so ive got a ramhorn turbo manifold and my hood is getting pretty hot. i know i can put the heat shield stuff on the bottom of my hood, but i think it looks pretty crappy. so im just wondering if there are any non ricey vented hoods for an eg.
it doesnt matter to me if its carbon or just fiberglass. but i would like something that fits good. ive seen that fiber images has some kind of vented hood but i cant find any pics. anyone have any thoughts or pics. thanks.

 

custom fab something. its always cool to be creative.

 

my car was pretty much all riced out

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JSPECSIR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so ive got a ramhorn turbo manifold and my hood is getting pretty hot. i know i can put the heat shield stuff on the bottom of my hood, but i think it looks pretty crappy. so im just wondering if there are any non ricey vented hoods for an eg.
it doesnt matter to me if its carbon or just fiberglass. but i would like something that fits good. ive seen that fiber images has some kind of vented hood but i cant find any pics. anyone have any thoughts or pics. thanks. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have this same problem with my EG. To help it I wrapped my down pipe and dump tube in header wrap, this helped A LOT

It still got pretty hot under there from the manifold though, while the car was moving it was ok but after you shut it off the hood would get hot enough that you didnt want to touch it.

The thing that made the biggest difference was removing the rubber strip at the rear of the hood. This way when the car isnt moving the heat travels up and out the small crack at the rear instead of hood. I guess I could have dont the [pejorative] hood prop thing but removing the rubber seal seemed better

 

yeah i f i remove the rubber strip all the heat gets pulled into the car through the vent/ fan then. thanks for the tip though.

what kind of hood is that? and how much are they?

honestly though, is any hood gonna be ok if its seriously for letting out heat and not for f & f looks

thanks for the replys guys.

 

my old hood. :D pretty effective.

 

Have you tried/considered "propping" it?

 

^^^ yeah, but im afraid its gonna do the same as removing the rubber seal at the back. all the heat will get sucked into the vent fan and blown inside the car.

caretaker, what kind of hood is that?

 

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caretaker, what kind of hood is that?</TD></TR></TABLE>

it's a Monster Sport replica for the EG.

too bad Monster only made hoods for the EK not for the EG

 

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x2. the vent hood may be functional but it's hella ugly

 

dumafit your car is awesome...

 

just put spacers on the hood hinge.....this works...my turbo motor bay is a lot cooler now....

 

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thx, it's gone now