This is my way of fixing the heat build up in the 3rd GEN. Comments Please

 

Nice brace!!!....Oh yeah, can't see the vents that well with the hood closed. Look good opened. As long as they work for you...Good job!

 

Looks nice!

That, however, is usually a high-pressure area when you are moving. Have you done any tuft tests, etc., to see if it works?

Dave

 

i like it more then all the other vented hoods including others who have added "loovers" i believe they called it. off-topic but is that a mazdaspeed smic?? if so how's it performing?

 

**** the vents , damn that brace is very very cool , i haven`t seen that one before , what brand ?

 

^looks like AutoExe

 

Doc where in alabama are you

 

Ditto on that damned brace! Also, tha loovers look nice. Any upsides that u've seen personally?

 

AutoExc
Mazdaspeed IC
This is a stock hood to release heat when parked. No real effort was made to cool during driving as the air from the front appears to keep it cool. The vents on the LHS are over the turbos

Yes FDNEWBE is the man if you are looking to get hard to find parts. I just installed the Mazdaspeed sway bars as well. I am just getting over the bad experience with the Racing Beat bars. The RB bar almost put the car in a junkyard

 

Madison Alabama

 

^What's the story with the RB bars? I have them, now I'm concerned.

 

Let me put the topic of the sway bars together. Some pictures of fit and fuction that shows the issues with these products as delivered to me.

 

Man, lately I see so those AutoEXE braces.. I kiind of like it! Nice job on the car!

 

very quiet. Like it a lot

 

Did you make those vents yourself? How did you make them?

 

Okay so questions that haven't been asked yet for what ever reason:

1) How'd you do it?
2) How much did it cost?
3) Have you noticed any change (datalog?)
4) Can we get some pix from different angles?

 

subtle

 

Nice I/C

 

Sorry for the long delay getting back to you

The work was done at Heritage here in Huntsville Alabama. It is an OEM aluminum hood and the louvers were done by hand at Heritage. He cut the hood and hand formed the louvers. The cost was 600.00 for the body work and paint. The hood was a gift from Mazda America.
The reason to louver was to reduce the under hood temperature during cool down. I have not notice any change other than the fact that the temperature after cool down is about 60 degrees cooler. Yes I have the data log system with the commander.

I will post some more pictures tonight.

The intercooler came form FDnewbe. Is it better than anything else? Do not know. However there are no fitment issues just cost issues coming from Mazdaspeed.
I like it

 

Interesting setup, the louvers are pretty low key. I like the 2-tone paint scheme on the auto-exe bar. I'm curious, why was the hood a gift from Mazda?

To decrease my underhood temps, I just went with a single turbo and ceramic coated the entire engine bay exhaust system

 

Taking Pictures of a black hood is hell. All I can say is I tried. Dusted it down abit to reduce reflections. The louvers are sealed to prevent water getting into the the hood structure also to reduce the "ring" of louvered parts

 

You're WAYY too kind Doc. I owe ya on this one

I was actually getting a bit worried since I never heard back from ya after I mailed out the bushings (or you did reply, but I'm so behind on emails that I haven't gotten to it yet ) But alas, I'm glad everything went smoothly, and that I FINALLY get to see the beautiful FD the parts were going into. Very nice (not just overall, but the hood vents as well)

If I can be of any service in the future, please don't hesitate to let me know!

Thanks!
~Ramy
FDNewbie Imports

 

I will be posting the Mazdaspeed sway bar install and why I went that way> Also a person at Mazda America named George sent me the hood after looking up the VIN and me explaining why I wanted to chop on the OEM hood. I am trying to put the car back to stock condition as bought in Georgia in late 94. It was a North American Rally car before some of the parts walked away. It was never raced but a lawyer in Florida bought the car as a status symbol. He bought a 959 to replace the car.

What he did with the 959 is anybody guess. The car had about 60K when I bought it for 18500.00. Nice guy he delivered it to me in Huntsville at no charge.

 

A 959?!?! FOR HOW MUCH?!?! lol. I know Canepa Design charges like $80,000 for the legalization process, so the cars run for about $580,000...but I'm curious nonetheless!!

 

No biggie, i was out late anyway. What do you mean by "during/after cool down"?
It looks really good- one last question, how durable are the louvers themselves? There are some real idiots around here that can't keep their paws off of other peoples' stuff.

Sorry, i didn't want to follow the thread and still come up empty.