Loaded

The car i just bought has them uninstalled he said the car runs cooler with out them.......Is this true? Is it a must to install them. What and where can i get teh bolts that hold them in place

Jim bailey - 928 International

Just click into the store below , click "Shop" then search by description .".undertray kit" you will find the hardware for $25 . and many other things as well...

Bill51sdr

Your P.O. is full of B.S. His mechanic was too lazy to put them back on. The car was designed to have them in place and the engine runs cooler WITH them in place. There are also NACA ducts in the plastic tray that direct cool air to the engine mounts, a very necessary function. If you would like debris and other assorted foreign objects hitting your oil pan, belts and pulleys, be my guest!

SharkSkin

If that's true, there is something not quite right. It should run cooler with the belly pan. Also it will be more stable at speed with the correct pan in place.

Brian B

Not to hijack the thread, but will an OB run cooler with a belly pan? I don't have one...

SharkSkin

Yes, slightly cooler. Slightly more stable at triple digits. The early cars had a very short belly pan.

Nicole

Do a search here on "belly pan", and you'll find all kinds of reasons to put one on...

Loaded

it will be on this weekend fellas thanks for the info....I just got back from a 1 hour launch.....excuse me 1 hour lunch driving around LOL

Gretch

Shark without belly pan like U-boat without hatches. Cannot submarine through air, must bop along on the surface, easy target for Corvette......

Thaddeus

Funf hundret zweizig meter, Herr Kaleun...

Bill51sdr

Very nice (and nautical) analogy Gretch!

Gretch

Jawol, Herr Commandant Swift.

Bill51sdr

Come to think of it, the similarites of a Corvette (car) to it's namesake are interesting. Fiberglass and all, hell, it might even float! I know the late 70's/early 80's did float over the road!

Gretch

"Float" or hydroplane.............my '73 hydroplaned......no question about it. Oh yeah, and they burn like a house afire..........., but they do go like greased lightening, both characteristics of their namesake............

Beth

Hahahaha - Dave look how little your's is!!!

Hey Loaded - I'm very thankful to have mine on the car - they offer protection from bottoming out at low spots. Every time I take mine off, I'm suprised to see that they're a little more "used". Also, if you have a later model, 87+, you'll have 2 belly pans, a front and a rear.