I will draw up a mock up but I think i found a solution. Simply imagine the stock hood with vent cutouts like the pictures at the beginning on the thread. on the underside you have the metal grate like you would normally have. on either side of the grate you would have a small metal track (kind of like a drawer) in this track there would be a piece of sheet metal (painted body color) that would be slid back when you want the vents open (use a small thumbscrew to hold them in place) and then slid forward when it is raining by loosening the thumbscrew and sliding the plate forward and tightening the screw again.
Any custom hood vents out there?
- Thread starter thepope540
- Start date
justanothermp5
Banned
- :
- Rust Bucket
oh just a fyi for people who might want to try this, spacing the hood out doesnt work, the hood hits the fenders
thepope540
Member
- :
- 2003.5 Yellow Speed - Sold, Spicy - Sold, #639 Black Mica
The problem with removing the rubber (or spacing the hood if I could) is that it actually pulls air in from the base of the windshield. It would be cooler in the engine bay, but I really want to cool the bay by more efficiently moving air through the rad and then out. Wrapping the headers is an option, but there's a lot of hot plumbing in there. 2 manifolds, the y pipe going to the turbo, and finally the downpipe headed back down. I've wrapped the up and downpipes, but there's still a lot of tubing = several rolls of wrap.
4
43975
Try venting cool air from the fog deletes. Do you have an under hood temp guage?? of make an undercarriage cover that vents some air in with sheet metal. The only concern I would have with that though is that one of 2 things can happen depending on the angles. Either it's going to add downforce and increase your traction or increase lift and make your front end sloppy at high speeds...which is scary.
BTW Tom the only reason I added that last info is for those noobs that don't understand these things yet and find this post years to come...LOL
Now where's my DP???!!!
BTW Tom the only reason I added that last info is for those noobs that don't understand these things yet and find this post years to come...LOL
Now where's my DP???!!!
ScratchNSniff
Undisputed Parts God
- :
- Way to Many
Get the WRX style hood??? Any reason why not...
4
43975
I don't think he wants to spend any money. He can always make the WRX scoop buy cutting into the hood and getting of those universal ones on ebay for like $20
ScratchNSniff
Undisputed Parts God
- :
- Way to Many
Oh yea...well why not just do that...
thepope540
Member
- :
- 2003.5 Yellow Speed - Sold, Spicy - Sold, #639 Black Mica
I've been doing some reading on racecar aerodynamics to determine if / how I might be able to increase airflow out the bottom of the enginebay and out the back of the car. I'd love to increase the overall airflow through the radiator, cool the enginebay, and decrease lift (if not create downforce), but I'd have to really drop the car and get serious about underbody trays. Until the rest of the car is more fully sorted I'm not going to get too worried about it. I don't want to spend much and I can't just cut vents in the hood after all because the hood bracing is asymmetrical and I know that would really bug me. I have thought about just cutting the bracing and then riveting in some universal louvers. Part of me loves it, part of me hates it...
Pontiac GTP vents
http://wardsweb.org/cars/miata_exterior.html#louvers
280ZX Scoop / vent
Custom Louver Panel
Pontiac GTP vents
http://wardsweb.org/cars/miata_exterior.html#louvers
280ZX Scoop / vent
Custom Louver Panel
ScratchNSniff
Undisputed Parts God
- :
- Way to Many
Post in the Hawaii section...there is someone there with a modded stock hood...looks pretty good too...
4
43975
Post a pic of that hood or at least a link to it
thepope540
Member
- :
- 2003.5 Yellow Speed - Sold, Spicy - Sold, #639 Black Mica
I posted in the Hawaii section... Scratch - do you know the member's name. I don't mind searching.
I've been doing some reading on racecar aerodynamics to determine if / how I might be able to increase airflow out the bottom of the enginebay and out the back of the car. I'd love to increase the overall airflow through the radiator, cool the enginebay, and decrease lift (if not create downforce), but I'd have to really drop the car and get serious about underbody trays. Until the rest of the car is more fully sorted I'm not going to get too worried about it. I don't want to spend much and I can't just cut vents in the hood after all because the hood bracing is asymmetrical and I know that would really bug me. I have thought about just cutting the bracing and then riveting in some universal louvers. Part of me loves it, part of me hates it...
Pontiac GTP vents
http://wardsweb.org/cars/miata_exterior.html#louvers
280ZX Scoop / vent
Custom Louver Panel
This was along the lines of what I was getting at. Did you see my bad mock up picture using your car. I think that it might be funtional but I am not sure how hot your engine bay is getting so it may not be worth it. Ill post it again
Attachments
ScratchNSniff
Undisputed Parts God
- :
- Way to Many
I don't...I went and looked as well...I am almost positive that is where I saw it though...
ScratchNSniff
Undisputed Parts God
- :
- Way to Many
Back when I had my Protege. I guess a hood vent for Cold Air.
Cold Air/SRI Combo, functional CF Naca Duct ( like this one DG CF Hood )
Never had a CEL or anything. My Bro has everything I had before but I am thinking of doing something similar for mine again.
Cold Air/SRI Combo, functional CF Naca Duct ( like this one DG CF Hood )
Never had a CEL or anything. My Bro has everything I had before but I am thinking of doing something similar for mine again.
4
43975
I think that hood as is looks like s***!!! maybe one column would look better....MAYBE
