geting rid of some of the air dam?

[Patrick Javert]

I have heard that removing some of the lip of the air dam that pushes air up to the radiator causes our cars to overheat. is this true? i wanna get rid of some of it so it doesn't scrape as much. If i were to get the rafiator from slp, 160 degree thermostat, redline water wetter(if it works like everyone says), and lowered the fan temp setting, will the car still overheat?

[MustangEater8251]

My air dam has been scraping for 8 years and not had any problems, doesn't even looked that scratched up. jsut remember not to pull all the way to a parking spot, even if oyu do it doesn't hurt anything, it was built to take it, hell clipped a racoon going 35 mph with my air damn, he did some barrel rolls in my rear view, but got up and scurried away, didn't see any blood on the road later, guess he was alright. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I guess in theaory oyu cold do it, but if it does affect your car, its gonna cost a fortune to fix it, unless you use duct tape. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Blue Flame V6]

Don't use water wetter! It will corode your radiator.

[Guardsman]

You're better off keeping the air dam on, especially considering the amount of money, and the potential problems that you're creating, just to get rid of the scraping. If you do all of that to run the engine cooler, you also run the risk of keeping the engine under the warm-up up temp, in which case the PCM would stay in open-loop all the time. That means that you'd be running rich and un-metered all the time, which would give you some extra power in certain areas of the powerband, but hurt it in others, and it would also wipe out your gas mileage.

[99Camaro99]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by MustangEater8251:
hell clipped a racoon going 35 mph with my air damn, he did some barrel rolls in my rear view, but got up and scurried away, didn't see any blood on the road later, guess he was alright. [img]smile.gif[/img] <hr></blockquote>

[img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] :D

stuff like this amuses me. I did hit an opposum once. I tried to drive directly underneath him but I guess it freaked out and moved at the last second because I heard a "bump...bump" and saw a lump in the road...what a shame.

[kewabl]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 99Camaro99:


[img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] :D

stuff like this amuses me. I did hit an opposum once. I tried to drive directly underneath him <hr></blockquote>

whoa! talk about slammed! :rolleyes: [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[scottblack]

On mine i just took a hacksaw and cut off the part that hangs down, about an inch and a half. So it is all there, just trimmed down. Doesn't scrape a bit anymore!

Scott

[GrdLock]

I wouldn't bother trying to remove the air dam, or any part of it. What's it hurt if it scrapes? Nothing! So why remove it if it could screw your car up? Think about it.

I've also reason in some posts that the air dam helps keep the front end of your car stable and on the ground when going at high speeds.

[ April 23, 2002: Message edited by: GrdLock ]</p>

[Patrick Javert]

my whole thing is i'm gonna lower my car some and don't want anything getting messed up w/ it. the max i'll go is 1 1/2 inch drop.

[Jhonathan]

Patrick im lowered 1.5" and i dont even scrape on speed bumps... the worst place i scrape is coming out of parking lots without angling it, if i hit it at an angle them im good, i also bang my catalytic converter over speed bumps alot...i hate that

[cboney2000]

DO NOT REMOVE THE AIR DAM, it is highly functional and necessary. When it rubs, it serves as a warning to be more careful and that you are getting close to the ground [img]smile.gif[/img] Mine rubs all the time with no problems. When I had it off for a little bit, even going 60 with foot off the gas or on, car went to 230* and climbing, quickly pulled over and put it back on, instantly better, back down to the normal 180 in a minute or two of driving, my strong advice is to leave it on.

[navyblue2000]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Blue Flame V6:
Don't use water wetter! It will corode your radiator.<hr></blockquote>

really? it's formulated to keep rust and corrosion down, not raise it.
and if you feel that way, get some royal purple, or 40 below

[Noahs40]

Woohoo!!! I love you guys, I know whymy car has been running hot lately. It's been ever since I took off my air dam thingy, it makes sense now... I've been going insane for the past few months, I've flushed the radiator twice, swapped PCMs twice, replaced my 160 thermo once, and then put in a fan switch --still no luck on getting my temp down the way it used to be. I'm stupid, its been the lack of the air dam the whole time, thanks guys!!!
:D

[viper98885]

Even shaving your airdam won't help too much. With my lowering springs, I hit my catalytic converter, i-pipe and BMR tunnel brace more than anything. I haven't bottomed out on the air dam in a LONG time.