Danozeman
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 05:14 PM |
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Side vents in bonnet.
What have people done for vents in the sides of the bonnet?
I want to get some of the heat out and cant decide wether to get louvre type things or drill holes in the side and mesh it.
Piccies would be nice.
Dan
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omega0684
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 05:29 PM |
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this isn't my car but here are some louves
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hector
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 05:32 PM |
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I used metro one in top of bonnet to allow more heat out as opposed to putting them in the
sides
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Danozeman
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 05:35 PM |
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MM hadent thought of on the top.
Dan
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Humbug
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 05:35 PM |
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I don't know if you've got a grp or an ali bonnet, but here's what I did: B&Q ali louvres let into the sides of the bonnet
In this thread
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Danozeman
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 05:46 PM |
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Luego velocity GRP.
Dan
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http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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stevebubs
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 05:49 PM |
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Only issue with vents on top at the back is if something lets loose under the bonnet.
Smoke / Steam in the face....unless you have a windscreen, of course..
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 06:30 PM |
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Here's my attempt!
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Echidna
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 07:22 PM |
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Nice car Steve!
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wicket
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 07:33 PM |
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Here's mine. The cutout edges have now been clear lacquered. I made a simple 2 piece press tool from MDF to shape the mesh to fit the cutouts.
The mesh is now painted black and the vents are glassed to the inside of the bonnet.
 
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BenB
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:17 PM |
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STM / Aries have them as standard on the sides. I really should open mine up sometime... never got round to it....
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:26 PM |
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I had some underbonnet temperature issuses so I added these vents - made very little difference to the coolant temperature though
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:36 PM |
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I put some vents in the nose cone just in front of the bonnet and also at the rear of the bonnet which did drop the coolant temperature . Water Wetter
will also help.
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nz_climber
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 04:58 AM |
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I will be using some BMW z3 vents along the side of my bonnet, like has been said above vents in the top means that water/fuel/fire/smoke all end up
in your face if something goes wrong. here is a photo of the vents taped on.. will be trimming off the bmw logo thou and move them back abit.
[Edited on 22/2/09 by nz_climber]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 10:35 AM |
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Inspired by SL55 AMG
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 11:57 AM |
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Guess where I got my stainless grilles from?
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 23/2/09 at 12:11 PM |
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here's my solution with a bit of ali mesh on the back.
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vinnievector
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| posted on 23/2/09 at 04:00 PM |
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Hi
No pics as yet but working on an idea to put in scoops behind the front wish bone s
with some out let further down the engine bay this should keep the air flow moving in the eng bay .
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