SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Making the vents functional
07-24-2017, 12:04 PM
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2008 SL55, 2016 E350 Wagon, 1991 560SEC, 2011 Audi A3
Making the vents functional
Has anyone given any thought to modifying the hood and/or fender vents functional. Seems it wouldn't take too much effort to route ducting that would allow under hood heat to exhaust out.
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'08 SL55
'16 E350 4matic Wagon
"91 560 SEC
'07 E350 4matic sedan
J.Chip
'08 SL55
'16 E350 4matic Wagon
"91 560 SEC
'07 E350 4matic sedan
07-04-2018, 04:00 PM
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have you attempted to make your vents functional? Curious because I would like to try this with my car. It bothers the **** out of me when people ask about them and I have to say they’re fake. And they ask a lot.
07-04-2018, 04:45 PM
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But the car is designed to flow air a certain way with those vents closed. All air comes in the front and out the bottom. If you introduce a new path you may disrupt the airflow at speed and actually take away cooling performance. Not saying you will, but without testing, it's all guesswork.
07-04-2018, 05:31 PM
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But the car is designed to flow air a certain way with those vents closed. All air comes in the front and out the bottom. If you introduce a new path you may disrupt the airflow at speed and actually take away cooling performance. Not saying you will, but without testing, it's all guesswork.
07-04-2018, 11:34 PM
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Mine really extract a lot of heat. You can see it coming out of the vents. I'm fairly certain that it is lowering the under hood temps which is important on the V12 models.
