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Old 02-02-2011, 06:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
BHarvey
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Sweetie - '11 Hyundai Sonata GLS
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First grill block



The car took 12 mintues to warm up as opposed to 6-7 minutes without the block. Temp stayed in the same 183-188F range throughout. No clue why. Ambient temp was 41F.

Have you guys had to make a vented block for summer or are yours 'as is' all year?

Coast distance is much better as well. I have two good reference points for coasting, one down and back up hill, and another just uphill.
The first one from 50 mph will barely get me to the 4-way stop sign. With the grill block I had 20 mph in hand. It gained speed on the downhill which gave me another 6 mph. It never did this before.

The other coast point would have me turning onto my street at 15 mph and with the block it netted 24 mph.


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