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Old 01-04-2011, 03:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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CigaR007 -

I like the layout. The upper grill block looks OEM to me.

Since it looks sooooo cold where you are, I would just leave the lower grill block as is and watch the coolant temps on your scangauge. If it the temperature looks too hot to you then yank the lowest pipe insulator. It it's still too hot, yank the middle one.

If it's too inconvenient to get out of the car for the weather you are in, then yank the lowest one before your leave home.

For my car, the coolant temp is "normal" at 191-195 degrees F. The electric fan automatically comes on at 220 degrees F. I have a manual fan radiator switch that I usually turn on if I hit 210 degrees F. Typically, I *only* reach 210 degrees F when I am stuck in traffic for a long period of time.

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