Easy Hood Venting Mod
08-14-2009, 08:07 PM
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my wife wild, but she loves every minute of it.
I hope someone does some data logging on this. Since this is a high pressure area on the car, I would be surprized if it exhausts much, if any, heat from the engine compartment.
Rain? Here in SoFla, we have what I call the thunderstorm de jure. You can't avoid rain.
Rain? Here in SoFla, we have what I call the thunderstorm de jure. You can't avoid rain.
You can vent your hood very easily by just removing a plastic shroud piece. It lets out a significant amount of heat especially when air is being blown over the engine.
In photo A you see the hood insulation and near the hood vents is a piece of plastic shroud between the hood and the insulation. In photo B the plastic shroud is removed and photo C is the plastic shroud itself.
All you have to do is unscrew the shroud and it comes off. This removes the mating surface of the engine compartment gasket, now allowing air to flow up over the engine and out the hood vents. If you want you can cut the insulation to further remove blockage. I chose to leave the insulation in tack. This way you can always return it to OEM.
I personally have not had an issue with water problems while washing my car or during rain. I don’t know if there would be any. Enjoy!
In photo A you see the hood insulation and near the hood vents is a piece of plastic shroud between the hood and the insulation. In photo B the plastic shroud is removed and photo C is the plastic shroud itself.
All you have to do is unscrew the shroud and it comes off. This removes the mating surface of the engine compartment gasket, now allowing air to flow up over the engine and out the hood vents. If you want you can cut the insulation to further remove blockage. I chose to leave the insulation in tack. This way you can always return it to OEM.
I personally have not had an issue with water problems while washing my car or during rain. I don’t know if there would be any. Enjoy!
08-14-2009, 08:10 PM
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my wife wild, but she loves every minute of it.
08-14-2009, 08:41 PM
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We'll see.
06-15-2011, 10:51 PM
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Bumpity bump.
Did anyone ever log this? It was 104 today. I took mine out for a while a while back but the AC kept sucking gasoline fumes in, so I put it back on.
Did anyone ever log this? It was 104 today. I took mine out for a while a while back but the AC kept sucking gasoline fumes in, so I put it back on.
09-15-2012, 12:14 PM
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You are right
I will be number 11.
If you lived in South Florida you would not be able to drive your car. In the summer I would try and follow the weather report only to be fooled, the forecast would call for a 10-12% chance of showers which really meant a severe thunderstorm on the drive home.
If you lived in South Florida you would not be able to drive your car. In the summer I would try and follow the weather report only to be fooled, the forecast would call for a 10-12% chance of showers which really meant a severe thunderstorm on the drive home.
that is what I want to do to them everyday 
09-15-2012, 02:43 PM
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I lived in Orlando for a while and that is so true. Or when you drive home you end up running across a sprinkler system with water all over the road!!!
