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Old 08-21-05, 12:55 AM
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I had too much heat under hood and now theres a hole in it??
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.
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Old 08-21-05, 12:56 AM
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more pics, i also plan to make a fiberglass or carbon fiber versaion if others are interested.
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You would get better airflow if you designed it better... It's looking super nice though. Common physics will help you make temps lower! It's not all about looks
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wasn't built for looks and does a damn good job of getting the heat out, thats all it was designed for.
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Nice, Just thought you could improve the flow a bit, but hey, yours looks awesome, and what do i know. Just thought i would let you know.
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Old 08-21-05, 01:13 AM
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well i'm not going to argue but yeah the flow probally could have been done better but with the small area i had to work with and the fact that i just wanted it to leave in the section where the scoop was on the hood was a factor.
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And im not trying to argue either =D I think it looks awesome. Make a carbon fibre prototype, and i will probably buy one.
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yeah there will be a prototype one with a smoother flows and maybe a slight bit bigger hole, its hard to get it bigger than it is now.
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Wouldn't the warm air go into the hood scoop for the intercooler?
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i got a front mount intercooler, air flows to front mount then oil cooler then radiator then efan then out the hood
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sweet...


soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lets make a mold already.
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so how much did your coolant temps drop?
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That is really intresting...are you using the stock fan?

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no he runs a efan...
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so how much did your coolant temps drop?
Unless he was oveheating before, they shouldn't drop at all.
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coolant temps didn't change much, before driving around they would be about 1/8th up the gauge, and at idle aboiut 1/4 up the gauge, now it sits 1/8 up all the time.
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coolant temps didn't change much, before driving around they would be about 1/8th up the gauge, and at idle aboiut 1/4 up the gauge, now it sits 1/8 up all the time.
Dude, you don't have a water temp gauge...man maybe you should get one of those....

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My solution works the best

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DAMN^!!!! that looks sooooooo ******* smooth w/ out the moldings. kick ***! i want more pics!
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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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Definitely keep the side moldings...
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Why keep the side moldings? O.o
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because they're there for a reason and thats how its supposed to look.
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