hey wuddup i have always wondered this......even tho i see some stock car with em........wouldn't vented hoods cause problems with things getting into the engine bay???why can't the just space the hinges???


no flaminf please....just have always been curious.....i was looking at the new lancer thats why this question poppe up

 

if you're worried about debis coming in through a scoop, then what about the stuff that may come up through the bottom of an engine bay... like fuzzy little kittens crossing the roads or leaves that get blown around as you drive 65 mph over them... so to answer you question its not something to worry about if it's actually a functional scoop leading into your intake... well you best have an airfilter on... just like if you have a CAI... back in the muscle car era the scoops on some cars could be opened and closed in the cabin (just thought i'd mention it) and the spacing hinge idea, if you mean to space it so the rear end of the hood sticks up, well that would run on the same idea as a cowl induction type scoop (open towards the windshield) and if it lifted the front, well once again its just a scoop, a really long skinny scoop, plus then they have to deal with making the body lines match so it looks good... hth

 

vented hoods can go to hell!! i used to have one on the teg (dont hate me) and water would sit in between the cam lumps(?) on the valve cover, seep down into the plug wells and **** up my plug wires. nothing i could do would stop it, so i opted for an oem c/f hood as a remedy. i hate vented hoods.

 

thanx for the input....

 

i think it depends on if ur car is ment to have a vented hood, hence water would be sittin on the cam *lumps*. i doubt acura meant to have the integra have a hood scoop. i'm sure subaru and mitsubishi know wat there doing when they make a car with a hood scoop. they position the engine components differently. just my .02 worth.


[Modified by STARRMAN85, 9:34 PM 1/2/2003]

 

yeah, but he has a teg (i think) so i gave him my teg experience. also-- thanks for not flamin my "lumps" terminology, i was i lack of a better word.

 

i try not to flame, cuz i myself dont like it when i get flamed, but hey, it happens. anywayz, about the *lumps*...i dun even kno wat they're called, so i was just goin along with ur own terminology cuz it sounded good.