I'm about to functionize my hood scoop and I'd rather remove the hood liner than cut a hole in it. Just wondering if the heat from the engine will damage the paint or anything before I do it?

 

mine has been gone for years and hasn't done so

 

There are absolutely no ill effects to removing the hood pad other than sometimes there's no paint on the underside of the hood where it's covered.

 

Have fun sopping all the rain water off your engine

 

Not sure how yet b/c I just started working on it tonight but I'm going to rig up some easy way of closing it off for when it's raining.

 

What are expecting to gain by doing this?

 

Not destroying his hood liner. And ram air, are his intentions. Ive had mine off for over a decade with no ill effects.
-P.

 

Considering that the air intake for the engine is inside the right fender and that there will be no outlet for any air hypothetically brought in by "functionalizing" the scoop to increase engine cooling, this is a complete waste of time.

 

Matter of fact the functional hood might distrupt the flow of air and make things worse.

 

its not gonna do sh*t. it will give him a "functional" hood scoop that will allow some cool air into the engine bay. its not ram air at all. it would look a lot better if you did just cut a hole that was about the size of the opening in the hood liner. the underside of the hood isnt exactly pretty.and you better come up w/ somethin to stop water from gettin in. youll be kickin urself in the a$$ later if you dont.