should i cut out 2 areas in the hood and stick in some vents off a thunderbird or some junkyard car with vents or leave it the way it is. The engine gets so dang hot and the hood is black which makes it worse. what do you all think go with the vents or leave as is?

 

vents will help let out some of the hot air

but this belongs in tech not fabrication

 

i did this to mine i like the look a lot, i think its mean
performance wise yes, helped a ton keepin it cool and more power i think.

 

I didn't put vents, I put scoops facing backwards, it really does cut down on the heat. But I say go for the vents man.

 

Vents. Check my pics for a good example (got the idea from MrJCRod on here).

 

I say go for it. Just take your time with it, and make sure you get the pattern you want right the first time.

 

Really? Do stickers give you more power, too?

 

lol i wouldnt say power, but definatly performance. If you can keep that engine cool, its smooth sailing ive seen it on a cold day (in tampa) and it just plumes out of the cracks of the hood. Im going vents and not that stupid one from autozone where everything is a oversized sticker


what are some good cars to yank some vents from?

 

I like the looks of the cowl hood. But if heat is an issue the vent is a fairly quick and less (cowl hoods are around 450.00 new) expensive way to go.

 

Id do vents. Something like Lebaron or Z34 Lumina vents.. But then again, ive been back and forth on what i have, which is a Torino scoop, open on both ends..

 

yea the cowl hoods are nice but i got homebrew written all over me. The only thing i did actually get total installed on it was the lift haha. Il search on the net, go to the junkyard and look around. pics coming soon when i find them!!

 

I've seen people that fab the hindges of the hood so it sits higher, kinda like a poor mans cowl hood.

 

These are 3'' vents.They work great droped the under hood temp by 15*.
placed where water dosen't get anything important wet. CHEAP low $$ fix.
20.00

 

those are good are those like for boat decks? look like a west marine thing. Yea that 15 degree drop probably helps out a bunch

 

Look around and see if you can find a cowl hood off something thats been wrecked. Cut the cowl induction off of it and weld and bondo it in. Make it look factory. Ive been keeping my eyes peeled for one. A friend of mine just did that on his Yota and it looks like a Goodmark steel hood ordered for it.

Or order one from Jeg's.. This is tempting.