4:10s&CTD

[radioranger]

looks pretty comprehensive, I'm not sure if my last reply got through so a repeat, i'm new member, but how about a boat blower fan setup to cool down under hood after shutdown or during intense slow traffic situations, also diesels that i am familiar with are so much more efficient that they run cooler , much , that gas engines.

[skyking]

Looking very nice Dave. I did the cardboard block on mine the other day, I covered about 90% of my radiator. It got about 5° above normal at the worst case, climbing a 4500' mountain pass.

Originally Posted by radioranger

looks pretty comprehensive, I'm not sure if my last reply got through so a repeat, i'm new member, but how about a boat blower fan setup to cool down under hood after shutdown or during intense slow traffic situations, also diesels that i am familiar with are so much more efficient that they run cooler , much , that gas engines.

I have a cheap remote thermometer I have used elsewhere, it will go underhood to check things out. I'll place it over and behind the heater (Turbo ).
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