if you think it's a good idea to take an expensive precision designed piece of equipment that has been engineered from the pitch of the fan blade,the rpm of the motor, the depth and angle of the venturi,the angle of the hail guard louvers and the number and spacing of the coil fins so that it...
seems like you were just looking for people to agree with you and when people who know about the subject didn't agree with you shut it down. why did you ask if you already knew you were going to do what you've always done?
they designed them to meet the Epa standard of the time and still be affordable for people to buy. had nothing to do with whether they were smart or not .... we've all seen your engineering
wrong, all you are doing is wearing out the screw holes so the panels rattle you can wash it out then wash all the stuff out of the bottom through the louvers. it's your unit and your money do what you want but you are wrong
the louvers on the hail guards and the angle and number of fins and spacing on the coil are all design to move the correct amount of air at the correct speed to transfer heat the most efficiently, anything you put over them or even close to them is a BAD idea