are there any heat reduction mods that are simple and dont cost an arm and a leg?

 

unbolting your hood is free lol...

 

lol sad thing is if i could do it i would

 

A hood. But then that's not cheap,

 

a shaker hood will put cool air under the hood and the big hole needed to make it fit
will also act as a heat extractor. works for me.

 

cut some holes in the hood and put some chicken wire over it. it will look like a civic!

 

oil and/or transmission cooler (i think they are both under or around $100-200) not positive though
electric fan (no idea of cost)
'upgraded' thermostat maybe?

 

What type of heat extraction problem are you having?

 

heat extractor hood but as mentioned before that would cost a bit

 

I have been data logging my tune, trying to figure out why my car is having issues. so I took a good look at the JLT II setup and found a lot of flaws. so I started to address them one at a time. My MAF AI Temps are 145+ deg. with ambient Temps of 85 deg.

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I first took the stock air box and cut the bottom off the fit the JLT II heat shield to block the heat coming from underneath the shield

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then I used some adheasive back insulating foam with reflective foil and cut it to fit the outside of the shield
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and finished the edge with clip on door weather striping to seal against the hood and body.
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