Removing engine cover = any increase ? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

tjk_art · 12-02-2012, 02:16 AM

All I hear about the engine cover is "Take it off!" "All it does is hold heat!".. .so I'm wondering if anyone has proof of any benefits ..?

Lil' Nasty · 12-02-2012, 02:19 AM

It's insulation for the loud injectors (ticking noise)...now Does it makes it cooler? probably not by much...with as bad as our heat soak is for the LLT it won't matter greatly, but...every bit helps I guess. Removed mine

Gator6977 · 12-02-2012, 09:34 AM

Or vent it? I added a couple LED strips under mine and painted the intake red to really make it stand out.

pgustavson · 12-02-2012, 09:44 AM

It was more of a cosmetic thing for me. I don't like the look of a floppy, non-functional piece of plastic snapped on top of the engine.

I'd say that there are no gains to be had. It might help a little at the drag track to have it off - particularly between runs when heat soak will be the most problematic.

montreal2010yellow · 12-02-2012, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gator6977

Or vent it? I added a couple LED strips under mine and painted the intake red to really make it stand out.

Very nice looking cover. I would like to have the talent to do something like that.

SC2150 · 12-02-2012, 10:05 AM

Iceolator. cheap, easy 20 rwhp.

Apex Motorsports · 12-02-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SC2150

Iceolator. cheap, easy 20 rwhp.

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Originally Posted by Gator6977

Or vent it? I added a couple LED strips under mine and painted the intake red to really make it stand out.

That is a bad ass engine cover. I bet it looks good lit up. Good job!

kjkjr27 · 12-02-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Gator6977

Or vent it? I added a couple LED strips under mine and painted the intake red to really make it stand out.

Nice, would love to see a pic of your engine bay with this and the red intake together.

Gator6977 · 12-02-2012, 12:35 PM

Thanks guys, for the compliments. Can't take one lit up, it's not dark, but here's one I just took. Lighting kinda sucked, but it is what it is. And I used the 3/4 of a can of caliper paint I had left over after painting my calipers.

kjkjr27 · 12-02-2012, 12:49 PM

Wow that looks sick! Awesome!

tjk_art · 12-02-2012, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gator6977

And I used the 3/4 of a can of caliper paint I had left over after painting my calipers.

On the intake manifold or engine cover ?

Gator6977 · 12-02-2012, 01:57 PM

On the manifold. The cover i painted with color matched aerosol from autmotivetouchup.com. Spot on match.

rtcat600man · 12-02-2012, 03:46 PM

That is an awesome looking cover. I am currently looking for ideas to redo mine and may take some styleing queues from yours if you don't mind. Would love to see how you mounted the LED's too.

Thank - you,

GREAT JOB.

5th_GEN_SS · 12-02-2012, 03:57 PM

I would like to see how you did it also and how you ran the wires

12-02-2012, 02:16 AM	#1
tjk_art Drives: 2010 Join Date: May 2010 Location: US Posts: 1,661	Removing engine cover = any increase ? All I hear about the engine cover is "Take it off!" "All it does is hold heat!".. .so I'm wondering if anyone has proof of any benefits ..?

12-02-2012, 02:19 AM	#2
Lil' Nasty [COTW 4/13/15] Drives: Supercharged LLT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 5,957	It's insulation for the loud injectors (ticking noise)...now Does it makes it cooler? probably not by much...with as bad as our heat soak is for the LLT it won't matter greatly, but...every bit helps I guess. Removed mine __________________ LiL' Nasty's Build Journal

12-02-2012, 09:34 AM	#3
Gator6977 Drives: 2011 2LT RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 331	Or vent it? I added a couple LED strips under mine and painted the intake red to really make it stand out. __________________

12-02-2012, 09:44 AM	#4
pgustavson Stop writing "vert", ffs! Drives: 2011 2LT Convertible Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Gambrills, MD Posts: 1,341 View My Garage	It was more of a cosmetic thing for me. I don't like the look of a floppy, non-functional piece of plastic snapped on top of the engine. I'd say that there are no gains to be had. It might help a little at the drag track to have it off - particularly between runs when heat soak will be the most problematic. __________________ Vararam \| Vmax Ported TB \| Ported IM \| Vmax Black ICE-olator

12-02-2012, 12:35 PM	#9
Gator6977 Drives: 2011 2LT RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 331	Thanks guys, for the compliments. Can't take one lit up, it's not dark, but here's one I just took. Lighting kinda sucked, but it is what it is. And I used the 3/4 of a can of caliper paint I had left over after painting my calipers. __________________

12-02-2012, 10:05 AM	#6
SC2150 Account Suspended Drives: 2012 Camaro RS, RX supercharged Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bradenton, FL Posts: 6,063	Iceolator. cheap, easy 20 rwhp.

12-02-2012, 12:49 PM	#10
kjkjr27 COTW 9/16/13 Drives: 2011 2LT/RS Camaro IOM Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Syracuse Posts: 10,089	Wow that looks sick! Awesome! __________________ Twitch Youtube

12-02-2012, 01:57 PM	#12
Gator6977 Drives: 2011 2LT RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 331	On the manifold. The cover i painted with color matched aerosol from autmotivetouchup.com. Spot on match. __________________

12-02-2012, 03:46 PM	#13
rtcat600man having FUN now 13.66@101 Drives: 2010 2LT IOM Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clarkston, Michigan Posts: 9,230 View My Garage	That is an awesome looking cover. I am currently looking for ideas to redo mine and may take some styleing queues from yours if you don't mind. Would love to see how you mounted the LED's too. Thank - you, GREAT JOB. __________________ MY BUILD

12-02-2012, 03:57 PM	#14
5th_GEN_SS Junkie Drives: SIM 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,695 View My Garage	I would like to see how you did it also and how you ran the wires __________________ "Letty" Murdered out 2013 Camaro 1LE. (Old car SIM 2010 2SS/RS)