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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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Can find a real C5R hood with the big opening at the radiator for heat extraction. Can anyone help?
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Can find a real C5R hood with the big opening at the radiator for heat extraction. Can anyone help?

here is a ACP hood...
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here is a ACP hood...
Nice! Any pics of whole car with hood down? That one still doesnt have that big dip or opening in it like some C5R's.
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Can find a real C5R hood with the big opening at the radiator for heat extraction. Can anyone help?
A true C5R hood would be almost impossible to do on a normal street car. The radiator would have to be rotated the opposite direction, you would have to run the air intake system around both sides of the hood as the center portion has to be wide open to meet the radiator. Also the engine would have to be pushed back.



There are other louvered hood options however to remove underhood heat and increase cooling.
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Originally Posted by Anthony @ LGMotorsports
A true C5R hood would be almost impossible to do on a normal street car. The radiator would have to be rotated the opposite direction, you would have to run the air intake system around both sides of the hood as the center portion has to be wide open to meet the radiator. Also the engine would have to be pushed back.



There are other louvered hood options however to remove underhood heat and increase cooling.
Yes, thank you. I was wondering those things since that opening was so big but I never saw a picture with this much detail before so I wasnt sure how deep that openeing went. That hood is nice, no wonder I never saw one for sale. I knew the intakes ran on the side but that would be a cool looking mod I wouldnt mind if it flowed better than my ported FAST but I'll pass on moving the motor back.
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Nice! Any pics of whole car with hood down? That one still doesnt have that big dip or opening in it like some C5R's.

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That looks killer man! Hows the fitment? Any issues with the gaps?
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I really like that hood
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Bad@ss! I was wondering what that hood would look like on my car
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Originally Posted by Anthony @ LGMotorsports
A true C5R hood would be almost impossible to do on a normal street car. The radiator would have to be rotated the opposite direction, you would have to run the air intake system around both sides of the hood as the center portion has to be wide open to meet the radiator. Also the engine would have to be pushed back.



There are other louvered hood options however to remove underhood heat and increase cooling.
Anthony, what do you guys have for the C5? Any Pics? I don't see any products listed on your website. Do they reduce lift on the track at all?
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That looks killer man! Hows the fitment? Any issues with the gaps?
Fitment is not perfect but neither was the factory hood. Quality is good and weight is substanitally less. Motor runs about six degrees cooler with hood alone. Rain is not a problem!
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