I live in south Florida where a cold day is 70* The stock heater grid looks pretty restrictive, and im thinking about taking it out, Sound like a good idea, or a bad one? Is there anything i wouldnt want to happen if i did this?

 

Hope you dont travel any

 

It was below freezing the other day, and my truck started with only 1 battery and no grid heater, no problem

Kevin

 

I wanted to know the same thing. I want to get rid of the grid heater with the GDP replacement block. Temps here are about 87 in the day and 77 at night year round. Thanks morkable

 

I have mine unhooked. I am gonna get a CNC delete block from Poole thats the cheapest place I have seen them.

 

why mess with it? do you really think the benefit will out way the cost? i do not see the point until you are putting down very high numbers and need all the help you can get from the least amount of airflow restrictions. for the average to moderately built truck i wouldnt mess with it...but what do i know?

brett

 

Same here. No grid heater and only one battery and no starting issues at all. Although it is very warm where I am.

 

I've started my old truck at 5 degrees with no grid heater. I had to let it warm up before going anywhere though. Good ole 12 valve with big injectors.

 

i seen a grid for sell somwhere that went in front of the turbo inlet and it looked kind of like a honeycone with a bunch of holes and was about 1 and half inches thick, and they said it would produce more hp and torque because it would straighten the air going into the turbo, were as normally it would be turbulent and and like a cyclone, causing the turbo to kind of choke its self. i really can't remember all the details it was a long time ago since i seen the web site but i do remember they were way expensive. hopefully someone else on here has seen a product that i am talking about and maybe know were it is. but i wonder if the grid heater might actually straiten the air out as it goes into the intake before being distributed to each cylinder. and if it comes out the air will just circulate in the intake and not be delivered to the cylinders equally or effeciently. i don't know just a thought i guess if there are numbers saying there is an increase in power by removing it than that answers that, and if there is and increase in power it sounds like another diy free power trick

eric

 

YOU MAYBE TALKING ABOUT THE TURBO AIR GUIDE.

 

i found the web site here is the link http://www.fortcollinsdiesel.com/id13.html

 

Yep. The TAG is supposed to make the compressor on the turbo more efficient, which of course has nothing to do with the intake manifold where the grid heater is located.

A TAG would probably only be useful for towing IIRC since it adds a little more power down in the towing RPM area, but takes away a little power on the high RPMs.

As for the Grid Heater, like Brett said, I wouldn't mess with it.

 

would it cause the engine light to come on?

 

no grid heaters here, no problems.

 

I know quite a few people that take them out in the summer and put them back in the winter....