Bringing back an old thread to get ideas for my oem hood which i am about to get cut and painted. I run a vmount set up and hope some rotor head shed some light with pics and what may or may not work. I am just trying to get some heat out from my engine bay while at lights or slow speed pleas help community.

 

I always liked the Mazda Speed hood as it allowed air to escape just before the engine. When you drive at speed in the rain, you can see the droplets shoot up away from the hood just behind the outlet.
Hoods

 

I had a custom fiberglass hood that was similar but i am trying to stay oemish by just adding a cut out on the oem hood but not sure where to put the cut out. I have thought in between the two lights on the hood or a little further up. I run a vmic.

 

Ideas needed. I dropped off my car for paint and i need intellegent ideas and opinions. I know this community has some persons that have experience and a lot of knowledge

 

Adam Griffith's is the best one ever done end of story.

 

That is nice and clean and looks functional. Is it an oem hood though?

 

It is. All formed in metal too. I've seen it in person. If Adam would make me one, I'd gladly pay a pretty penny for it but I gather it was a TON of work.

 

So far thats the best i have seen ever. I would love to get more ideas. I would not want to put pins in the hood

 

Here is what I did:




Retains the underbracing for rigidity:

 

Alright going to put the cutting of the hood on hold for now. Going to install my lrb v mount under tray first and then do some testing. The oem hood looks so damn good that i am trying to get away from cutting it. If the cooling is not sufficient then cutting the oem hood it is. I will first cut my hail damaged hood first and test the results. Thanks for all the help i will keep everyone informed with real numbers