Since i dont drive in the rain i took out the rain tray. I thought it might cool down the engine. Any thoughts on this... cooler? or does it screw up the air flow to the engine compartment?

My guess is that it would cool it down or the race teams wouldn't have built the GT lid and removed the rain tray...

But, the engineers must have tested and found the air flow adequate for the engine compartment, at least when new...

I took mine out. I have alittle more engine noise thats about it.

Mine is out, until we get to rainy season, when it goes in. Driving in the rain isn't a problem with the tray out, but once I'm parked for a while the water can cause problems.

--DD

What about when you wash the car?

Are your engine temps too high? If not I'd leave it alone under the heading of "if it ain't broke don't fix it".

I don't have one ('cause it's a six) and occasionally I have to cover the engine compartment if I think it's gonna rain while I'm parked. No big deal right?

PITA when it's wet and I have to store it in the trunk with other stuff. Mine's a daily driver so I have to deal with that more often than you do, but you'll get caught at some point, and have to dry out the hell-hole when it happens. In the south, that's fairly often with a DD.

Good luck

I took my perfect early rain tray out and put it on display over the fireplace.

The engine bay sheds heat a lot faster without it when stopped. At least, that is how I deal with hot start issues.

I spray on the waterless cleaner and wipe it off with a microfiber towel.

Thanks for the input. I am going to leave it out.

find a lid in the same color. 1 with, 1 without.

Tray kind of gets in the way when working on the engine... not a heck of a lot of space to move around back there... And I under 6'