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Old 07-10-2008, 07:11 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Hello Jon,

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Originally Posted by jonr View Post
Ok, so what does this gain you? The purpose of the thermostat is to allow the car to heat up quickly and so you don't need to block radiators to get this.
It gains you several miles per gallon, because of better air flow over the nose of the vehicle. My car improved ~5mpg because of the upper grill block and flush lens on the fog lights.
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