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Old 07-25-2011, 12:12 PM
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Default Tips: How to keep under hood temps down....
Just like the title says, I am interested in doing some cooling mods to my car. What can you all suggest to get my IAT's down? Tranny cooler? Header wrap? cooler thermostat? What else?
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Old 07-25-2011, 12:26 PM
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dont mess with the thermostat, they make better power where they are now in terms of temp vs. lowering it
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Modded Inferno hood, remove the rubber from the cowl, shim the hood up, make intake headlights or a FWI.

EDIT: Just saw you've got an SS, skip the Inferno.

EDIT 2: I wanna see an SS with a HLI.
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Take your Hood off
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take your hood off
Lmao!!!
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Aren't the DT headers already coated? So that should help. I believe it says in the instructions not to wrap them.
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Originally Posted by 06silverss
Aren't the DT headers already coated? So that should help. I believe it says in the instructions not to wrap them.
No matter what,with these headers your gonna get a lot of heat...
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I got some wrap for sale that's pretty cheap
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Build a true fenderwell intake. My throttlebody and intake piping is cool to the touch at the track.
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Build a true fenderwell intake. My throttlebody and intake piping is cool to the touch at the track.
Pics ...
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Originally Posted by 1CL3ANSUP3RSPORT
Pics ...
I'll send you one tomorrow. Car is currently 25 miles away.
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Originally Posted by 1CL3ANSUP3RSPORT
Take your Hood off
To be perfectly honest, sure no one's surprised by this, I rolled around with a hood delete for a couple of days.
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Originally Posted by TheJPGXP
To be perfectly honest, sure no one's surprised by this, I rolled around with a hood delete for a couple of days.
You can't surprise us anymore.
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put some daytons on there if you wanna sunrise everyone
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Cut holes in the hood and screw a bunch of scoops on... er maybe not.
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Originally Posted by AlabamaGuy
I'll send you one tomorrow. Car is currently 25 miles away.
Koo deal

Originally Posted by TheJPGXP
To be perfectly honest, sure no one's surprised by this, I rolled around with a hood delete for a couple of days.
I believe it

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You can't surprise us anymore.
Agreed
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Run distilled water with a bottle of water wetter from Redline and your engine will run much cooler.
Suck your coolant out with a shop vac.
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Originally Posted by DavidGXP
Run distilled water with a bottle of water wetter from Redline and your engine will run much cooler.
Suck your coolant out with a shop vac.
my dad uses that stuff in his chevelle. It really worked for him. I am just experiencing 190+ degree IAT temps. It is making my car run like *****....Anything else?
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Originally Posted by 1BAD06MCSS
my dad uses that stuff in his chevelle. It really worked for him. I am just experiencing 190+ degree IAT temps. It is making my car run like *****....Anything else?
Get your fans re-tuned so they come on earlier. Maybe run a remote switch?
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