I tried covering the grill with cardboard on a road trip and I was pleased with the results(much better mileage). Now im thinking about making the grill cover permanent. I would compensate for the lack of grill space with a bigger air dam so cooling isnt an issue so this is purely on looks. What do you think.
Also...is there anything like this on the market that you know of? I couldnt find anything.

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After



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that looks ugly

I say go with the before!!

i like the 2nd better...looks less like a smiling "kirby"

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i like the 2nd better...looks less like a smiling "kirby"

lol
heres a picture of the gm/socal cobalt with its ultra smooth front end...I was thinking something along those lines...it looks like they just riveted smooth pieces into the stock bumper?



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less air to your radiator, plus it makes it look like a drag car, but not as fast

Go with the before shot. looks 6514584556456651 x better

Hopefully that works. Just an idea of how you can make it look. I tried to go with the look of a 95-99 Z bumper. Thats my first chop ever and I did it using paint so it might look a little rough

Mike

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nope no sir i dont like it i dont like it at all



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cover it...who cares what geeds thinks

I like it it's totally different. do what makes you happy it's your car. make it what you like.



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thanks mike...I was wondering how that would look. I suppose I need to leave some opening to pick up air for brake cooling ducts since mine fade to nothing when I drive it like I stole it. I was also thinking about moving the fog lights to the middle and using the stock holes for brake cooling. dunno...


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i dunno i like stock the best but the one that charron posted is kinda cool



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I like the one charron posted as well.


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Madjack wrote:Like I said before, building an engine like ours (2.2 or 2200) is a painstaking chore , since there is so few custom made parts. It's frustrating to me too, but that's what I like about doing this engine, it's the challenge.

Go ahead and take away all your engine cooling for the radiater, better milage my rear of your engine blows.


1971 camaro 427 --- here!

Stock... and loving every minute of it.

eh i don't really like