kyledr

There's a plastic thing covering the engine. I unscrewed something and took it off, and then I left it at a cabin. Do I need the thing? I suppose it would maybe be called an engine cover.

Nighthawk243

If you're talking about that, yeah it is just an engine cover. Not having it on won't hurt anything.

Since it is gone, I suggest pulling that plastic spacer for the oil cap off of the engine... it only exists for use with that cover.

kyledr

Beautiful reply, thanks! Next question: did I make my car gofaster by ignorantly removing said plastic?

YelloEye

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Theoretically yes...you could do the same by skipping a meal before a race....

riko540

It won't go any faster sorry.

kyledr

So you're telling me my car eats plastic parts? Interesting.

I figured maybe it would not trap heat under the engine so much, maybe preventing heat soaking. Of course it won't fix the fact that my car is slow. I will solve that one another day.

mkulrey13

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HB_SS/TC

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You're gonna lose more traction cause you took weight off the front tires

Rad

replace it with a carbon fiber cover

riko540

lol you won't notice any difference in engine temps either.

Cobalt_1988

im finding it difficult not to lulz at this thread of fail

Illini_06SS

Yes you made it lighter, yes you *very slightly* improved underhood cooling, and yes you significantly increased engine noise into the cabin by removing that piece.

slobalt08

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are you kidding me with this thread?! and i thought i saw it all but this is a winner.... this gets the ultimate facepalm....

07sscobaltss

I still say rossshady deserves the ULTIMATE facepalm

_UnLiMiTeD_

Oh yes you will. If you get a short ram intake and leave that stupid ass engine cover on, you will be heatsoaking within 20 minutes of driving. I put my intake on a little over a month ago now and even when it was less then 10 degrees outside, my car would heatsoak like crazy.

Took the engine plastic off and it has not heatsoaked since, even when its warming up now.


So for a short anwser: Taking that engine cover off will help prevent heatsoaking with an aftermarket intake. I never got any with the stock intake though.

Nighthawk243

The cover was primarily there just for noise reduction. I just looks ugly as hell, so most of us who had it (My old G5 had it) removed it.

kyledr

I'm honored to be considered among the facepalmer greats such as rossshady. But at least I was not too far off. In the end it doesn't matter much, and if I supercharge it, it might actually be faster without it. Also, would there even be room for it with all the extra stuff a supercharger adds?

Dragonsfire12345

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just get an electric supercharger and you'll be fine