luiml73

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1. If they sold this hood for Fb's would you install it?

2. Do you guys think its possible to just make one with some fiberglass.

I happen to like the hood, plus it's funtional. I know this guy who's really good whith fiberglass, and thoughy maybe he can coypythe design.

Just anted to get your opinions!

Thanks

Luis

RotorMotorDriver

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I personally dont like the vent look. Im more for the scoop look, unless its REALLY cool.

~T.J.

kettlman

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what good does it do for performance?
looks wierd.

Scruch

but when it rain or snow , ice.. i dont think my rotor will enjoy to have all thise **** water and ice on you ..

RotorMotorDriver

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Faster moving air over the top of the vent makes a vacuum inside the engine bay and draws hot air out as I understand it.

~T.J.

MarkPerez

You use some kinda-fine mesh screen mounted on the underside of the vent's opening, to sort-of keep ****
out, but not liquid's (water) will get right in. That is a big-*** vent, in that hood.One would think, that a style,any style will look ok on a 1st gen, then you see, or it 'comes' to you, that allthough the 1st gens hood, fender,profile is very simple, only a couple of,vents/scoop really look right. IMO

luiml73

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If you look closely, you can see the fan. In the angle that it sits, im sure it blows all that heat right out of the engine bay. Since I'm instaling a FMIC, i have no need for a "ramair" hood.

Since they dont sell hoods for our cars here in the US or canada, I guess were going to have to fabricate our own.

BTW: I don't think it'll be snowing any time where I live

Hyper4mance2k

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i'd hit it. no really, i like it i'd like one!!

pillage6

It rains a lot where I live, I would worry about water in my engine bay.

kuhlrx7

man that hood is great !!! there are several people that are looking for a vented hood simlar to that. I am 1. DF is looking for one also he posted a simlar post a couple of weeks ago. here are a couple of pics that I have found for a first gen

Wankelguy

Negative.

Rx7carl

Did you guys see moremazdas hood? He did his own mod and the vent is lookin good. The rad supports are removed and it looks like hes using a 2nd gen rad setup.

RXTbone

Certainly not daily driver material - cool hood, though.

kuhlrx7

here is another pic

riffraff

another option for a vented hood is something like the mazdaspeed hood for the third gens.


it can be seen here
http://66.216.67.51/product.asp?0=203&1=357&3=783

toxic_d

I'm looking to fab something like that up in the near future (the next 6 months or so). As well as the full custom wide body kit.

BadAssRX-7

i like the vent idea.... great way to get the hot air out and if you do it right infront of the motor and behind the rad then nothing gets wet man that vent is HUGE a can cat would crawl in there.

firstgen82

i think i rather have a carbonfiber hood instead..plus, won't propping the hood latch do the same thing?

Hyper4mance2k

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Now imagine this in carbon fiber on a whiteFb like mine ohhh my gawd soooo hot!!!!

moremazda

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It's acctually a stock GSL-SE radiator, and I had to make mounts to hold it where it is.

Thanks for all the advertisement Carl, and I did find your buisness card, so here is a hello back to you!

Ryan

moremazda

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No, popping the hood latch will allow the air building up at the base of the windshield to enter the engine bay. You will be inducting cool air into the engine bay (on it's own merit, good) and increasing the air pressure inside the engine bay, which is the complete opposite of a vented hood.

The purpose of a vented hood is to use the low pressure area on top of the hood to "draw" hot air out of the engine bay. Effectively reducing the air pressure in side the engine bay and sudsequintly behind the radiator...... Now at speed you have a higher pressure area in front of the radiator than behind. If you throw in the vented hood the lower pressure area behind the radiator becomes even "lower". Now the high pressure area has then need to fill that void even more moves at a faster rate, therefor more volume moves through the radiator, and voila more effective coling from the same radiator.

Thanks for listening,
Ryan

Rx7carl

Cool
Well its comming along nicely, so why not give a to you
Yea you werent by your car to say hi so I just left a calling card.

Rx7carl

Well said. Another benefit is that the high pressure air is now exiting out the top of the hood instead of going under the car, means that it lowers the air pressure under the car, reducing lift, giving more front downforce.

At my last track day, there was a guy with an NSX with this setup and he said it produced noticeablly more front downforce, even though it wasnt completely finished and sealed up.

Makwana

That hood looks really good if you guys find out who sells them and what not, that will be really cool.

MarkPerez

The vent itself is really nothing more then just cutting
the hood 3 times, but whats more important is,,where !
one cuts 3 times...yep.. the stuff that you see 'on' the hood(outside) is just 'extra' aero-styling, oh. i'm sure that ,,that small 'lip' around the vent does effect some ,
but thats one way to make a huge hole in your hood not look so bad. I'm all about vents,, i think if done well the vent(s) look ******* killer. Thats one reason i say 'mariah' they've been there, and. Done that . the body 'kit' on that blue 3rd gen looks like a RE Armiamia ....,,.,...,.,.something,...