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**buIf6yoW** · 08-10-2009, 10:56 PM

Air dam is the correct term - and he knows it
I'm surprised some of the specialist companies don't to repro' parts to replace them as they seem to be quite vulnerable to damage.

Only vulnerable with idiots driving. Thinking they can scrape the nose of the car over everything.

I haven't replaced the driver side piece because it doesn't impact the cooling of the car as its not the main dam. its a 3pc design, I have the passenger and center pieces, but the driver side was ripped off before I got the car. And I never replaced it before because the old ground effect on teh right side had its mounting tabs broken so I couldn't. The new GFX have intact mounting tabs so I'll be fixing it when I can find the driver side dam.

Basically these cars are bottom breathers. The air that runs under the car hits the air dam creating a high pressure area which is funneled into the radiator via ducting. If you lose the center dam thats it. Your car will overheat at all speeds above 30mph because there isn't enough airflow over the radiator and fans just aren't enough.

The factory fan wiring had the dual fans staged. One comes on at 225* and the other at 240* [shocked]

I've wired the fans in series so that they both activate at the same time (cools the car MUCH faster) and I also have a 180* thermostat with the fans set to run at 195*, and shutting down when the temp reaches 175*. On the highway the thermostat barely opens because the car cools itself so well. Especially in this weather we are having right now because its so cool outside the fans almost never operate unless I'm stuck in traffic for a long time.

In both pics I posted the air dam isn't visible. I'll see if I can find one where it is.

This is why the driver side doesn't have an air dam piece on it. See anything wrong?

08-10-2009, 10:56 PM	#13
buIf6yoW Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 481 Senior Member	Air dam is the correct term - and he knows it I'm surprised some of the specialist companies don't to repro' parts to replace them as they seem to be quite vulnerable to damage. Only vulnerable with idiots driving. Thinking they can scrape the nose of the car over everything. I haven't replaced the driver side piece because it doesn't impact the cooling of the car as its not the main dam. its a 3pc design, I have the passenger and center pieces, but the driver side was ripped off before I got the car. And I never replaced it before because the old ground effect on teh right side had its mounting tabs broken so I couldn't. The new GFX have intact mounting tabs so I'll be fixing it when I can find the driver side dam. Basically these cars are bottom breathers. The air that runs under the car hits the air dam creating a high pressure area which is funneled into the radiator via ducting. If you lose the center dam thats it. Your car will overheat at all speeds above 30mph because there isn't enough airflow over the radiator and fans just aren't enough. The factory fan wiring had the dual fans staged. One comes on at 225* and the other at 240* [shocked] I've wired the fans in series so that they both activate at the same time (cools the car MUCH faster) and I also have a 180* thermostat with the fans set to run at 195, and shutting down when the temp reaches 175. On the highway the thermostat barely opens because the car cools itself so well. Especially in this weather we are having right now because its so cool outside the fans almost never operate unless I'm stuck in traffic for a long time. In both pics I posted the air dam isn't visible. I'll see if I can find one where it is. This is why the driver side doesn't have an air dam piece on it. See anything wrong?
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