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Muscle Car Lover · 07-03-2014, 05:35 PM

I got the garage spot back when Christine came home

After I drive the car a while and park it in the garage, it's like a sauna in there, lot's of heat. The temp gauges all read normal operation. I guess the big motor gives off a ton of heat? Anyone else notice this?

Also, my garage smells like a mix of Adams car shampoo and Meguiar's Ultimate wax, which is pretty great.

redhotcandy · 07-03-2014, 05:42 PM

You are right! It takes forever for mine to cool down.

RobertRS · 07-03-2014, 05:45 PM

I always open the hood on my truck and cars after I pull them into the garage so the under hood wiring and components don't sit and heat bake with no air flow over them. But yea, they do put out the heat. If it's not raining out I'll leave my garage door open for a while after putting the cars in.

Muscle Car Lover · 07-03-2014, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RobertRS

I always open the hood on my truck and cars after I pull them into the garage so the under hood wiring and components don't sit and heat bake with no air flow over them. But yea, they do put out the heat. If it's not raining out I'll leave my garage door open for a while after putting the cars in.

Awesome idea, never thought of that. Thanks for the tip.

ChrisBlair · 07-03-2014, 05:50 PM

Underhood local temps can reach 700*F +

Fastcat3 · 07-03-2014, 06:06 PM

Yep, they do.

BigBoyBlue · 07-03-2014, 07:40 PM

With the ZL1 you can see all the heat waves coming out of the heat extractor. Even with the extractor, it gets very hot under the hood.

Emig5m · 07-04-2014, 08:30 AM

Well according to the coolant temp gauge, my V8 manual runs about 6 degrees cooler than my V6 auto did...

GMTool · 07-04-2014, 09:05 AM

In the warm weather months as soon as I pull into the garage I have a fan that I put in front of the car. Standing behind the car I can really feel the heat blowing out of the garage. Like mentioned above, in the colder weather months it's great, I pull into the garage and shut the garage door and the garage heats up and feels good.

oldfriend · 07-04-2014, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Muscle Car Lover

I got the garage spot back when Christine came home

After I drive the car a while and park it in the garage, it's like a sauna in there, lot's of heat. The temp gauges all read normal operation. I guess the big motor gives off a ton of heat? Anyone else notice this?

Also, my garage smells like a mix of Adams car shampoo and Meguiar's Ultimate wax, which is pretty great.

Wait a few months , and you will be saying , this heat from the car is so good , my garage now needs no heater
Bu one need to hope, that the winter will let you drive it first to begin with !

Avenging Orange · 07-04-2014, 10:10 AM

All cars do....hell, my 89 buick will do the same. My garage is somewhat climate controlled,,so Im good year round.

31B · 07-04-2014, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by BigBoyBlue

With the ZL1 you can see all the heat waves coming out of the heat extractor. Even with the extractor, it gets very hot under the hood.

Same thing with the 14 SS.

jdsblueray2013 · 07-04-2014, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Emig5m

Well according to the coolant temp gauge, my V8 manual runs about 6 degrees cooler than my V6 auto did...

Muscle Car Memories · 07-04-2014, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by RobertRS

I always open the hood on my truck and cars after I pull them into the garage so the under hood wiring and components don't sit and heat bake with no air flow over them. But yea, they do put out the heat. If it's not raining out I'll leave my garage door open for a while after putting the cars in.

Thats a damn good idea. When I pull my SS in the garage after being out somewhere the heat coming off the car is unbeleiveable and I have to turn on the air conditioning in the garage to cool it off but from now on Im still gonna turn on the air but also lift the hood

07-03-2014, 05:35 PM	#1
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07-04-2014, 09:05 AM	#9
GMTool MY SS is SOLD Drives: AGM 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS L99 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Southwest Illinois Posts: 1,838	In the warm weather months as soon as I pull into the garage I have a fan that I put in front of the car. Standing behind the car I can really feel the heat blowing out of the garage. Like mentioned above, in the colder weather months it's great, I pull into the garage and shut the garage door and the garage heats up and feels good. __________________ CAI, Dynatech Headers, HF Cats, JRE Tuned, Corsa Cat Back, Strut Tower Brace.

07-04-2014, 10:10 AM	#11
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07-03-2014, 05:42 PM	#2
redhotcandy Drives: 2012 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: The Great Plains Posts: 568 View My Garage	You are right! It takes forever for mine to cool down.

07-03-2014, 05:45 PM	#3
RobertRS Drives: 2014 2SS L99 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Corpus Christi Texas Posts: 1,320	I always open the hood on my truck and cars after I pull them into the garage so the under hood wiring and components don't sit and heat bake with no air flow over them. But yea, they do put out the heat. If it's not raining out I'll leave my garage door open for a while after putting the cars in.

07-03-2014, 06:06 PM	#6
Fastcat3 Drives: 2014 Camaro 2SS/RS manual tranny Join Date: May 2014 Location: Tampabay Posts: 93	Yep, they do.

07-04-2014, 08:30 AM	#8
Emig5m 100% Sport Møde Drives: '17 Civic SI + '04 SVT Lightning Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 753	Well according to the coolant temp gauge, my V8 manual runs about 6 degrees cooler than my V6 auto did...