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Old 08-28-2011, 02:40 AM   #53 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JB-370z View Post
I would love to see some smaller heat slits at the top of the hood to allow further heat dissipation. Here is a picture to show and example of what I am talking about, the (D-Max hood on a s-14). The hood rises a little at the top with slits to almost create a cooling pocket. What do you think?

That hood looks good. Our current design, It release alot of heat coming from the engine bay. I had a chance to test it out on the canyon and man it was very useful and functional. What i like about the hood that it keeps the stock lines of the car.

Our second hood is a little more aggressive. It will have one large vent on each side .



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Originally Posted by travisjb View Post
JB, there's already such a huge gap at the top of our hood, not sure those would add more... thoughts?
We could add more vents. More vents the better for the engine.
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same here! the verII seems to be excatly what we need! if its the same weight then i am very interested.
We will see weight savings this week. OEM VS CF.
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Good job on the hood I love it.
Thank you sir.
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Originally Posted by kuriz32 View Post
They specifically asked for people's thoughts and opinions, so I shared mine.

I think it looks "hacked up" because it looks like there wasn't much thought put into the design past just cutting some vents into the OEM hood, which anybody can do that knows how to cut sheet metal. The point is that the vents don't have any real aerodynamic design behind them to create the most effective negative pressure areas which make the hood good at heat extraction (what I'm assuming is the intended design in the first place).



I actually am in the market for a 370z, which is why I joined this board in the first place.
very koo story.
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Wow this is amazingggggg! I wanna see the type 2 before i jump on this one. I would deff want tho CF.

My thoughts are, good design but will it cool the engine bay and provide a good drain if it rains.
It it cools the engine alot. I pushed the car to 250 temp wise and i had to push the car hard with the SC and it was great for releasing heat in the engine bay. The stock bumper has a small opening. The hood is functional and works.
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