Grid heater delete

R

RafterN

New member
Joined
Apr 27, 2010
Messages
142
Im thinking about making a grid heater delete for my 2002 dodge. What is the advantage of have a grid heater delete? What does it help? Any feedback is appreciated
 
i took mine out to clean up the wiring. i made an aluminum spacer to go in its place tapped for boost ect. simply take it out and take all the wires out.
 
I remember reading on here that someone saw a 6 hp gain on the dynom, might have been brettWINspeed. Mine is gutted and I can tell you that in 20* weather my truck takes a fair amount of throttle to get started. If you plug your truck in at night you probably won't have any issues, though.
 
Its alot easier on the batteries and alternator only having one big draw instead of 2 when starting. I can't see much on the performance end
 
you will see more benefit from cleaning up things on the exhaust side.....
 
Regardless of what the gains are I don't see any problem coming from removing restriction from the path of air flow...

Got Smoke? said:
You can get them from Snedge for $30
Click to expand...

I've been looking around and can't find where you're talking about at all... :bang Little help please?
 
I gutted my stocker:
grid.jpg


grid4.jpg
 
npe3484 said:
Mine is gutted and I can tell you that in 20* weather my truck takes a fair amount of throttle to get started. If you plug your truck in at night you probably won't have any issues, though.
Click to expand...

For whatever reason my 448,000 mile 12-valve starts smoothly without grids even at 15F, I've gotten it to start at 0F. But my 100k mile '01 was very cranky and blew a huge cloud of smoke starting at 25F the other day.
 
They Work!

We haven't made them in a while but the one I design would average between 6-10 hp at the wheels. And even more on some applications. EGT's are down too.

I should have patented these things. When I first came out with them a big diesel company was telling people they don't gain anything. Now they build and sell them. LOL.

By gutting the stock grid we didn't see a gain over stock because it creates a lot of turbulence, and the transitions to the head aren't smooth. Not to mention you ruin the stock grid, which you may need in cold weather.

Bang for the buck they are a great deal. Don't expect to feel 10 hp in a 7000lb truck though. However the increase will show up on a dyno or at the track.
 
Of course the usual group of naysayers began to chime in. But they do work, I have proof, and I'm not selling them anymore so I have nothing to gain by saying so. Someplace on here there were dyno graphs posted etc.. I just don't have time to look for more posts.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top