I think it would be no good for the track. As Leon says, the mesh is quite restrictive and will make cooling less efficient.Originally posted by Injectie:
[qb]Pure for the looks as I don't plan on taking it to the track. (yet)[/qb][/b]
No change in temp at all, as indicated by temp gauge in dash.Originally posted by Injectie:
[qb]After recent topics about modifieing a grill. Has Anyone of you noticed a higher temperature on the gauge. Mine seems to be gone up a little on country roads. On the freeway it is the same. [/qb][/b]
Later cars have the placebo guage..Originally posted by /john:
[qb]No change in temp at all, as indicated by temp gauge in dash. [/qb][/b]
That's probably because you've got the "placebo" gauge... it was introduced about 1994 after owners were being unsettled by seeing wide variations on the temp gauge. Basically, it provides an indication of how "warmed up" the car is, then once it's got to operating temp, sits pretty steady unless things start to get seriously hot...Originally posted by /john:
[qb]No change in temp at all, as indicated by temp gauge in dash. [/qb][/b]
Originally posted by Leon (agent K):
[qb] QUOTE
Later cars have the placebo guage..Originally posted by /john:
[qb] No change in temp at all, as indicated by temp gauge in dash. [/qb][/b]
My '94 9000 has the real gauge in (rises falls &c) : I thought it was '96 on that got placebosPosted by Scaero
Very reasuring, and the see it rise and fall with the throttle is a pleasure all you new fangled '94 9000 and later other owners will just have to dream about.[/b]
Mine is MY94 according to the VIN. I read somewhere it was '96 on things changed but can't think where now (it could actually have been MY95 ie September '94 on). Of course when did SAAB ever build an exact to spec car ?SteveN I'm assuming it's post 94 'cos that's when the second version of Trionic was introduced, but I could very easily be wrong... maybe you got a late 93 registered 94?[/b]
My MY95 (late '94) 2.0LPT has a real gauge. My MY96 CSE and MY96 Aero have the placebo gauge. From this, I assume that the placebo gauge was introduced in MY96.Originally posted by SteveN:
[qb]I thought it was '96 on that got placebos[/qb][/b]
Originally posted by Leon (agent K):
[qb] QUOTE
Later cars have the placebo guage..Originally posted by /john:
[qb] No change in temp at all, as indicated by temp gauge in dash. [/qb][/b]
Later cars have the placebo guage..
Will only go above half if theres a serious impending failure![/b]
Note the above.. believe me your gauge is a placebo.. it showed normal.. until impending failure.. and then max and then boom!I have a 9-3, from 1999 and my temp. gauges are not the placebos, as my wife almost blew the engine one day, the gauges went into max!!!! and right it was, I had to pour a full gallon of cooling fluid on! It had blown the headgasket [/b]