The two black plastic panels that have the "beverage holders" located in front of the radiator - other than a place to store one's adult beverage, do they serve any purpose? Are they designed to improve the looks of the engine bay, or are they protection against water intrusion or something?
If they're just for looks, I'm thinking of removing them - seems like it would allow better airflow or ventilation.
Besides covering all those ugly components, there main function is to assist in the airflow, from the grill, through the air conditioning condenser and radiator, not partially up and over them. Haven't heard of any heat issues with these cars. If you want a little better ventilation, remove the caps on your two hood scoops. There are kits available to open them up, which will allow some of the engine heat to vent out through the scoops (or if you wish, put some LEDs in the scoop openings).
I agree. Would not remove the beverage holders. However I removed the plastic blocks that replicated air scoop on my R/T and installed ones for the SRT that are functional.If you look at your hood underside you can see the oval slots at the back of the hood . You can obtain The SRT scoops from a Dodge dealer. Just a few strips of painters tape on the hood in front of the block, using a plastic pry tool to release the plastic tabs and they pop right out. The new ones in stall in seconds and snap in place. When you get them and look at them you'll figure it out in seconds. I know I have seen at least 1/ 100th of a horse power by cooling my shock towers. . Actually you can feel heat coming out of those scoops, so it does serve a purpose. It also looks better.
I see nothing but a big pulley under the shaker. That could only mean one thing. This picture was taken at Petty's Garage.
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