Hood Vents?
 

As anyone installed or thought about installing hood vents in the stock hood?

Are there any concerns that should be noted?
Like water on a hot engine?

i retrofitted GTR scoops on my hood before :D water wasnt a concern because it didnt go anywhere near the intake... the hot motor actually was able to cool off faster because it had a extraction vent... :tup:

http://www.the370z.com/members/simot...raphic-008.jpg

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That looks good!

yup.... but i sold it off to make way for my future project... :( stupid amuse didnt look nice with it.. or well i dont think it would...

Damn it..I would snatch it right off ur hand if u old me ur selling the gtr scoop :)

man i sold my hood for $180 only plus swap... it was practically like i did the hood cutting for free... my twin here low balled the **** outa me... :shakes head: but i have no choice cuz he and i are like the only ones fixing up a red z on guam... :shakes head:

Those hood scoopes looks real good and they were functional!

Really liked those GTR hood scoop on the 370.
was it very difficult to do. I have seen those scoops for sale do they just drop right ??
if not what did you have to do
Thanks
Greg

i made a template of the size needed to be cut on the hood then i flipped it for the other side so it would be even then i used a air die grinder with a cut off wheel... ;) took me about an hour to cut open the hood like that

Looks great. Water on the engine isn't a big deal. If you look at the Lotus Exige, there is only a mesh screen cover the engine...it's completely exposed to the elements. I'd love to do this to mine but I don't have the cojones to cut my hood.

i wonder how much this project would be if you had a body shop do it.

Wow. I would love to see more photos of this.

when i was cutting it and the die grinder touched the hood for the first time i was like wtf am i doing :shakes head: when it went through the hood :bowrofl: i thought to myself im screwed no turning back from here..... the fact i did it in a parking lot with customers coming to my shop about 8 people called me an insane idiot for ruining my car.... :tup: :bowrofl:

i dont think it should cost to much.... the only reason why i had to cut my own hood was no body shop on my island wanted to cut it lol

let me see what i have in my photobucket... majority of all my photos from start to finish for my z was in my old computer which went to hell when it crashed

I saw a back 370z today with the GTR hood vents. looks really good in person