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Old 07-19-2022, 06:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by racprops
Plus blocking all of most of the air into the radiator and engine chamber is also said to help MPG... Not sure how...
All the air that passes through the radiator is subjected to the clutching fingers of interference drag until it finds some way out.

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I agree about the idea of running something like grill shutters could be superior as you'd get aerodynamic benefits, too, but I have no hope in my ability to fabricate a custom one up or to be able to properly control it on my car.
Simplest install I can imagine would be a sliding shutter with a choke cable control. My VW Dasher had such a thing [minus the cable control], gone by the time I got the car and I can't find a picture.

No idea on the custom MAP table.
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