my question is for yall that have them on yours, howhard is it to start in the winter when u plug ur truck in at night. im making one but dont know if i will leave it in over winter, or just for the upcoming dyno, then pull it back out untill next spring. right now i can just bump the starter and it will fire right up with out the grid heater having a chance to cycle?

 

you can remove it it is not to bad in the winter if you plug your truck up mine is removed

 

your gonna gain like maybe 2 horsepower by deleting the grid, i dont see any reason to do this mod...unless you live where it never gets below 30*....IMHO

 

Thank You!!!

I have been saying the same thing for years and keep getting into disagreements about that very same deal.....

 

Or your pushing massive amounts of air into the cylinder head (running a compound setup).

 

i had an extra one setting around and figured y not. idk if my grids work properly right now or not with the motor swap.

 

the coldest my 94 ever started without a grid heater and not pluged in was 19*. was not a pretty sight tons of smoke. I would leave the heater in not worth the headache.

 

i remember last winter at work it was like right around 0* actual temp and my truck wasnt plugged in...holy crap what a shakin, missin, smokin thing i think it took 6 tries to get to stay running and that is with the grid heater

 

Wow...mine has no trouble down to -20 unplugged. Just cycle the key and it fires right up. Much colder and it stumbles for a second.