Grill blanket/ insert?
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
Grill blanket/ insert?
I've seen other trucks with a blanket or fabric insert for the grill to keep the cold winter wind and snow from blowing in and cooling the motor off real quick. Is there such a thing or am I stuck straping a piece of cardboard to the front, yuck.
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From: Stacy, Minnesota
turbo motor runs really hot and you won't need a winter front unless your in -40. If your cab heater is giving you enough heat thats a good indication that its running hot enough. I never seem to have to turn my heat switch past straight up or I get to much heat. Running in Northern Minnesota. Tommorows high is expected to reach 10 above. plenty warm yet not to have a winter front.
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ok good info. by the way I live in northern arizona at around 7000 and we get snow and it can be lots. The reason I was looking for one was because it gets windy here and the air temp some times dips to the single digits. when it did the other week I was forced to park outside with the nose of the truck facing the wind and the engine cooled off real quick.
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Just my $0.02, but the only thing you want to cover is the radaitor, but not anything else, air going in is a good thing, the more air the aftercooler and trans. cooler get, the better, if you want to warm it up faster, I would cut out card board just around the radiator ONLY, but I would watch the gauge closely just to make sure it would not get hot, and I would only due this in the winter months, also make sure your pluging it in for a lot quicker heat, and make sure that the high idle is activating. I would paint the cardboard black, so it's not noticable thru the grill. this should work-look good and not cost a thing, as a side note, I love the way the lund stainless winter grill inserts look, I even see people run these in the summer, and they say the truck still runs cool, I just like the fact of knowing that the air box-trans.-radiator-aftercooler-etc. is getting the most air possible, the cooler the air charge the more power (boost) Just my $0.02
