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BamZipPow · 03-10-2011, 03:08 PM

Have you considered a partial grill block? I started out with 33% and now I'm up to 66% blocked. Coolant and underhood temps have not risen. I use my Ultra-Gauge to keep an eye out on the coolant temps and a Dwyer/Love Control controller to keep an eye out on the underhood temps. It seems my underhood temps seem cooler with the grill block than it did without it. My thermocoupler probe sits on the air intake hose by the throttle body. Just made a new grill block on my T-100 today...from aluminum flashing!

Previously with pipe foam...

03-10-2011, 03:08 PM	#20 (permalink)
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