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Old 03-30-2005, 02:17 PM
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<center><img src="http://bagodoosh.home.comcast.net/s4/wstrip.jpg"></center><p>is there any reason someone would shave their weather stripping (cut the top portion off) in the given length highlighted in the pic? (davenew, i used your pic)

is this some air flow mod?
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Old 03-30-2005, 02:24 PM
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To beat your wife or girlfriend with??? Sometimes people just do dumb things. :-/
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supposedly airflow. Lemieux did it.
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Some think it will increase air flow under hood and aid in cooling
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after you stuff your mouth with it
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Default My brother did some under hood temp testing on his car,,, found it was couple degrees cooler when
that strip was removed.
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couple degrees C or F?
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