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Old 12-28-2011, 08:22 PM   #23 (permalink)
BHarvey
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Closed off the fog lamp holes and finished the lower block.
Made the lower block in 3 piece with one of those being adjustable. (not from inside)

Used to be that with only the upper grill block, that it would require a 30+ minute drive to get the AIT to it's normal range of +40 over ambient. Also used to take 5+ miles of driving to get the coolant up to 185f.

This morning the car warmed up in 3 miles and the AIT came up to +20 by the time I got to work, a 5.3 mile drive. Morning temp was 40f.

This afternoon the temp was 52f and the coolant was up to temp in about 2 miles and did get up to 203f before cooling back off. This is the highest it ever gets, even in the summer, so I don't know if the thermostat is fully open at that point, or the fan comes on. Never heard the fan, EVER, so unless it's unusually quiet....

Closed off the block by half to see what it does in the morning for test two.

In the 10 minute drive home the AIT got up to 40+ over ambient.

Now I just need to work on some cockpit adjustable grill shutters......
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