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Old 08-24-2012, 08:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
Gealii
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Grand am airdam where to place?

Well its time to start modding my grand am for mileage.
From the current moment over the summer i was happy getting
32mpg driving country roads all summer to work rated for
29mpg hw, but now I'm headed to school which has quite a bit
of city driving and I can already see my mileage is going
down according to my UG.

So the plan is to start modding my grand am for mileage. I have plans
for an air dam, grill block, smooth wheel covers, rear wheel partial skirt,
possible side skirts, and a partial kammback.

So the plan is to put on a new air
dam. I have the lawn edging for
the air dam to do but the question was were to mount if it
should go back into the factory air-dam spot that got ripped
off by previous owner. The other option would be to push it
forward to the front of car I have added pics to show you what
I mean. Plz leave your 2 cents especially if you have modded
a grand am or grand Prix to help with effective mods.

The orange line is where the factory air dam originally ran while the green
line is an idea of where to place it other than factory position.
I'm interested in putting a new one on because I would like to
do a grill block but don't want the fan running to much so I'm hoping blocking
the upper grill will help raise intake temps but the upper grill helps cool the radiator so i want air directed more-so into the radiator.

If I put it in the new position I am going to add something behind it
to keep air going through the lower grill into the radiator.

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