anyone ever got a set of Billet Hood Spacers on there car??? like the ones you see on ebay or any other brand???

does it help let your engine run cooler with more airflow and let excess hot air leave the engine bay?????

pictures please =]

 

I read a couple articles saying they actually do lower intake and engine temps. Would love to know if anyone has the billet spacers since they're only 35$

 

I think password jdm or one of those kind of companies has them for sale.

 

I had the set from ebay. They are kinda adjustable as to how high the hood sticks up. This is with them set as high as they can go. And my co-worker makeing fun of my car. I saw cooler temps on my coolant gauge.

 

Nice. Definitely plan on doing this since going FMIC and NA hood. Looks great.

 

billet spacers, lol

 

they make you look like a ricer. don't forget the sleepy headlights.

 

i think lowe's sells spacers for 5 cents a piece.

 

I've read that hood spacers actually decrease cooling efficiency, due to the fact of higher air pressure at the cowl, feeds air in backwards therefore counteracting the air flowing forwards through the radiator.

And plus it makes you car look like a honda.

But if you want to spend extra money on spacers, run your car hotter, and look like a ricer, go for it.

 

remove 2 of the 4 bolts that hold the hood on, prop the hood up in the air, take a drive and tell us how you did.

 

I have this done to my car except i used a longer bolt and put a couple nuts in between. (didn't feel like spending any money on spacers.) It works just the same. As for the cooling it does help with cooling efficiency, I saw it in a magazine. It just doesn't make sense why it would make your car run hotter. Personally I think it looks good but thats just my opinion.

 

Meh, even if it had some miniscule cooling effect, I still wouldn't do it. I'd rather put my time into some proper ducting.

 

yah, it works. the main problem is your head being severed by a hood during a front end collision.

 

There is no way the hood is gonna cut through the a pillers, it would just buckle.

 

lol.... i guess ill just go the cheap way and jack some washers from homedepot haha and buy some longer bolts to make the size gap i want like i did on my 91 DA.. i didnt want a huge gap like the ones you see on ebay..

thanks for the input

 

Reading someone say something and seeing someone post credible results from testing are two different things. One of the magzines I have shows test of underhood temps being lower. I have ran the spacers and saw cooler temps on my own car with an aftermarket gauge.

function>looks

 

You can't do the washer trick on an FC due to the angle of the bracket being on a 45.

Will Work

WILL NOT Work

 

thanks for the info

 

Yes you can. I did it to my car. I spaced the hood hinge out from the chassis. Not the hood from the hinge, like on 240's.

 

^ any pictures of how your set up looks like?? just for reference

 

my buddy made mine 7 years ago, when we were 16 and i've had them since i'll post pics, and yes they do work. sitting at a light with the e-fan on you can feel the wind blow out the back, pretty cool, let me know if anyone is intrested, it makes the windshield hot

 

Any pics of non turbo hoods like this? And how much higher is it at the top??

 

So not to be debby downer but how does this effect the catches at the rear of the hood?

 

Sorry I should have been clear. In order to do it your way you have to take the fenders off .... unless there is some trick I'm missing.

 

i ordered a set the other day for my n/a fc, ill post pics when they show up. wit the sleepys popped of course. all the spanish guys at my job call me
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