Whats up with trucks/SUVS with cardboard in their Grill?

Vovchandr · #1 (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 11:22 PM

Lately i've been seeing more and more of trucks with cardboard taped over or stuffed into the grill of their trucks or SUV's. Wheither its a chevy, dodge, nissan or even toyota.

I assume there is a reason for that, but wtf is it i do not know.

Any clues?

Just curious its been bugging me.

myfakeevo · #2 (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 11:33 PM

i know that a lot of diseals have a hard time running when its cold out. perhaps to save on gas milage? I know putting cardboard on an oldschool brick makes faster quarter mile times

QuickLT1 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 11:58 PM

keeps some heat in for the diesels

intern8tion9l · #4 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 01:55 AM

keeps heat/ lets you build up heat faster. on anything other than a big diesel truck it's retarded

19Cutlass94 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 07:52 AM

yeah it allows the engine/radiator to keep more heat inside the engine bay since the cardboard blocks the wind...

mikecentola · #6 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 08:15 AM

My truck runs fine without carboard!

gsxtc · #7 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 08:29 AM

it holds the heat it, my duramax has a winter cover that your suppose to put on in the winter . I should actually put it on b/c my truck does not warm up if i let it idle for 15 minutes before i go to work in the morning

mustangraven · #8 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 10:24 AM

most people dont put the cardboard on because their trucks dont run well they do it so they get heat faster int he winter as the radiater does not disipate the heat as quickly when blocked. Diesels just run better whent hey are good and warm and with sub zero temps those big radiators just do too darn good a job. and no I dont use cardboard on my truck my grill cover does the job lol.

GranMassaX · #9 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by mustangraven

and no I dont use cardboard on my truck my grill cover does the job lol.

and your F150 isn't a diesel so why would you?

Cossey · #10 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by GranMassaX

and your F150 isn't a diesel so why would you?

It doesn't just help diesels, it helps ALL vehicles get heat quicker. Air can only come out of something if air is going in, therefore if no air is going in, none can come out, thus keeping the warm air in the cooling system and making the vehicle warm up faster.