I have Never seen this mod
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Cottonwoodz)
lol, crazy japs...look at that valve cover hehehehe
looks kind of neat....might keep some air from cooling the motor though if it all HAS to hit the radiator
looks kind of neat....might keep some air from cooling the motor though if it all HAS to hit the radiator
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Cottonwoodz)
Do I see a red ACURA badge on that 4th gen Prelude????? Hmmm... crazy japanese indeed. Now what would you call that? Not RICE, maybe hamburger style? 
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (95redLUDE)
Yeah, I noticed that on every japanise Prelude site they try to get their cars to look like the american verson(Yellow Front bumper lens, Red Rear bumper side markers, Rear wiper removel)But hell, they probably say the same thing about us(Crazy Americans) 
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Cottonwoodz)
i think the JUN 4th gen prelude has a valve cover JUST like that...i wouldn't diss that 
i dont understand the original thing in question...i would think it hurts cooling and does nothing good
i dont understand the original thing in question...i would think it hurts cooling and does nothing good
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Geez, have you guys never been to a car show? The first plate that goes over the radiator doesn't help or hurt anything. The only thing it does is give the owner more additional space to advertise what's in his car.
As per the ducts, to everyone their own for appearance. If you look in the pictures there's also some ducts in the lower left part of the open mouth area. Also if you look (I'm not sure if this is a stock 4th gen bumper) at the bumper the size of the mouth on the bumper is incredibly small. Any additional air to the radiator would seem like a good thing in my opinion. For all you guys know there might be an oil cooler behind the bumper that requires the additional air.
What next? "Hood pins on a stock hood?! Those crazy japs" clean up the slurs and think about it before you brush it off.
As per the ducts, to everyone their own for appearance. If you look in the pictures there's also some ducts in the lower left part of the open mouth area. Also if you look (I'm not sure if this is a stock 4th gen bumper) at the bumper the size of the mouth on the bumper is incredibly small. Any additional air to the radiator would seem like a good thing in my opinion. For all you guys know there might be an oil cooler behind the bumper that requires the additional air.
What next? "Hood pins on a stock hood?! Those crazy japs" clean up the slurs and think about it before you brush it off.
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (TimeRacer)
As per the ducts, to everyone their own for appearance. If you look in the pictures there's also some ducts in the lower left part of the open mouth area. Also if you look (I'm not sure if this is a stock 4th gen bumper) at the bumper the size of the mouth on the bumper is incredibly small. Any additional air to the radiator would seem like a good thing in my opinion. For all you guys know there might be an oil cooler behind the bumper that requires the additional air.
What next? "Hood pins on a stock hood?! Those crazy japs" clean up the slurs and think about it before you brush it off.
What next? "Hood pins on a stock hood?! Those crazy japs" clean up the slurs and think about it before you brush it off.
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Re: I have Never seen this mod
A guess what it might be for is to reduce air pressure building up under the front of the hood. So the air flows through the radiator and not pushing up on the front of the hood and flying up while driving? That's my best guess. Or it is all cosmetic?
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Sephro)
A guess what it might be for is to reduce air pressure building up under the front of the hood. So the air flows through the radiator and not pushing up on the front of the hood and flying up while driving? That's my best guess. Or it is all cosmetic?
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (WuWarrior)
I never have. But I was just saying that might be the reason for this thing. There a lots of things that people do to their cars that claim to help with something that is not a problem.
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Sephro)
My brother's 95 Monte Carlo has that thing stock over his rad it's just a big piece of plastic whatever, just directs the airflow into the rad, nothing too special I don't think.
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Cottonwoodz)
Yeah, I noticed that on every japanise Prelude site they try to get their cars to look like the american verson(Yellow Front bumper lens, Red Rear bumper side markers, Rear wiper removel)But hell, they probably say the same thing about us(Crazy Americans)
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (eujin)
where can i get one of those at?
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Cottonwoodz)
Q: What does it do?
A: Helps to get the max amount of air going through the radiator, rather than out and about over it. Remember the "path of least resistance". There are products such as this for other cars as well.
Q: Where can I get one?
A: Do yourself a favor and visit your nearest HomeDepot/Lowes and get aluminum sheets, shears, and a semi-functional brain (right besides the gardening aisle). Then cut to fit.
You don't have to be McGuyver to figure it out...
A: Helps to get the max amount of air going through the radiator, rather than out and about over it. Remember the "path of least resistance". There are products such as this for other cars as well.
Q: Where can I get one?
A: Do yourself a favor and visit your nearest HomeDepot/Lowes and get aluminum sheets, shears, and a semi-functional brain (right besides the gardening aisle). Then cut to fit.
You don't have to be McGuyver to figure it out...
, are u bs ing??? or did u drop a motor???
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Re: I have Never seen this mod (Cottonwoodz)
Correct me if im wrong, but that looks like a JUN valve cover... havnt seen the red to yellow transition though.. just green to yellow.
Those are also JUN inserts that the JUN lemon yellow prelude has. Jun isnt ghetto. These will allow for additional cold air to flow to the radiator as others have already stated, the shield on top will help keep the cool air in its restricted space.
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