Motor mounts

aukdav aukdav at mail.ccsdana.net
Wed Feb 13 09:04:26 EST 2002


I'm still toying with the idea of installing a set of Lumina Z34 hood slats in my hood (ala Tom Nestor if I recall).  Would like to see these in person to judge the true look.  The pictures that I recall seeing looked pretty good.

Dave

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From: QSHIPQ at aol.com
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:33:18 EST

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>I do on every hot run that it's available to do so (suit and tie in the
>parking garage not a good idea, bttt).  At every track event (steamboat
>included), the hood should be popped to allow the trapped heat to escape.
>Remember turbo heat is radiant heat with no airflow.  You cook one of those
>red hot, you should pop the hood and allow the radiator cycles to cool it
>back down.  If you have an EGT you can easily see that the temps fall faster
>and to a lower value with the hood open.
>
>ALL turbo cars are included in this recommendation.  OR you could go the
>sport quattro/rally car route and either put nice vents in above the turbo,
>or drill 1in holes with screens (audi rally, even the S1).
>
>HTH
>
>SJ
>In a message dated 2/13/02 7:20:17 AM Central Standard Time,
>t44tq at mindspring.com writes:
>
>
>Scott et al.,
>In order to alleviate underhood temps, would you suggest popping open
>the hood
>to facilitate cool-down?
>
>
>



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