Just a question to the people with a M2 Med IC, and an aftermarket hood.

Do any of them fit?

Most look like the vents would prevent closure of the hood b/c of the intercooler pipes.

 

I test-fitted one of atihun's hoods on my car and it fit fine with my Medium IC (connected to RX6 single, but I think it would still fit with the stock turbos since the pipes are in about the same place). The vent is in front of the back plane of the IC core, but it wasn't really blocked by the IC and would still vent hot air from the radiator flow directly, and from the engine bay in general which should help get maximum flow through both the radiator and IC cores. The hood I test-fitted was a fiberglas one and it fit very well overall. I was expecting gaps and other fitment issues as that seem to be the norm with replacement hoods, but I was impressed at how good the fit was with atihun's hood.

I still have the stock hood now. I was really just test-fitting to help them determine if their hood worked with the Medium IC. It worked quite well, so I might pick one up someday. I general, though, I'd rather keep the appearance stock, so I haven't gotten one yet. It would be nice to have some vents.

I almost bought another vented hood (fastpac or something like that) in the past, but it turned out that it would not fit with the pipes.

-Max

 

Max: thanks for the response. Where is this hood available? Pictures......


Anybody else?

Don't make me go front mount ...