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      03-06-2009, 08:31 PM   #35
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If you look right under where the passenger side "fake vent" is too, you can see a remote power terminal. LOL, would be nice to get that wet eh?

Anyways, we see a lot of things like this happen. On one of the GM boards we are on, some guys cut out "fake vents" and make them "functional". Its not rare to see temperatures rise from what seems like harmless modifications. The way the stuff works on these cars are pretty complex and deals with a lot of high pressure, low pressure, air flow, vaccuum, etc. If you look closely at how everyhing is laid out in your engine bay, you'll notice high pressure regions followed by low pressure regions. This is because you need the air to flow and circulate. If you start hacking up holes, etc. and bringing in air pressure where there should be a low pressure region, you disrupt how the air is supposed to flow.
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