Subject	Are you trying to reduce coolant temps or underhood temps?
Posted by	dogpile on October 11, 2011 at 1:24 PM
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In Reply To	Worthwhile to try and "vent" a stock hood? posted by Jayru on October 11, 2011 at 08:33 AM
Message	I'm not even going to claim I know what works or doesn't work for a Z on this one, but I can tell you this: On Miatas, the Mini hood scoop I posted pics of reduces coolant temps by a few °C, more at highway/fast speeds than slow/stopped, but there is a reduction in measured coolant temps all across the board. I don't see where anyone mentions anything about underhood temps with that setup, but mostly because all anyone that did it cared about was coolant temp. On the cars that the person just put some kind of vent over/around the turbo, they felt the hot air coming from the vents just sitting there, but I don't see where anyone ever noted any reduction in coolant temps. So on a boosted Miata with a FMIC, reducing underhood temps is a different goal than reducing running temp.
Follow Ups	Worthwhile to try and "vent" a stock hood? - Jayru 08:33:46 10/11/11 Its been done and has come out well. - Antihero 08:53:42 10/11/11 That does look nice, any idea how much the shop charged? (n/m) - Sweep 09:16:02 10/11/11 its in search somewhere. - Antihero 16:20:38 10/11/11 That does look nice! - Jayru 10:18:19 10/11/11 That configuration would creat a vacuum - Ziceman(East TN) 10:48:36 10/11/11 Correct. It will work best if it's located after the shroud - zellamay 10:57:40 10/11/11 An alternative to the procedure in the link below - JMartz 10:43:13 10/11/11 Mini Cooper S hood vent mounted backwards - dogpile 11:52:38 10/11/11 And if you insist on CF bolt/glue-in vents, here - dogpile 12:29:49 10/11/11 Most, if not all, of those are ugly. (n/m) - JMartz 12:48:13 10/11/11 OP claims purely for function. (n/m) - dogpile 12:50:51 10/11/11 Not too bad, I kinda like it, in a Miata at least. (n/m) - JMartz 12:45:32 10/11/11 If you are only doing occational track days, not worth it (n/m) - RICH1 10:51:18 10/11/11 Both. I saw one recently with mesh in the area just - zellamay 11:01:30 10/11/11 Are you trying to reduce coolant temps or underhood temps? - dogpile 13:24:12 10/11/11 Just trying to be proactive - Jayru 17:53:37 10/11/11 Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think any of the - Dave N 18:49:20 10/11/11 All good points - Jayru 16:52:01 10/12/11 Buy my hood scoop, made for the stock hood - XTZ 14:12:36 10/11/11 yep - KongZTT GT28RS MD 17:11:19 10/11/11 hmm, i got myself a couple of naca ducts recently - BlackholeZ 18:04:15 10/12/11
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