Vented hood help cooliing?
My temps during hot weather are a bit higher than I'd like. It got up to 212 degrees the other day. I've got a TII with a hybrid turbo, Villager electric fan, undertray FMIC and Koyo rad.
I'm thinking that a vented hood may help airflow. Something similar to this Shine item .. http://www.shineautoproject.com/wp-c...od_bumper2.jpg Do you think this will help? |
It may help from an idle and cooling off perspective, but I believe that if you are running 210+ while moving down the road then you need to look into adding some ducting or increasing the size of your radiator. When were you hitting those temps?
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The exit side of the radiator is very important to cooling efficency , the vent allows a lower pressure on the exit side , and will improve airflow, and thus cooling .....
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Originally Posted by Skeese
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It may help from an idle and cooling off perspective, but I believe that if you are running 210+ while moving down the road then you need to look into adding some ducting or increasing the size of your radiator. When were you hitting those temps?
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Originally Posted by ablesnead
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The exit side of the radiator is very important to cooling efficency , the vent allows a lower pressure on the exit side , and will improve airflow, and thus cooling .....
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A vented hood will def help with reducing temps.
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You could in theory also just run hood spacers too if you wanted a cheap fix.
https://www.rx7club.com/attachments/...c-dl_front.jpg (pic from google search 'rx7 fc hood spacer') I'm not a huge fan of the look, but it serves a purpose. |
i found hood spacers really only helped drop an average of 5 degrees C. in my situation i didn't need the -5 degrees that bad so i removed them. my turbo RX8 project
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Man, I thought hood spacers were debunked a decade ago. Might help you in city driving, but backfeeds pressure from behind when at speed.
A vented hood like what you posted definitely will help. Do you have everything ducted well right now? Ducting makes a pretty big difference if you have a FMIC. |
you have to be careful about the hood vent placement...it is further forward than most thnk...the factory turbo scoop is placed to far back for example...i use a shine , no before and after data though , although from a airflow chart I found online , it seems in about the right place...
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Anywhere other than Shine sells the Pan Speed type vented hood? Shine is not selling those right now.
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