frosty383 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I am considering using some sort of adtermarket hood vents on my Z to relieve some underhood temps. has anyone used this companies products and what do you think? http://www.raceace.com/products.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest michanic220 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 make sure you treat and paint the metal good. or it will rust, im not sure what eats on steel more tho. stainless steal or aluminum. my guess would be aluminum. but idk. good luck tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Hood vents have nothing to do with V8s. Moving this thread to the Aero forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjhines Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I took a look at those vents... They are not opened up very much. The die that they used to emboss the vent openings is only offsetting the edges by 1/4" to maybe 1/2" in the middle. That is not going to do much good for venting air. The biggest problem comes in the smaller sizes. The side vents look like they have less than 3/16" opening. The short video clip clearly shows a different louver shape than any of the other pictures on the site. They have pried open those louvers to get some actual airlfow. Trying to open them up to that extent on a smaller panel would distort it terribly. They look nice though with all the different finishes and all. If you want louvers then why not the MSA louvered hood and cowl panels??? There are 5 times as many louvers on the MSA hood than you get get on those puny little panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 zx. http://www.altecproducts.com/products_hoodduct.htm or build your own... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRod-Z Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Factory 280 vents work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Barely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTTSuN Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 i made some ... cool vents with some metal i found, i had the turbo scoops in but they never looked right to me still need to take a better hood shot but you get the idea, when my electric fan comes on allot of air moves out of the vents and gets very warm but the hood around it is allot more cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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