View Poll Results: do you drive your car without the engine trays installed?
I run with the trays installed on my steet car at all times
26
53.06%
I run with the trays installed on my track car at all times
4
8.16%
I run with the trays if Im not feeling too lazy or tired to put them back
6
12.24%
The laws of physics and 951 ownership require them to be removed too often, so I dont bother
13
26.53%
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engine under tray poll...
12-20-2006, 08:10 AM
#16
Burning Brakes
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Musche's on this one. Go out and do a DE session, park your steed and then come back, say, 20 minutes later. Everything ahead of the A pillar is still cooking! At speed we have all these clever little tricks to fight heat build up...from the design of the snout and batwings themselves to the front brake air diverters on the control arms.
But as soon as the car stops, my bet would be temps rise for some time. Try touching a front wheel
Thus, I'm pretty sure that logic dictates you will enjoy longer life of your caster blocks if there is an aluminum barrier between them and the exhaust pipes. Again, why would the factory go to the trouble of fabricating a fairly complex stamping and mounting system for the back engine tray if they didn't have the same concern?
But as soon as the car stops, my bet would be temps rise for some time. Try touching a front wheel
Thus, I'm pretty sure that logic dictates you will enjoy longer life of your caster blocks if there is an aluminum barrier between them and the exhaust pipes. Again, why would the factory go to the trouble of fabricating a fairly complex stamping and mounting system for the back engine tray if they didn't have the same concern?
12-20-2006, 08:20 AM
#17
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i have two undertrays - neither one is on. Problem is if i develop a leak, it takes an extra week or two for the stuff to build up on top of the tray and then dump on my floor. With no tray i can spot a leak right away and cure it. I may run it anyway after i get my AIR splitter on there.
12-20-2006, 09:15 AM
#18
Addict
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My question is where are all these trays going? Of the half dozen or so cars we parted last year, only one of them had one of the trays on it. Are people eating these things, service shops not putting them back on.
12-20-2006, 11:10 AM
#19
The Impaler
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mine came with only the back one, and it started to fall off, so i had to take it off. I want to buy another set of trays but they arent easy to come by
12-20-2006, 11:29 AM
#20
Three Wheelin'
My question is where are all these trays going? Of the half dozen or so cars we parted last year, only one of them had one of the trays on it. Are people eating these things, service shops not putting them back on.
