Will removing rain tray help cooling? Options

[AZ914]

Hey all!

Just wondering if removing the rain tray will give me some additional cooling that might be noticable on the temp gauge. Anyone done this or have any data to support it?

Also, the side grills in my car have some sort of plastic covering over the holes underneath (no air passes thru). Not sure if this was standard on the late model cars or not.

Thanks!

[AZ914]

Thanks for the posts! It won't rain here for another 3 months so maybe I'll try it out, can't hurt. Now only if my air cleaner was chrome!

My car seems to run a bit warm here on the 80+ degree days (at least according to the gauge). A couple of times, I've seen it inch up towards 5/6ths up the gauge on longer drives. That scares me.
It is a 75 with the smog crap on it so I'm sure that doesn't help. I'm thinking about going the oil cooler route. Maybe something like Demick's as I do not want to cut my tub. (maybe mount one in the front valance w/no chopping?)

Guy.. thanks for the offer. I'm curious as to what my actual temps are. I'll take you up on that.

DD.. During the last meet I went to, I think one other person had seen those side grill 'covers'. If you pop the grill off, you can't see down into the engine. There is a molded thin layer of plastic (almost membranish) covering the hole. I figured that they may have done that on the late models to help keep water off the battery. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)