MEN, I AM TRYING TO KEEP MY ENGINE BAY AS "COOOOOL" AS POSSIBLE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT "VENTED" RAM-AIR HEADLIGHTS? DO THEY DO THE JOB?? ANY SUGGESTIONS WELCOME...
(-BIG NAP)

 

Is that your car, on the M2 website? Very clean!

Anyways I think the FEED cover would do they most. Won't help at night when the lights are up. I think it should flow pretty good and be worth the money.

 

Take a look at the C-west ones also, i think they look a little more sleek.
Just my .02



~Luke

 

Does one exist for the driver's side cover? I like symmetry
~Tom

 

at $189 I think that they are way over priced...
just my .02

 

C-West has one and the price is right at www.rx7store.net

 

Everything from FEED is expensive. However, they make nice products. You can pick up the FEED Fresh Air Headlight Cover here:

http://www.rx7.com/cgi-local/3catalog.cgi?cat=7&part=3

for about $160.

 

I don't think so since there isn't an intake on the driver side.

 

I think they look like a cheezy tack-on part. I encourage you not to get one.

Wade

 

I got mine from Corksport.com looks pretty sweet but i've never seen one for the driver's side.

 

I'd go with a vented hood.

 

Very good idea...although hoods are a lot more expensive

 

That and most vented hoods are designed to release air out, when the Fresh Air Headlight cover is designed to bring air into the car.

 

Either way, doesn't the venting (of either hood or headlight cover) pose a problem in the rain? Not that I drive my FD in the rain, but you never know if you'll get caught in something like that. Also, does the FEED (or C-West) cover vent to the stock airbox? If not, is it just venting cool air to the engine bay? Anyone have pics of the install?

 

SanJoRx7 is correct. Most of the venrted lids designed by Japanese tuners were for use with single turbo kits so the filter is open in the engine bay kinda in that area. HKS turbo kit actually have an extention pipe that moves the filter more forward and at an angle towards that corner of the car.

 

I don't think it would be a problem in the rain, however as you and RotaryKnight pointed out, this type of add on would be strickly cosmetic if you have a stock or cold air intake.

I imagine you could modify the car to bring air into the stock or cold air intake, but I don't believe it's designed for that.

 

Correction to my last post.....you can use it with most of the Japanese companies filter kits; HKS, Apex, Blitz, RE Amemiya, KnightSports, FEED, and GReddy. These will work with the stock turbos and take somewhat of an advantage of the vent.

Dunno about the rain i daily drive my car even in the rain and have the KnightSports vented lid and hood....so it's up to you.

 

One concern I had, when contemplating the purchase of the Feed vented headlight lid, was the real possibility of destroying the factory hood insulation from the rush of air and debris entering through the vented lid. Consequently, I passed on the vented lid.

 

I dont really think that a vented hood would be much of a problem in the rain unless its a total hurricane storm. I could be wrong, but water into the intake track is only a problem when the filter is recieving a lot of water, as if it was under water. Some water into the engine is good for it. Some people put water injectors into their intake manifolds to spray a little bit of water to help combustion. Though if I had the choice, I wouldn't drive my vented hood RX7 out in the rain, but I dont think it would be a huge huge problem. Though I could be completely wrong, which is very feasible.

 

Actually you hit the nail on the head. There really is no problem with water getting into the intake system and as a matter of fact it is actually a good thing since it will help cool it down somewhat. But your comment on the submerged thing...yes you don't want to do that for any polonged period of time unless you liek tos pend money *hint* *hint*. In any case, if you are still skeptical, go out and purfchase the AEM air bypass valve. That will surely help calm any wories about destroying your engine.

 

It's not so much the driving it is the parking in the rain that is a biatch.

With a single turbo FD the KnightSports hood front vents are directly over the filter...that's what is kinda sketchy.

 

I have the FEED scoop and honestly it is more of a cosmetic piece. I think it does dick all in accomplishing what its intended purpose is. Behind the slit there there is too much obstruction for it to do an effective job. when it comes down to it, even with a little dryer duct there is not enough cold air directed to the turbocharger inlet to notice a difference. my .02

 

dj bambam: If i made it unclear, i did mean that if you have a filter completely under water that its not a good thing.

 

Whoa what are you talkign about? I was mentioning the Air Bypass Valve by AEM. Then full submerging ones intake under water won't do any harm what-so-ever to the car. Check here to see what I mean.

 

I have the feed cover. It didnt do dick until i got the M2 intake. Now it looks as if the open portion of the M2 intake coincides with the feed covers cold air path. What could it hurt besides your headlight wiring. My Headlight on that side has issues.
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