nasty99WS6

well, after 2+ years of owning my car, I have noticed that it does not have the front air dam on it. I have heard that without it, your car will certainly run hot. Thing is, my car has NEVER ran hot, and that includes 90+ temps with the a/c on..I have an aftermarket temp gauge as well, so its not because I am looking at the dummy factory gauge. Car does not go over 205ish. 210 is the middle of the dummy gauge, so I would assume that is not too warm, or is it? Any comments would be welcome. And yes, I will be ordering one anyways.

2K2WS6TA

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It's supposed to help with directing the air upwards toward the radiator while at highway speeds, FWIW I've never seen one fail to overheat if the air dam is gone (except of course yours)
205* is within factory specs for the car, so it's not too warm, got me stumped, that's one of the first things you check if the car is only overheating at highway speeds

redtail2426

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you cant use the factory gauge as a gauge of your temp.Unless you have efi live or hp tuners you really have no idea what its running at.205 and 230 is the same on the factory gauge..And if you dont have an airdamn then its definitly running hotter then normal.With the ac on the fans automatically turn on,which will cool things down a bit.

nasty99WS6

my first post..

joecar

Maybe, as you drive, air is being pulled from the rear of the engine bay, allowing new air to be drawn in up thru radiator.

redtail2426

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damn....

presto_z

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well beats me, i always thought it would run hot...even if its not id still get one....i saw a metal one on ebay once(i dont suggest u buy that though... one parking curb and its done..and looked tacky) id stick w/ a stock plastic one, they are prolly super cheap at a junk yard

02ZZ28

i took mine off to put some lettering on it and within the first 5 miles my gauge was pinned. i have the slp flopac maybe thats why it went crazy so fast. since ive put it back on its normal

JLMoses

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well with the Xenon front clip i have noticed a raise in motor temp...think an extension would be in order here? think it'd help me out with my overheating problem....

TheBlurLS1

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Well here's some food for thought.

If the car can sit still and idle for hours without overheating (I've done it at Taco Bell ), why do you think it would run hot otherwise? The engine will be producing more heat with greater RPMs, but it's nothing the fans shouldn't be able to handle. If you idled the car at 2000rpms in the driveway, the fans would come on more often, but I doubt it would overheat. Now I haven't crunched the numbers on the CFM pull of the fans and the heat tranfer from the radiator, and I'm probably not going to, so this is just a guess.

The fans should control the engine temperature. The purpose of the air dam is to relieve some of the cooling duty the fans will need to provide while driving around.

nasty99WS6

I agree, but its funny that alot of people say your car will overheat without it, and mine never has..mularkey I say, Mularkey!

INMY01TA

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I know a guy who reinforced his air damn by putting some aluminum/metal behind the air damn to keep it from bending back at high speeds. He swears it helps the Fast toys and cooling.

LS69TA

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I'm about to pull mine off and trim it a bit, because I'm tired of it scraping in a few places out where I work. If it doesn't overheat while parked, I can't see how it would overheat while going down the road. The fans are what keep it from overheating, not the air dam, it only deflects air into the radiator. Hmmm..maybe pulling it off will help with aerodynamics

speed_demon24

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2000RPM's free reving is a lot different than 2000RPM's under load, the 2000RPM's under load will generate a lot more heat than just reving it at 2000RPM's.

Gearhead1

Actually, it creates a low pressure area under the car which helps draw the air through the radiator.

OneMeanZ

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My 94 Z28 got really hot after leaving it off after a header install.