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Old 12-12-2014, 06:59 PM   #7
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My $.02....Thought about a belly pan....but not until I get a vented hood to go with it....The belly pan helps draw out heat and add downforce to the front....Part of a "system"....I think without hood vents, the engine heat is drawn out underneath the car...so a belly pan by itself may not be any benefit...

Interesting topic....but a little hazy to me....
Another benefit of the belly pan is that it is an additional protective layer. Now that I have oil cooler's lines going along the subframe, about 2" above the subframe's level, I'd like to make sure I limit the possibility of an unlikely event where a tree branch or similar directly hits my oil lines.
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