Preston951
Foglight delete kit!
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This is a sweet mod! The GT500 vent looks awesome on our 05-09 hoods.
I have the tiger racing carbon fiber heat extractor hood. It seems to work great. The temps get above 100 in oklahoma and don't recall ever seeing over about 195 coolant temp in my car.
By the way, it's for sale. I have a google doc link here to view pictures: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYllJaRiDkh0ZGR6Y2hkem1fMGM3OGduZmR4&hl=en
That gt500 vents nice
Also if you have the time/tools you can cut Saleen style vents/slots on the rear of the hood.
I can dig it!! just curious as to why you chose that location for the vents?
Mine extend below the hood level (a box) and through the insulation.
It was the best location to not contact the items underneath, and to pull heat from the engine bay.
The hood has the least curvature in that area also.
And I liked the look in the location also.
Wouldn't a large slot at the back of the hood (near the windshield) with rearward facing vents suck out the hot air nicely? mimicking a cowl effect without the cowl.
ixtlan that looks like it works well too.
Wouldn't a large slot at the back of the hood (near the windshield) with rearward facing vents suck out the hot air nicely? mimicking a cowl effect without the cowl.
They are Engine Bay louver vents for Marine.
There are many manufactures.
Mine are Attwood seven louver.
http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/category/ventilation/vents
They are made of ABS and have a collector box underneath.
They are also Bolt On.
Do a search for Marine Louvered Vents and you can find all kinds of different types and makers.
And a lot better priced then Auto specific types.
Snow and water do not seem to be a problem.
Snow sits on top of them and the rain just drops through like any louver to the ground.
With the engine running and low-speed fan running you can hold your hand a good seven inches above them and feel the heat forced air out.
I did a test to see how much the bay cools.
It is here:
http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41507&highlight=Painted+Stripes+Vents
Scroll to post 11.
I put them on for pressure relief but they do suck heat out pretty damn good.
No. The base of the windshield is a high pressure zone, it would blow air in. Back in the day, cowl induction was used as a cold air intake, not as a vent; the air cleaner was sealed up to the bottom of the hood which tunneled air forward from the rear.