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Out of the ashes, a Phoenix is born (Boss 302 teardown and rebuild)
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<blockquote data-quote="ford20" data-source="post: 15192480" data-attributes="member: 140884"><p>One of the biggest problems of the Boss 302 is the cooling especially on the 2012 models. With the smaller grill opening and lack of heat ventilation they tend to overheat pretty well on track. One of the many solutions is to run a billet style grill such as the Roush, Saleen or CJ grill. Just as an FYI the Cobra Jet grill is nothing more than a GT/CS grill that is completely open for maximum airflow. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I love the styling on the Boss 302 grill along with the Boss 302S grill. The problem with the Boss 302 S grill is that it tapers down towards the backside of the grill so the actual opening isn't that big. in order to combat this I decided I would take a dremel and open up the back side a bit more by removing a lot of the plastic on the upper portion of the grill slats. I also removed the plastic pieces along the grill that are covering the air inlet in hopes to bring more air into the inlet to the factory intake.</p><p></p><p>I took a drill and drilled out holes as such this way I could get the sanding drum from my dremel in there and sand away at it.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1550/24397123385_5314d16576_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>When I first started this I was barely able to get my finger in the openings up to the end of my finger nail. Now I can get all up in this bish! It doesn't seem like much, but hopefully this will allow more air to pass through the radiator into the grill.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1534/24288939732_4d3efbe07e_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>You can see that from the first picture it is crappy ABS plastic colored and it just gives the front of the car sort of this unfinished look. SO I grabbed some black vinyl and decided I would wrap the grill. I have wrapped things before without issue but let me tell you, this was a pain in the butt! </p><p></p><p>This is what it looked like after the first attempt. From far away it looked good but once you got up close it looked like poo to me. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1024x576/80-22624680627_b2834d178c_b_3dcd73ea3a8ff7659899e1567e8e03cb8473b722.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>You can kind of see it in the lower left hand corner of the grill it starting to peel up. no matter what I did, I couldn't make the vinyl stick in these corners so I ended up pulling it off and decided I would just paint it black. I masked everything off and let it hit it with some Ford black.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1524/24314797561_cae0092793_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Kind of looks like an RTR car with the bright green fog lights haha. At this point I popped it back into the car.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To continue on with the cooling theme I also picked up a GT500 cooling fan. There are people who put this on and said that it really hasn't lowered their oil temps much if any but I would imagine that with the more airflow being able to get through to the grill with the added slats it has to do something.</p><p></p><p>Boss 302/GT cooling fan</p><p></p><p><img src="http://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-24029538799_c130416752_h_8638fe322beceb53d8bcec2b3bef18fc7cba18a9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-23770563723_7861811a80_h_66d71642a4cfa6dc2610b561848f647eb7ddedbc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>GT500 Cooling Fan</p><p></p><p><img src="http://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-24397358205_c491960209_h_aa14a46cc200c254bc4c06da1e58c478fdef6752.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-24029542979_fd6190a022_h_923d6698b3fe0daa5ee66cc9cf80f6cc22624ca1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>You can see the difference not only in the size of the fans but also the shape of the fan blades along with the flaps along the bottom to allow more air through the shroud at high speeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ford20, post: 15192480, member: 140884"] One of the biggest problems of the Boss 302 is the cooling especially on the 2012 models. With the smaller grill opening and lack of heat ventilation they tend to overheat pretty well on track. One of the many solutions is to run a billet style grill such as the Roush, Saleen or CJ grill. Just as an FYI the Cobra Jet grill is nothing more than a GT/CS grill that is completely open for maximum airflow. That being said, I love the styling on the Boss 302 grill along with the Boss 302S grill. The problem with the Boss 302 S grill is that it tapers down towards the backside of the grill so the actual opening isn't that big. in order to combat this I decided I would take a dremel and open up the back side a bit more by removing a lot of the plastic on the upper portion of the grill slats. I also removed the plastic pieces along the grill that are covering the air inlet in hopes to bring more air into the inlet to the factory intake. I took a drill and drilled out holes as such this way I could get the sanding drum from my dremel in there and sand away at it. [IMG]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1550/24397123385_5314d16576_c.jpg[/IMG] When I first started this I was barely able to get my finger in the openings up to the end of my finger nail. Now I can get all up in this bish! It doesn't seem like much, but hopefully this will allow more air to pass through the radiator into the grill. [IMG]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1534/24288939732_4d3efbe07e_h.jpg[/IMG] You can see that from the first picture it is crappy ABS plastic colored and it just gives the front of the car sort of this unfinished look. SO I grabbed some black vinyl and decided I would wrap the grill. I have wrapped things before without issue but let me tell you, this was a pain in the butt! This is what it looked like after the first attempt. From far away it looked good but once you got up close it looked like poo to me. [IMG]http://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1024x576/80-22624680627_b2834d178c_b_3dcd73ea3a8ff7659899e1567e8e03cb8473b722.jpg[/IMG] You can kind of see it in the lower left hand corner of the grill it starting to peel up. no matter what I did, I couldn't make the vinyl stick in these corners so I ended up pulling it off and decided I would just paint it black. I masked everything off and let it hit it with some Ford black. [IMG]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1524/24314797561_cae0092793_h.jpg[/IMG] Kind of looks like an RTR car with the bright green fog lights haha. At this point I popped it back into the car. To continue on with the cooling theme I also picked up a GT500 cooling fan. There are people who put this on and said that it really hasn't lowered their oil temps much if any but I would imagine that with the more airflow being able to get through to the grill with the added slats it has to do something. Boss 302/GT cooling fan [IMG]http://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-24029538799_c130416752_h_8638fe322beceb53d8bcec2b3bef18fc7cba18a9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-23770563723_7861811a80_h_66d71642a4cfa6dc2610b561848f647eb7ddedbc.jpg[/IMG] GT500 Cooling Fan [IMG]http://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-24397358205_c491960209_h_aa14a46cc200c254bc4c06da1e58c478fdef6752.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/themustangsource.com-vbulletin/1600x900/80-24029542979_fd6190a022_h_923d6698b3fe0daa5ee66cc9cf80f6cc22624ca1.jpg[/IMG] You can see the difference not only in the size of the fans but also the shape of the fan blades along with the flaps along the bottom to allow more air through the shroud at high speeds. [/QUOTE]
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