plans to cool engine bay
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Drifting
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From: Ocean County NJ
plans to cool engine bay
Guys what do you think of attaching some ducting from Home Depot to the back of the fog light housing...dremel some holes in the housing....run the ducting up the shroud on both sides attaching some kind of end piece for "fit/finish"...and leave open point toward windshied......removing moulding/weather strip at rear of hood by windshield..........to vent some of the heat out of the bay????? I would feel more comfortable at that time taking off the fuel rail covers to let that heat escape as well without worry of the heat being too much after a few yrs for the paint on the hood!
Opinion????
Another idea is to run ducting from rear of engine bay to side ducts in back of front wheels making them functional....and hooking up some small electric fans to the ducting as an exhaust to vent the heat out the side ducts......I already have the stainless screens over the ducts...doesnt seem like it would be hard.......
Opinion????
Another idea is to run ducting from rear of engine bay to side ducts in back of front wheels making them functional....and hooking up some small electric fans to the ducting as an exhaust to vent the heat out the side ducts......I already have the stainless screens over the ducts...doesnt seem like it would be hard.......
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Re: plans to cool engine bay (skidmarc)
That might work, but I thought that the area at the bottom of the windshield was a high pressure area. That's why the HVAC inlet is on the cowl, and why NASCAR has their air box inlet there. Depending on how high the pressure actually is, you might be sending air into the engine bay instead of pulling it out, so the flowpath probably wouldn't be what you're looking for.
Check out some of the posts on this thread. One guy even mounted sensors inside the hood and ran tests. Some people just have way too much spare time on their hands.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=624886
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Check out some of the posts on this thread. One guy even mounted sensors inside the hood and ran tests. Some people just have way too much spare time on their hands.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=624886
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Le Mans Master
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Re: plans to cool engine bay (skidmarc)
How about just a louvered hood? I can't help but think that force feeding more air into the engine bay will just make it dirtier faster, rather than really helping to cool the compartment.
When you warm air, bubbles of it will try to move toward cooler air. I don't think that small fans will move enough CFM to make a difference.
When you warm air, bubbles of it will try to move toward cooler air. I don't think that small fans will move enough CFM to make a difference.
Racer
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From: Austin Tx
Re: plans to cool engine bay (skidmarc)
I would think that getting air to flow out of the side vents (BSM anyone) would be an excellent place to vent hot engine air. The old maxim pertains: "If you can get rid of the hot air, cool air will find a way in".
Drifting
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From: charlotte nc
Re: plans to cool engine bay (Mitch Alsup)
If you look down in the engine bay, you can see that the air already uses the side vents as an exit. I agree with the heat extracting hood theory the most.
