Grill delete for intercooler - Worth it?

I'm gonna be installing my Procharger Stage 2 kit and I was wondering if removing the upper and lower grilles will improve flow to the intercooler enough to justify it.

I know many people do it for looks, but I'm curious if it would noticeably improve the effectiveness of the intercooler.

Any insight is appreciated! :cheers:

Man that intercooler already works so good,i dont think u will need to do a grille delete.

Tommy V said:

Man that intercooler already works so good,i dont think u will need to do a grille delete.

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I figured so, but I see so many cars with the grille delete. Must be for looks since it shows the intercooler off a lot better.

I'm doing mine for looks

Anytime you can inclrease airflow across the intercooler the better. The other consideration is air out of the engine compartment. Look at doing Roush extractor vents with it maximized for airflow.

Since my car is my daily/commuter, I did the grill delete and put mesh behind it to protect the intercooler/radiator from rocks.

Can't say if it helps with an air to air intercooler, but definitely helped my heat exchanger and under hood temps. Then I did the extractor mod and helped even more.

If you like the look, go for it. It's not hard and best of all free.

Your IAT's won't notice a difference with or without the grill. All about looks.

Paxton setup.. But same idea.

Any of you guys with grill deletes, is this car your daily driver? Any IC damage from rocks?

dubster99 said:

Any of you guys with grill deletes, is this car your daily driver? Any IC damage from rocks?

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Mine is a DD but no back road driving... Mainly city and toll ways...

dubster99 said:

Any of you guys with grill deletes, is this car your daily driver? Any IC damage from rocks?

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See thats what im afraid of,and i know my luck lol.Mine is not a daiwindshield y has 6k miles on it,but on one of the very few ocassions i drove it to work a truck flipped up a rock and cracked my windshield.My luck i do a grille delete and find a pigeon head first into my intercooler

jhatley7 said:

Can't say if it helps with an air to air intercooler, but definitely helped my heat exchanger and under hood temps. Then I did the extractor mod and helped even more.

If you like the look, go for it. It's not hard and best of all free.

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Whats the extractor mod?

TooSoonJunior said:

Whats the extractor mod?

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Here is db252 Roush heat extractor vent mod. It requires cutting out part of the under hood and also cutting out part of the heat extractor itself for added flow.
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75693&highlight=Engine+heat

Tommy V said:

See thats what im afraid of,and i know my luck lol.Mine is not a daiwindshield y has 6k miles on it,but on one of the very few ocassions i drove it to work a truck flipped up a rock and cracked my windshield.My luck i do a grille delete and find a pigeon head first into my intercooler

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I had to replace my windshield after a year due to getting a crack from a rock that spread across the entire windshield in about an hour. As soon as I get it replaced, 3 days later I get 2 rock chips. FML.