Hood vents...

[J. Fast]

GTWHOA, it looks fantastic! Did you have to do any reinforcing where you window'd the hood? Are those flush rivets or standard?

Have you tuft wool tested or done any road testing?

I'm glad I picked the same one you did. The look is just what I'm after.

[familyMAN]

I saw that at NG, was all about it until I saw that it was cut, maybe it being melted made the cut more obvious, but didn't care for what I saw at the NG carshow.

It was perfect until I melted it with an engine fire.....

[Disrupter]

Any reason why you didnt bolt the vent from the underside of the hood? so that the vents pop out from the hood cutout? Other than that it looks pretty awesome. I am looking forward to J. fast opinion of the carbon version, otherwise Ill probably just go with the FG version.

[GTWHOA]

GTWHOA, it looks fantastic! Did you have to do any reinforcing where you window'd the hood? Are those flush rivets or standard?

Not as yet, in fact the vent has added some rigidity. Before the hood was just the outer skin as a cheap lightweight hood. Plain old rivets

Have you tuft wool tested or done any road testing?

Initial checks with an anemometer look promising just with the fans drawing through. Once on a circuit I have EGT, IAT and coolant temp sensors to gather up data. But at the end of the day it's the sort of mod that is only going to improve under hood temps and pressure.

I'm glad I picked the same one you did. The look is just what I'm after.

Cheers.

Any reason why you didnt bolt the vent from the underside of the hood? so that the vents pop out from the hood cutout? Other than that it looks pretty awesome. I am looking forward to J. fast opinion of the carbon version, otherwise Ill probably just go with the FG version.

Good question. I am actually after this look as the car is not street driven and destined for track work. The other thing is I will most likely remove it off this hood and put it on a oem style CF or FG hood. So this is a test hood I guess

[J. Fast]

Well, I grabbed my sack and just went for it.

Window'd a VIS OEM style carbon fiber hood.







Structural epoxy is drying...



More later...

[2fnloud]

Did you install it on top or from the bottom?

[i3igpete]

Forgot to add the link to buy a copy:

URS Hood Vent [G9687] - $150.00 : Chaser Aerodynamics, LLC.

Chris, I actually ordered this hood vent from them back in August. No word from them for 2 months, sent 3 emails and left 2 messages on their FB page (which was active, but they ignored my posts). Eventually had to do a paypal chargeback. Just an awful company.

[anyonebutme]

Chris, I actually ordered this hood vent from them back in August. No word from them for 2 months, sent 3 emails and left 2 messages on their FB page (which was active, but they ignored my posts). Eventually had to do a paypal chargeback. Just an awful company.

sucks.

[Unlogic]

Chris, I actually ordered this hood vent from them back in August. No word from them for 2 months, sent 3 emails and left 2 messages on their FB page (which was active, but they ignored my posts). Eventually had to do a paypal chargeback. Just an awful company.

I sent them a bunch of mails over the years regarding shipping of various hoods to Sweden. Didn't get a single reply...

[Rakuny]

so, what happens when it rains into your big vent? always wanted to do something like this..