Any body ripped out the washer bottle and the plastic shroud behind it, and remove the two plastic plates blocking the nostrols for air flow, on a formula? Is it ok to ram air into the front of the radiator on a bottom breather?

Thanks in advance for replies

 

I removed mine. More so to save weight and I never use it. I also deleted my fog lights for the 1LE grills.

 

Does the car run a lot cooler with out it?

 

I would like to know also. I'm thinking about cutting out my camaro front behind the foglights and taking out all the crap behind it to get some airflow to the radiator. Wondering if there's any benefits though.

 

Taking out all of that and drawing in air from the front of the car is going to take more work than that.

From the factory they are a 'bottom feeder' design in which the air is sucked up from the bottom side of the car with help from the air damn and the plastic ducts to route the air up into the radiator. That plastic panel behind the washer tank is part of that. By taking it out you are not letting the air be forced into that area and thru the radiator possibly hurting the cooling effect. It might not show so much on a stock car but after doing some mods and buiding more heat it will show up.

To make use of the front of the car you are going to have to do some more work to convert it. Start by pulling off the front facsia and removing the washer tank, that plasic behind it, also you will notice that you will have to do some modification to the bumper and support are so that air can get back there. The fog lights (if you have them) will more than likely have to be removed since this is where you want to draw air in from. If you are looking at a high hp motor, the front end should be cut open similar to how the World Challange cars were done so that maximum air flow can get to the radiator. In the best situsation you should make some duct work so that it goes straight from the front end to the radiator without being able to just blow around in the front end of the car. Also the bottom where the front fascia curves up should be mostly blocked off.

So in short to convert the car to a front feeder for cooling takes a litte bit more work if you want to do it right and not severly hurt the air flow around the car which can come into play if you really want to drive the car fast and safely.



Being a blower owner and working on getting the car to open track events this year I have been looking into this for some time now.

 

thats why i said bottom breather above. However, i through on a fan switch for those summer days in traffic. So i happy with that. Forget gutting the front end.

 

Sorry...late night post (5am ) My eyes and mind were moving at two different speeds.

 

What you could do (think I will now) is take out the fog lights, the washer tank, and leave the plastic piece there. Then just run 2 hoses from the fog light openings, cut some holes in the plastic piece, and have additional air flow. Wouldnt be too hard and you still have the bottom fed air flow.

EDIT: Forgot, I also do not have AC so it would hit directly on the radiator. That could make a difference too.