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Old 06-07-2013, 07:01 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pjbgravely View Post
At least on my two vehicles I found the blocking the decorative upper grill improved cooling as some of the air was coming out of the grill after it entered through the bottom intakes.

So my case the grill block resulted in ~1MPH increase and better cooling for both vehicles.
How did you figure out that?
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