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Old May 21, 2017 | 11:17 PM
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Has anyone improved the side vents on their 79 to extract more air from the engine bay.
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Old May 22, 2017 | 10:07 PM
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Do you mean the lower A/C vents or do you mean vents on a non A/C car? On an A/C car, look up the C4 fan conversion. That's what I did on my 79.
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I'm assuming he means the vents on the side of the car?
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I'm assuming he means the vents on the side of the car?
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Old May 23, 2017 | 12:32 PM
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I had 69 gills glassed in. Car is in paint atm hoping to get it back in a couple of weeks. I'll post some picts if you like.

The gills seem to have more open area than the factor 79 vents.
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