I've heard of the firewall seal too. And yeah, I suppose it would be an easier path for the air to exit the tranny tunnel then a positively pressured vent on a hood.

I'd be interested in testing the firewall seal thing, even as simple as having some ribbons tied in the area and seeing if it is blowing out or getting sucked in.

IFF the engine bay is pressurized, then having the back of the hood open could help ventilation.

If you're letting air in anywhwere but through the mouth, it'll be reducing the amount of air going through the radiator, oil cooler and intercooler (if applicable). I guarantee it. See it'll be increasing the pressure under the hood, reducing the pressure differential across the coolers, reducing flow.

hey rotaryjun that is exactly what style of hood I was looking for, does anyone know where to get it at http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008...-now-fc3s.aspx

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008...-now-fc3s.aspx (here we go

Bad links

Not sure yet, still deciding. All coming down to money, wanted a koyo, but with the aussie dollar been so crap its not worth it.

So will now might get a PWR instead. But want something a bit custom to suit my ewp setup.

http://www.pwr.com.au/websiteAssets/...da_pwr5782.jpg

That's a nice rad no doubt about it, but I would NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DO BUSINESS WITH PWR AGAIN! Fucker sent me the wrong intercooler and when I called him telling him that they had screwed up, blamed me and wouldn't pay for the shipping back and forth and it wasn't cheap. I don't have a problem when people fuck up, it's how they handle the fuck up that defines who they are.

Griffin on the otherhand screwed up my rad that I ordered from them. Nothing big just put a 1 & 3/4" outlet instead of the 1 & 1/2 that I asked for. They offered to immediately take it back after admitting they would have a hard time trying to sell it being a custom piece and not something that would move quickly. PWR on the otherhand built a pretty standard intercooler for just about any FMIC setup and they gave me shit saying I fucked up somehow. Just because of Griffins attitude I kept it because I could easily make it work with a reducer on an angle as opposed to a non reducer on an angle so I kept it. The intercooler on the otherhand, there was no fucking way I could make work. I gave serious thought to throwing it up on ebizzle and taking a huge loss on it just to not run that piece. For now I'll settle for removing thier name from it that I asked NOT to paint on, they painted it on both fucking sides.

So obviously I'm going to rec a Griffin. Fluidyne seems to have some problems with quality control from what I understand. Are there any other co's down under besides PWR?

Hey, since you are running an EWP setup, I have a few questions to bounce off you! I have been tentatively planning on running my Craig Davis EWP, but have been up in the air about the thermostat issue. Are you planning on running a straight circuit, Block-Pump-Rad, or do you plan on regulating temperature inside the block at all? I had thought about using a relay, which at rest would run the water pump through a circuit with resistor, to have SOME flow running at all times, and then have a thermostatic switch power the relay to full flow when the exiting coolant from the block reaches a certain temp, but again, no way to maintain full flow through the block at all times, and maintain proper temperature.

Not from down under, but there is Four Seasons Radiator, http://www.fsrradiator.com/. I have a triple pass unit of theirs that Cliff from TeamFC3S used to run, although I havent installed it yet so cannot comment on its ability.

FWI, craig davis sells a thermostat controller for that pump. we "run" one on my buddies FD, if he ever decides he wants to work on it again...

FSR was a great place to deal with. both myself and my FD buddy got one. both were great pieces at a reasonable price as well. for the short time I had it installed I didn't have a single heating issue.

http://jspec.com/typenvent.html
http://i42.tinypic.com/faamuf.jpg

vents from a mustang cobra hood into fiero
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ASSHood001.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ASSHood019.jpg
http://fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=7785

http://www.daviescraig.com.au/main/display.asp?pid=56

Sick dude, sick. I guess I should've looked on the manufacturer's website first! lol

Again though, my only issue is that it's a full circuit system, which does not allow a contained circuit within the block like factory. I suppose if the E-Fan is on a thermo-switch, and happens to be off during warm-up, it's just having to warm up a larger body of coolant, as long as there isn't crazy airflow through the rad.

just saw Ken from shine at the shop my car is at, might just get the sexy style hood, unless someone can show me where to get something better THANKS

You've been shown more than a few websites to order hoods from, and even how to buildc your own. Personally I don't think there is anything sexy about the sexy style hood and it seems to be lacking in the functionability department but you're going to do whatever you want to anyway

Got any data to back this? :biggrin:

I've got one on order, although I may not even be going Vmount now, if I run enough alky, but I'm going to see what it does to underhood temp's vs. stock TII.

;) No ducts

I'd be curious to see what it does for underhood temps though. Especially at speeds. I'd imagine probe placement would have a lot do with where the heat is escaping from though.

Good. Go for it! :lol:

I was actually thinking more along the lines of getting it up to temp, hard drive at ~20 mph, pull over and use an infrared surface thermometer, check a few key areas (rad core, oil cooler core, irons, whatever), doing another one for heatsoak, and 60 mph high rpm. Do all again with the reverse vent hood and see what the underhood temps are showing. I know a probe would be more precise, but I think this should be enough to show if it's doing anything or not. Especially if I do it with the stock rad, see if it improves airflow through the front opening. Worst comes to worst, I could always install "Cool Louvers", or whatever those bolt-on things were called :lol: [/endsarcasm]

Honestly, the original reason I got the hood ordered was to go V-Mount, I think it's superior (to FMIC) in all areas except fabrication/time and cost. But, after reading more into AI, especially with BDC's results on a stock Topmount, I may not even need an intercooler at all. I'm going to try with and without an intercooler, and if I can get it to or below ambient w/o, I won't bother. I'd rather spend the extra cash on a bunch of ceramic coating of the mani's, turbo/downpipe and charge pipes.

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008...-now-fc3s.aspx trying to look for this hood

That's the second time you post the same non-working link dude.

Sorry Finally

go to my for sale thread

+1

I opened the thread hoping to read about some hoods, but like happened this morning on another thread, I was quickly distracted.

Your ability to use the quote button is only superceeded by your ability to be a jackass. Either offer insightful, helpful information, or shut up. No one comes here to be talked down upon for not knowing as much as you. If you're trying to make people more apprehensive about posting, good job.

It's pretty irritating seing half a page of your posts, quoting other people. We know what they said, we have our opinions about what they said, we just dont feel compelled to make everyone else aware of our opinions.

Shut up, just shut up shut up.

Now, I sit back and wait for you to quote each part of this post and antagonize.
Ready... Go.

Wanna bet?

https://www.rx7club.com/shineautoproject-161/fc3s-sexy-style-hood-its-here-whos-561576/

There's clearly ducts pictured in that thread. I'd run that hood, but I'd prefer something more subtle.

Nah, I'm just going to ignore people that are too ignorant to notice thier own hypocrisy.

I wouldn't call them ducts. To me ducts form a seal around something. These are more louvers to me. I pulled the pertinent pics from the thread

https://img101.imageshack.us/img101/...an12053bf9.jpg

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...5&d=1160886809

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...5&d=1162253215

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...7&d=1162253428

https://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k...s103/FIN08.jpg

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b...C/SP_A0193.jpg

To me a duct would mate with the core. It clearly doesn't.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...S/DSC02451.jpg