Hot air OUT! New mod for anyone with too much time on their hands........
04-15-03, 10:37 AM
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Thnx.
Here are more pics of the vents.
And a pic before the vents....
I can see the heatwave blowing pass the top of my windshield with the fans on.
So it has to be doing some cooling.
Here are more pics of the vents.
And a pic before the vents....
I can see the heatwave blowing pass the top of my windshield with the fans on.
So it has to be doing some cooling.
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04-15-03, 12:14 PM
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Yeah you could sell these kits for $100 just like the ground strap kits on the rx7store. LOL..... I would say if you could neck the release of the air collected up to the top of the engine compartment near the hood it would further pressurize the compartment, and more air would flow past the turbos releasing the heat. Of course there wouldn't be a noticable change, but every little bit helps. Good luck with your testing, and let us know what the pyro meter reads with and without the mod. I'm about the same way. I look for the cheep mods and duct tape. LOL.... People kind of laugh sometimes at the track, but they change their tune when they see my taillights. 
04-15-03, 12:24 PM
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Originally posted by RonKMiller
Yep, the green area is where you make the foil lined duct. You need to cut the hole in the interior side of the frame by putting your hole saw inside the exterior square to cut. BE VERY CAREFULL not to let the saw blade nick anything on the inside or you'll be paying big bucks to fix it......... The red area is where you cut the oval in the plastic duct to attach your 4" dryer hose.
Yep, the green area is where you make the foil lined duct. You need to cut the hole in the interior side of the frame by putting your hole saw inside the exterior square to cut. BE VERY CAREFULL not to let the saw blade nick anything on the inside or you'll be paying big bucks to fix it......... The red area is where you cut the oval in the plastic duct to attach your 4" dryer hose.
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04-15-03, 12:46 PM
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You should be able to, unless the pressure of the hot engine air is greater than the hot air flowing through your oil coolers. Then you'd be heating your oil.
04-15-03, 06:03 PM
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Ahhh.... the vents are custom made....$100 a piece....
jk, they're off an old car (you have to guess, should be easy)
@ your local junk yard. (talk about ghetto mods)
But I don't have $700 to blow on a vented hood.
Still have to do blocking plates for it though.
My car never overheated, but I've replace my stock rad when I bought the car and change coolant every year....
We'll see when I take it to the track.
I've been hesitant cuz its my daily driver.
jk, they're off an old car (you have to guess, should be easy)
@ your local junk yard. (talk about ghetto mods)
But I don't have $700 to blow on a vented hood.
Still have to do blocking plates for it though.
My car never overheated, but I've replace my stock rad when I bought the car and change coolant every year....
We'll see when I take it to the track.
I've been hesitant cuz its my daily driver.
Originally posted by Conv.WS6
Hey Jupiter, where did you get those vents at?
I have the Viper scope, but that would be nice to have the vents as well when I start working on my hood.
Hey Jupiter, where did you get those vents at?
I have the Viper scope, but that would be nice to have the vents as well when I start working on my hood.
04-15-03, 06:42 PM
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Originally posted by bigmack000
ok i get where to cut the hole now. but where is the red area that you are talking about. i looked at the pics again and still didnt' see where to go for it.
joel
ok i get where to cut the hole now. but where is the red area that you are talking about. i looked at the pics again and still didnt' see where to go for it.
joel
I think you've got the idea.....
04-15-03, 06:44 PM
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Originally posted by Jedon
I have an R1, I take it I can't do this mod since I'm actually using the duct for my second oil cooler?
I have an R1, I take it I can't do this mod since I'm actually using the duct for my second oil cooler?
04-15-03, 06:52 PM
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Originally posted by jupiter
Thnx.
Here are more pics of the vents.
And a pic before the vents....
I can see the heatwave blowing pass the top of my windshield with the fans on.
So it has to be doing some cooling.
Thnx.
Here are more pics of the vents.
And a pic before the vents....
I can see the heatwave blowing pass the top of my windshield with the fans on.
So it has to be doing some cooling.
If I could only find a couple of small NACA ducts that would fit the curvature of the hood in that same place perfectly, I just might take a roto zip to it. HMMMMmmmmmmmmm....time for a search.
280Z?
Please don't tell me it's domestic or I'll 
04-15-03, 11:04 PM
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Having a body shop make some louvers or doing them yourself where those hood vents are would look cool too. Of course it wouldn't be cheap anymore if you had the body shop do it. Those vents do look pretty cool though.
Those inside the fender vents are a good idea. So, you've had no issues with them since you put them in?
