K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

getting ready to paint it.

i'm also half-way through a fixed headlight installation




i'll post more pics with it on the car.

Tom

That... looks sweet!
That would be my choice with any hood mods..I love subdued gill vents. My first car was a 75 Toyota celica GT with gill vents on both side of the hood..

MarkPerez

is that a steel, or fibre glass hood ?

FB II

agreed... that is nice as hell

-zac

d0 Luck

yeah.. what is that made of?? aluminum? CF? fiber glass??

MicahMan

well whatever it is the substructure had to be cut away

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

it's the stock steel hood. and yes..my reinforcements are long gone. snipped them out a few months ago, so this was pretty easy to do.

more pics...

Feds

Nicely Done. Wanklingbeer has a car that had the vent from a Lumina molded in. I think it looks sweet.

1984special

Looks pretty neat. Keep us posted!

MarkPerez

thats a big *** vent . one more just like it , right next to it,, would be pretty dam cool, maybe with some cool screen material.. good job.

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

i may add another set on the other side of the hood, it actually looks pretty cool right now.

with the car turned off and the electric fan going, i can feel the hot air being pushed out the vents. i can only imagine the affects of the vents at speed

MarkPerez

Do you still have the 'tray' under the engine/radiator ?
lets see the underside of the hood,,yeah ?

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

yes, i still have the factory ducting trays. (top and bottom)

i'll take more pics when i have more time

i don't think i'll be adding any screen to it...keep in mind this isn't much of a street car hehe.

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

ok..time do decide. should i do the same thing to the other side ?!

thinking of doing it tomorrow...

or should i keep the offset look? i actually like the uneven thing, the Z turbo had 1 side scoop...the FC has an off-center intercooler scoop...so i can have just one set of vents on the side right? lol

SERIES 1 XLR8

looks nice, can't wait till i see it with the lights done and painted!

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

the car itself won't get professionally painted for a while. i've got other things to spend my money on (mmmm...carb.)

MicahMan

how did you cut out the vents? also how did you bend them so evenly? i have a spare hood and i measured and cut the understructure out to cut the vents like yours but im having a hard time cutting them. maybe cause i dont have a plasma cutter.

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

took a whole lot of measuring to get the spacing how i wanted it.

i used a circular saw with a metal blade to make the long cuts, with a cutting wheel attached to a skill drill to make the side slats...i cleaned it up with a jig saw.

i used my hands to bend them...

luiml73

iTrader: (1)

I'm going to have to try this on my new hood. I have no need for a scoop now.

Nice Job!

Luis

MarkPerez

why are you missing your front signal lens ?

luiml73

iTrader: (1)

I have'nt installed the new ones. I just finished the car today.

ZachstylezRX7

So if i did this directly above say... a top mount intercooler... would this provide enough airflow to substitute a scoop?

Zachstylez

setzep

I think you should stick with one vent and leave the other side alone. There is no hot air on the other side to evacuate.

K-Tune

iTrader: (26)

yes, that was the original reason why i put it on the passenger side...got the header right there, as well as my intake, if air temperatures are more critical anywhere...

but also, i think it *would* benefit from more vents to get that heat out. with my electric fan running with the car sitting still, i can feel quite a bit of air being pushed out through the vents.

i may eventually do the other side, just got lazy lately. waiting for my cp-racing strut braces(also trying to find out what happened to my $60 and the magnecor wires from mazdaracing)