Any new hoods in the works?
10-24-2010, 10:20 PM
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They have nothing in the works that interests me. Just another rehash of an old hood with none functional scoop in the front. That hood wasn't functional in 70s and it isn't functional today. Even if it was it isn't what I want and if others like it that's cool for them.
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10-24-2010, 10:33 PM
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VIS makes a copy of the Saleen hood and a OEM hood in CF. Not sure on their quality..I have read they are good but some say no
10-24-2010, 10:44 PM
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Actually all the Trufiber/trucarbon hoods are functional ram air/heat extractors. The scoops in the front direct air over the OEM air box location.
10-25-2010, 04:17 PM
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yeah those are ok and all, the catch is that the 2010 doesn't draw air in from under the hood, the air comes from outside the engine bay inside the front grill so those functional vents that route the air to the airbox seem moot.
10-26-2010, 10:19 PM
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What is weird is that people think most scoops work. Most don't work and I am not say they aren't connected or don't have hole through to the engine compartment but that they don't take air in. They are located too close to the sheet metal the boundary layer of air prevents any meaning amount of air even entering the opening. And many are actually placed in a low pressure zone so that air is as likely to exist as to enter. Cowl induction works and which way is the scoop point? Towards the wind screen where a high pressure zone exists.
I am installed a SC this winter that raises under hood temperatures I want more air to exist easier. That will allow more air to flow through the SC heat exchanger and radiator and keep radiant heat from building up. I need venting I have more than enough air entering through the front of the car. I don't need no scoop.
10-26-2010, 10:33 PM
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Cutting it out myself looks very likely. But I have time. The car will be down for a couple months this winter and the weather isn't really warm enough to worry till April or so. Maybe some interest might get some manufacturer of their duffs and make the investment in a mold.
APR had vents shaped like those found on Ford GT only smaller on a hood for 05/09 cars but they don't seem to have any interest in making a hood like that for the 2010+ cars. The GT vents seem like a sure thing to me hardly a gamble. Surely there are a few dozen people in the country that would buy a tie in with the Ford GT? I understand putting Aston Martin vents or Ferrari vents might not go over but GT vents seems obvious to me.