Nothing like the paint getting messed up or the duct warping?
Those inside the fender vents are a good idea. So, you've had no issues with them since you put them in?
Nothing like the paint getting messed up or the duct warping?
04-15-03, 11:14 PM
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Originally posted by RonKMiller
Ya know, I must be colorblind
I think you've got the idea.....
Ya know, I must be colorblind
I think you've got the idea.....
joel
04-16-03, 07:07 AM
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Originally posted by ExpensiveHobby22
Having a body shop make some louvers or doing them yourself where those hood vents are would look cool too. Of course it wouldn't be cheap anymore if you had the body shop do it. Those vents do look pretty cool though.
Those inside the fender vents are a good idea. So, you've had no issues with them since you put them in?
Nothing like the paint getting messed up or the duct warping?
Having a body shop make some louvers or doing them yourself where those hood vents are would look cool too. Of course it wouldn't be cheap anymore if you had the body shop do it. Those vents do look pretty cool though.
Those inside the fender vents are a good idea. So, you've had no issues with them since you put them in?
Nothing like the paint getting messed up or the duct warping?
04-16-03, 01:57 PM
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Originally posted by jupiter
Ahhh.... the vents are custom made....$100 a piece....
jk, they're off an old car (you have to guess, should be easy)
@ your local junk yard. (talk about ghetto mods)
But I don't have $700 to blow on a vented hood.
Still have to do blocking plates for it though.
My car never overheated, but I've replace my stock rad when I bought the car and change coolant every year....
We'll see when I take it to the track.
I've been hesitant cuz its my daily driver.
Ahhh.... the vents are custom made....$100 a piece....
jk, they're off an old car (you have to guess, should be easy)
@ your local junk yard. (talk about ghetto mods)
But I don't have $700 to blow on a vented hood.
Still have to do blocking plates for it though.
My car never overheated, but I've replace my stock rad when I bought the car and change coolant every year....
We'll see when I take it to the track.
I've been hesitant cuz its my daily driver.
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12-13-03, 07:48 AM
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Hey ron, Kudos on not going off at everyone here that made fun of your invention. You always responded very calmly to all the puns. I think its a great idea, all great ideas started out cheap, by tommorrow RonKMiller could be a millionaire, so watch out.
12-13-03, 05:19 PM
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Originally posted by MazdaRx7Racer4Life
Hey ron, Kudos on not going off at everyone here that made fun of your invention. You always responded very calmly to all the puns. I think its a great idea, all great ideas started out cheap, by tommorrow RonKMiller could be a millionaire, so watch out.
Hey ron, Kudos on not going off at everyone here that made fun of your invention. You always responded very calmly to all the puns. I think its a great idea, all great ideas started out cheap, by tommorrow RonKMiller could be a millionaire, so watch out.
Every day I drive and look at my twin rotor head temperature gauges (with sensors at the base of the leading plugs) at 190 to 200F I just sit back and RELAX...
05-03-04, 02:39 PM
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Anybody try this with the stock plastic grids and see if they really melt?
Those dummy vents have struck me as one of the few non-functional parts of a car that breathes aero functionality otherwise.
Nobody answered the novice question of how much work it is to remove and then perfectly re-allign the re-installed fenders.... curious.
Those dummy vents have struck me as one of the few non-functional parts of a car that breathes aero functionality otherwise.
Nobody answered the novice question of how much work it is to remove and then perfectly re-allign the re-installed fenders.... curious.
05-03-04, 03:34 PM
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Originally posted by bureau_c
Somewhere in this thread you mentioned that your passenger side vent did nothing originally, but I think now you're using them both for engine compartment airflow, right? I think you mentioned briefly that you changed the ducting for the oil cooler on the driver's side? But I'm not clear about that, given that I think it is supposed to use the driver's side fender vent.
I wonder if doing this mod only to the passenger side would cause any anomalies in airflow?
jds
Somewhere in this thread you mentioned that your passenger side vent did nothing originally, but I think now you're using them both for engine compartment airflow, right? I think you mentioned briefly that you changed the ducting for the oil cooler on the driver's side? But I'm not clear about that, given that I think it is supposed to use the driver's side fender vent.
I wonder if doing this mod only to the passenger side would cause any anomalies in airflow?
jds
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10-27-04, 04:44 PM
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Darn. I had to have the engine replaced and forgot about this mod when the compartment was all accessable. Other than pulling the fenders.
I thought there were a few more picture links; are they still on this new hosting of the site?
I thought there were a few more picture links; are they still on this new hosting of the site?
