I had too much heat under hood and now theres a hole in it??
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haha ya i wish the fc didnt have any moldings. i photoshoped it to see what it will kinda look like when i paint the moldings red...I think it looks Alot cleaner. But this is how she really looks now until i have the moldings painted red. I cant wait...
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isnt that 1fastT2's old car? i remember gawking over that thing on this forum about 3 years ago. different wheels though
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I remember I saw same setup as yours on a FC in Japan. IIRC, that car has slightly bigger open area on the hood (I wish I had a pic...). I think this idia is good because rain will not afect other stuff in engine bay. BTW, does it really makes difference and do you feel engine bay is a lot cooler than before when you open the hood after driving?
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Damnit, steel doors hurt!
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my main reason for doing this is that my underhood temps were really high, that it even made my ineterior hot to ride in, fully gutted interior, only able to roll down windows to keep cool. With this now and wraping my downpipe, going to do the rest of exhaust someday, has made the inside of the car not so hot, now iuts onlyhot from sun getting in, and has dropped my underhood temps alot, i wish i had some way to get exact temp readings before and after.
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my underhood temps were really high, that it even made my ineterior hot to ride in, fully gutted interior, only able to roll down windows to keep cool.
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Hahaha, well i have had some issues with under hood temps that were getting into the interior that was like a easy bake oven since i went to a turbo setup and so decided to make a vent in the hood. Heres some pics hope you like, sorry for the blingingness of the aluminum.
All I have to say is....
ULTRAMAN!!!!!
WE NEED YOU!!!!!!
No seriously.. you mentioned the blingness.. /retch Not my personal taste.
HOWEVER... I DO like the design. You brought all the hot air through the rad etc through a DUCT up and out of the hood. Not going into sizes of ducts etc etc etc.. I think it is an EXCELLENT job. That is what some of the people who bitch and moan about thier ideas getting shot down should do.
MAKE THE THING.
Yours appears well done. Too blingey for me... But make it from CF or fiberglass.. and I would be much happier if I had it.
Nice job.
(loose the foil on the plumbing on the pipes.. /bling!)
J/K
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Originally Posted by SPiN Racing
Nice job.
(loose the foil on the plumbing on the pipes.. /bling!)
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(loose the foil on the plumbing on the pipes.. /bling!)
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oh the foil on th epipes is covering more heat wrapping and the pipes are polished anyways so it would bling with out the foil. haha
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hey i like/respect it, i just wish i had the time and creativity to do it myself, im one of those buy it guys, not a "well lets see if this works" guys lol, good job man.
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Finally, somebody did something RIGHT for a change...
They are right in the fact that the leading edge of the aluminum insert on the hood needs to be re-shaped.. that hard angle is not going to create a good negative pressure zone over the voidspace while driving.. in fact, it could cause a bad swirl and a neutral or positive pressure zone.. but you are on the right track...
Quick way to test it is to blow a high volume fan over the hood (but not into the intercooler) and then set a smoke tube (or a smoke bomb) off in front of the IC and see it if pulls air through.
I have a reversed insert that I made that works, but it needs redesigned as well... and since I don't have an e-fan.. no ductwork.. all it does is pull some air out of the engine bay.. not as effective as your setup by far, but, it does vent the engine compatment better
My winter project this year is going to be a complete vented hood that closes on ductwork off an E-Fan... I want the rear "diveplane" on the hood to go down over the alternator and the leading edge of the hole to be about 5 inches back from the top of the rad.. Something like the Corvette GTS cars have
They are right in the fact that the leading edge of the aluminum insert on the hood needs to be re-shaped.. that hard angle is not going to create a good negative pressure zone over the voidspace while driving.. in fact, it could cause a bad swirl and a neutral or positive pressure zone.. but you are on the right track...
Quick way to test it is to blow a high volume fan over the hood (but not into the intercooler) and then set a smoke tube (or a smoke bomb) off in front of the IC and see it if pulls air through.
I have a reversed insert that I made that works, but it needs redesigned as well... and since I don't have an e-fan.. no ductwork.. all it does is pull some air out of the engine bay.. not as effective as your setup by far, but, it does vent the engine compatment better
My winter project this year is going to be a complete vented hood that closes on ductwork off an E-Fan... I want the rear "diveplane" on the hood to go down over the alternator and the leading edge of the hole to be about 5 inches back from the top of the rad.. Something like the Corvette GTS cars have
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