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12-02-2013, 05:54 PM
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Drives: 2013 Camaro LS m6 Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Fort Montgomery, NY
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Driving without your engine cover
So i am currently 250 miles from home at college and i just started sanding my engine cover to paint it when i do go home next week. Is it safe to drive around without it for the next week or so, even if its raining/snowing?
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12-02-2013, 05:59 PM
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Drives: 2010 SS 426 V8 M/T Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Scottsdale AZ
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12-02-2013, 06:02 PM
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Drives: 2014 2ss/RS 5th gen Camaro #2 Join Date: May 2012
Location: arkansas
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I wouldn't even think twice about it.
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12-02-2013, 06:02 PM
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Drives: 2010 2ss red LS3 Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: perkasie pa
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Took mine off 2 years ago.
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12-02-2013, 06:19 PM
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NCM-WINR
Drives: 2010 SS/RS IOM 2014 2LT Stingray Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pittsburgh
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It's strictly cosmetic. Or at least it was before you started sanding on it.
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also drives a heavily modified Jeep Wrangler. It has LED headlights and wheel weights blacked out with Plasti Dip. It's Baller.
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12-02-2013, 06:26 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRS RJT L99 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Fort Shaw, Montana
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replaced mine with a supercharger a couple years back, car seems to be running fine still.....
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2010 SSRS, RJTC, L99, Maggie 2300 SC, 3.4" pulley, Roto-Fab CAI, Dynatech Supermaxx LT headers, Dynatech High Flow cats, Corsa Cat back exhaust, Dual Elite Engineering catch can, MSD wires and Jannetty custom tune, JRE custom diff w/ posi mod, 3.91 LPE gears, Pfaht trailing arms, Pfaht trailing arm and Diff bushings, drop springs and sport sway bars front and back, Fesler dual guage pillar pod w/ AM Cobalt Boost and A/F guages. More to come!! |
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12-02-2013, 06:58 PM
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Drives: 2017 2SS M6 Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: WNY
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all it does is trap heat. Mines gone. Well its mounted on my wall in the living room
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real ZL1 wheels and brakes, 285/305 Michelin Pilot Super Sports, Pray ported Intake manifold, Soler Throttle Body, Rotofab intake, EFI Tuning Flex fuel kit, full American Racing Headers Exhaust, 1 7/8" w/ cats H pipe and mufflers. Full 1LE suspension, with BMR adjustable sway bars and links, GM aluminum cradle bushings, Hurst shifter with lighter reverse spring, TWM shifter knob, Tick level 1 transmission. I should have bought a ZL1
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12-02-2013, 07:13 PM
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Smoked by a GIRL
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Haven't had mine on in 2 years
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2014 2SS/RS Summit White w/ IOM interior "Powder 2.0"
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12-02-2013, 08:57 PM
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Drives: RS Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
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The engine cover is there to hide the sparkplug wires and reduce engine noise. I took mine off, I like to see the engine. Did not notice any increase in engine noise.
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12-02-2013, 09:38 PM
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Drives: Black 2013 2SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Oliver Springs, TN
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Pulled mine off as soon as I got it home, it is just a heat trap as stated earlier.
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12-02-2013, 10:44 PM
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Drives: '11 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Iowa
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Might seem like a foreign concept to some, but there was actually a time when cars came WITHOUT engine covers !!!!
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12-02-2013, 10:46 PM
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Jersey Jeff
Drives: 1969 Camaro L89/T400 ~ 2015 ZL1 Join Date: May 2011
Location: Jersey
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It's like a heat wrap......I yanked mine one day 2.
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12-02-2013, 10:48 PM
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Drives: 2010 2SS Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Rochester Hills
Posts: 167
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Leave that ugly, Lego looking pos off. They look so idiotic, more so when customized.
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12-02-2013, 10:49 PM
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Drives: 2010 2SS Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Rochester Hills
Posts: 167
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Seriously, it's the most wretched thing ever concocted. Burn it in an outhouse.
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