Getting too hot under my hood, so its time for a vented hood. If anyone has any suggestions or pics as to what might look good on my car...please post them. I did find one at the following site http://www.rotorhead.ca/detail.php?adid=9 let me know what you all think of it.

 

i want one of those... thats the one mantis makes right?

 

Yes it's manntis on the forum that does them.

 

cool and all, but I don't think a downward vented hood would work with all the stuff you've got under your hood.

 

I like this one.

 

and this one.

 

Or this even... It is supercharged...

 

This is what I would do, though.

(I know, I've worn out the whole vented hood thing.)

 

looks like they put bmw z3 fender vents on the hood hehe... looks good tho, but i think itd look better of the vents were almost as wide as the stripes

 

I like the 1st one. I want to keep stock looking as much as possible if it can be helped. Chris is that a turbo2 vent on the 1st pic?

 

I like the striped one. Do you think that would be enough for my car as far as venting it?

 

yes, it's a TII hood scoop.

 

yes

 

the red one looks amazing.

 

I like the Red Car one. looks spiffy

 

The one you found is the most effiecent design. A scoop increases under hood pressure = bad It could even decrease the efficency of your stock grill plus decreases your handling. The cowel hood increases the efficency of your stock grill plus keeps your engine bay at a realative low pressure = high speed handeling. Do they make that hood for a FC ?

 

I think an EVO style hood woulndt look to bad.

 

evo style hoods look bad on evo's... i think they'd look way out of place on our 7's lol

 

im concerned that it won't fit the strut bar.

 

i belive i talked to you and codeblue1 about this at ABF, but in my opinion you should offset a TII hood scoop to the passengar side right over that SC. but some of those other scoops do look pretty good. whatever you choose im sure it will look great.

 

I think the turbo 2 scoop looks good but I totaly agree with Dr.Jones the car is desinged to be perfect so at high speeds the under hood presure would not be correct bringing the front of the car off the ground making it handle like crap under high speeds. I do think the cowel hoods would look awsome and you would have plenty of room if you tilted your radiator about 15 degreese. But your car is your car and how ever you want it to look is your perogative (speeling ).

 

mantis' hod is what I will be getting one day. Frankly if you get one before I do I'll just have to cry, okay...

 

i'm pretty sure he designed it with strut bars in mind

 

see, everyone always ignores the vented hoods... the vents look great and they wouldn't cause any problems interfering with pressure. With downward vented hoods, you don't notice them until you're up on the car, either, so it maintains a mostly stock look

 

There was a vented hood? where? I didn't see one. ha ha.
Anyway, I think the vented hood looks great. I don't think I'd want any kind of protruding scoop. Just my humble oppinion.