[urq] Re: Hood vents & inserts?

[Jim Green]

--- Todd Phenneger <tquattroguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On my ur-q track car / rally car  project I will be
> putting in
> vents.  The previous owner already cut holes in the
> hood so I'm
> pretty much comitted at this point. :-)
>   I'm looking for something simple but its hard to
> find.  This
> is the closest I've come.
>
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue/product_detail.asp?CLS=ROAD&TLGRP=R001&PGRP=RP011&GRP=RP011&PCODE=AILS7251
> 
> Althogh it appears that I'll have to buy two pairs
> as I need the
> rectangular ones and not the angled one.  I still
> have yet to
> get dimensions to see if they will fit.


Guys, here's what I came up with.

http://www.erebunicorp.com/accessories.htm Vent #SA16

Get them from NOPI
On the car.

http://www.mswanson.com/%7Ejgreen/IC/car3.jpg
http://www.mswanson.com/%7Ejgreen/body/rf1.jpg


Some others from 
http://hometown.aol.com/foreigncarpart/products.html

This is a photo of all thier vents
http://photos.yahoo.com/jhunter936

I went with the fiberglass ones because they seemed
like they would hold up better to the heat.  They did
take a little work to fit up.  I had to take some
fiberglass filler and make a flat spot on the bottom. 
to do this I cut the hole in the hood, then put
packing tape on the hood.  Then smeared the filler on
the bottom of the vents and put them on the hood so
I'd get a perfect mating suface on the bottom after
they cured.  Sand them down smooth, paint and stick
them on with double sided tape.

I can't provide any numbers, but I know they're
helping just by the amount of heat that you can see
coming out of them.  An added bonus I used later was
the added clearence under the hood for mounting my TPS
on my 4kq throttle body:)


=====
Jim Green
'89 80q slow
'89 90tq fast, really fast
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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