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there is a lot more airflow than the stock grille...if you look closely at the stock grille, youll see that it has the honeycomb design...within that honeycomb design, you will see that about half of the honeycombs are actual holes to allow air into the engine bay while the remaining honeycombs are not holes at all, just mere plastic mold with a plastic backing...with that in mind, you can compare it to the 9-bar grille that is COMPLETELY open and has nothing to impede air flow into the engine bay...you have pretty much a 200% increase in airflow into the engine bay to be sucked into the air intake by the engine...
as for whether it being hot air or not, the "hot" air that goes into your intake is primarily going to be the air that is already in your engine bay that is heated up by the radiant heat built up from the engine....now, not all the air that goes into your intake is hot, most of the air going into your intake while driving will be the cool air that comes through the front grille and into your engine bay....
i would say the 9-bar will help against heat buildup under the hood to a degree because it will allow greater cool air flow into the engine bay, creating more air pressure and forcing a lot of the hot air in the bay out...this will allow more cool air to flow into your intake over the stock grille....
i hope this helps you!
Great post and very insightful. I was just looking at these grills today. A nice, cost effective upgrade that seems to have some nice functionality to it as well.
hey guys
well im a new member to this forum and needed a little help so here it goes.
i have a 08 GT and have just purchased and installed a new CDC billet grill without the fog light cut outs or anyhthing, however i wanted to still have my fog lights. i have seen pictures of people putting them behind the grill and i think they look great. so i looked into how to do that, and i came across a thread that said that all they did was wedge it in there. so if anyone has any help on a more detailed description on how to put it in it would be great. And are the fog lights that they put behind the grill, are they the stock GT fogs"?
Ken whats the differnce between your and the SSinerts one ? they look exactly the same .... Sorry to kinda throw you under the bus Ive just seen 5 differnt prices HUGE price gaps between each one ... Thanks !
I asked that a couple months ago and it turns out there is no real kit for mounting the fogs behind the grill. Only a few people on the forum have done it and they all just made up their own way to mount them.
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