Tell me what yall think about pop up hoods, I think its a pretty cool idea, looks pretty cool and serves a good purpose in releasing heat from the engine bay

 

another one
http://www.aerodyne.net/RX7.htm

 

and one more feel free to post others if you have them

 

why was the last one locked?

 

i dont know but most people so far are going rice. seems like rice is the way to describe anything never seen before oh well

 

ya thats would look sweet. i had no problem with the last one.....

-nick

 

Anyway, I went the 'fugly but functional' route.

 

You guys voting rice please defend yourselves...

 

haha yea really it all depens on what your going for looks or preformance. most people consider it rice because it looks liek a usless thing just trying to draw attention but if you see my car you can see i really dont care to much for looks at least at this point But PLEASE dont let this post go to a big fight over whats rice or not i want to hear what yall think about this modification and why you think that way

 

I'm not wanting a fight. Like I've stated, it looks bad but it's functional. If it serves a purpose why is it rice? I'm just curious as to how people justify voting that way...their opinions are theirs and theirs alone...I have no problem with what they think it looks like, I just wanna know why they hink that.

 

A am doing this mod this weekend. I am also relocating my stock intake Mounting the AFM on the throttle body... with the hood propped up it will act as a cowl induction. We'll see how i like it, if not i'll put it back to normal.

-Markus

 

The thread was requested to be edited up by the thread originator, and I locked it while I was changing it to what the originator wanted.

 

These kits could easly be made and as far as i have heard/seen the air goes in through the radiator(which is angled tward the hood) and up through the rear of the hood (this is how it is stock yet the hole is not as big) meaning the hot air rises to the top and is heald there longerand the rest of the air goes out from under the car and around the tranny,
Also it works like a cowl hood at higher speeds bringing cold air in through the rear of the hood also reducing under hood temps. I say the cooler the under hood temp the happyer your engine will be and the more power it can produce.

 

I would never do it. It just looks SOOO bad.

 

GOOD thanks for your opinion seems like your motivated for form over function. others like function over form everyone has there own views on everything

 

I'm all for function over form, but sometimes, you just have to draw a line! :-)

 

???? explain

 

I think a perfect example of drawing a line would be in the wieght reduction catagory: tearing out your interior would reduce the wieght in your car, making it faster, but it is not worth how 'tacky' it is.

 

Good point, it may have function, but it makes the form look wrecked, and well, yeah....

 

I can't afford a vented hood, and am planning a HMIC... so planning on getting my hood propped up like that. It really does help vent out some of that hot air in the engine bay. Definately functional. I don't know much about messing up the car's lines, as the change isn't drastic enough for me to notice...

Could be potentially dangerous though, in the event of a frontal collision.

 

yes and both those examples say you are more for form over fuction because you would rather have your car not "tacky" than have it preform better i also have done weight reduction but havent removed all the interior just because the car is also my daily driver and that keeps cold, heat, sound, exhaust out. but really when i look at that hood it is not just "out there" and i am all for free/very cheep modificatrions

 

No sir, I don't like it.

Remember boys and girls, rice is just an exaggeration of form (to the point of tastelessness) while pretending to be function. The pop-up hoods are as far from rice as you could possibly get! It's pure function while making the car look pretty stupid in the process. There's no shame whatsoever in wanting to make your car look good, but most of us can appreaciate the natural beauty of the car, with out silly add-ons and expensive paint jobs. All we need to make our cars look good is soap, water and a nice shiny coat of wax.

I think this arguement is akin to the single/dual exhaust debate. My car has single exhaust right now, but I'm thinking about switching to duals because they're cooler. Sure, they're not as good as a single for performance, but they look cooler.

Okay, this is not turning into a single/dual exhaust debate. I was just making a point.

 

Yeh i personaly don't see it as rice.
I mean.. i know rice when i see it. (Like this one time i saw this tailpipe that i could almost fit my head in. I kid you not.) And i dont think its rice. In a ugly way, i think it looks kinna neat.

 

I could see doing this if underhood temps were out of control. As for doing it for "looks", sure go ahead if you want your FC to "look" like ***.

 

Yo,


I don't think it's rice...but it sure doesn't look good IMO.

I voted #2. I bet you it flutters like a sumbitch at speed.

Kevin
1989 GTUs "Add the sleepy eyed look for the FEC style: Front End Collision."