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Old 05-16-2012, 04:49 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by christofoo View Post
It seems quite clear to me that extended climbs present the most strenuous need for grill opening in passenger cars.
That sounds about right to me.

I'm doing a grill block for Baa at the moment, working out opening size by trial and error.
The first afternoon, coolant temp started climbing (fast) on the motorway at 110kph. I stopped and took off the whole grill block.
Last night, with a much larger opening, temp was fine on the motorway and only started to rise (slowly) on the climb through the Blue Mountains at 80kph.

With the opening a little larger again, I'm hoping for no increase in temp on the way home tonight.
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