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

We added hood vent to Andrews oem hood. Wasn't enough interest to make a mold. We were contemplating doing the same to my gtr style hood.

How come when there is interest we can't get it made?

We are working on several projects. Chris give me a call if you want an update.

Mike

Just busting your balls. But I would like to talk to yea. I'll call you soon enough.

If you have other projects going on that include hood vents, I'd be interested in more info.
I'm not looking for something extreme, but want to help with airflow.

We are debating adding a heat extraction vent to a gtr style hood. But we will see.

How are the vents held in?

I've always wondered this, what happens if douches decides to dump a whole bottle of water into the vents?

I had an evo 9. Huge hole in the middle of the hood. Water would go in and after letting it sit after rain/wash for a few hours you couldnt tell it ever got wet. This was talked about a lot at evoM and everyone seemed to agree that the placement of the vent/and the materials use in the engine bay, water wasnt going to do damage.

EDIT: I havent washed my car since the seibon GTR hood went on....I am making a plan involving trays to catch the majority of the water that will enter the bay.

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1417/img0895e.jpg

i would love these on my hood....

where and who did ur hood? I want to do mines like yours. How much to get it done? Anyone know a place that can do this in Houston?

Hood, plus paint +|- 1000 dallaru.

Thread revival..

Thinking about doing this but my main concern is, will the heat from cutting through the hood damage the paint and cause it to start peeling or cracking?

Also - which gtr hood scoops did you purchase. eBay has one selling less than 200$

Go slow and don't use a grinding wheel.

:iagree: You should also tape off the outer edge of your cut lines. Cutting a hood is not that big of a deal, when the vents or scoop you decide to use is in-place, it will cover any non straight cuts (within reason of course) with the flange of the vent on the top side of the hood. But the straighter the cut the better it will look under the hood ;)

I have one as well, with the Amuse kit and I think it looks pretty good.

http://www.the370z.com/members/voice...-amuse-r-4.jpg

I've had mine for a while now and I've driven in the rain more than once and haven't had a large amount of water in. Maayyyyyybe a couple drops, but nothing more than that.

Looks good and thanks for the motivation. Now to buy the die cutter :)

Interested to do this to my OEM hood. But would like to use Varis cooling bonnet style vents.

Anyone know where I can get a set that look lile those ones?

You love them zombie threads.

Vents of various price and quality

Carbon Fiber Hood Vent Insert Air Intake Ducts For Nissan GTR R35 DBA CBA 09-15 | eBay

https://www.vicrez.com/automotive/bo...ents-vz100391/

https://conceptzperformance.com/rexp...ts_p_13406.php

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesa...hood-vent.html

Scopione.com - Scopione Nissan 09-14 GT-R GTR R35 BLK Glossy Carbon Fiber Hood Air Scoop Vents

GTR Dry Carbon-GTR Carbon Fiber-Mine's GT-R-R35 Hood

*SpeedForSale Gloss Carbon Hood Vents, World's largest selection of R35 GT-R parts for sale, and in-house builds at our shop in Atlanta., SFS_R35_Hood-Duct-Gloss

Threads about the scoops.

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...ood-vents.html

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...od-scoops.html

https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-an...aca-ducts.html

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...nted-hood.html

Video.

Nice, anyone find varis style air ducts?

Have not seen anyone make ones like that.

I used a dremel with a rotary rasp style bit and worked flawlessly and super clean cuts. Tried out several on a spare hood before taking the plunge.

Picture is potato and wasn't intended to show off the vents, but give you an idea of the "snouts" at the high side to let all that nasty heat out - and you could practically roast a chicken over the vents.

Me really like