They are quite large and heavy. To me they are shaped wrong to use as vents on the front hood. They only way I could find to make it look okay to me, was a single vent offset to one side. This means the hood will not look symetrical.
I have a set that I'm planning on using. Just not on the hood. I am working in a slightly raised front part of the rear decklid, eliminating the side grills. The Z34 vents are going in the slope where it drops to meet the trunk portion. I'll add a pic later.
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i thought about it and grabbed a set from the junkyard. here's what my plans were...
or...
disreguard the stratus under the hood. it was just a "bench" for me to use. i decided to go with a ZR1 cowl hood instead and sold the vents to a S-10 guy. but, this is what i HAD in mind anyway. if you do it. post pics. i think it will look great.
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avengador1 Member
Posts: 35468 From: Orlando, Florida Registered: Oct 2001
Greengoblin, people use engine vents on the hood to help vent the air prssure that builds up under the hood at speed. It can be so great that the headlight covers will blow open.
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FieroBUZZ Member
Posts: 3320 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Feb 2001
why do you need hood scoops? the engine is in the back.
Thanks for the tip, I went round and gosh....there it was .... gone Actually, my engine is on the passenger side, just behind the door.
He said vents, not scoops. They are to vent air pressure from the area behind the rad. The sloop of the frunk tends to cause lift as the air hits it. Some crazy drivers report headlight doors flying up at speed. Venting the area helps.
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Austin Member
Posts: 264 From: Central Indiana Registered: Sep 2001
Actually, I kind of like the set up you've got in that first pic...the v-shape towards the front of the hood, and with the vents/louvres/whatchamacallums pointed back like that, then wouldn't it act as a vent as opposed to a scoop? On the other hand, they may be a bit on the large side, but I like what you're getting at with that.
As for the second pic, um...no.
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Philphine Member
Posts: 6136 From: louisville,ky. usa Registered: Feb 2000
i like the first pic too, and had wanted a set to see how they'd sit in just that position. looks a little wide, but i still like it as an option or a starting point to make something else.
this is kind of what i've been asking the fiberglass manufactorers for as a match to a center rear vent similar to skitimes or the one kahines sells. it would give all the vents on the car a similar look.
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FieroBUZZ Member
Posts: 3320 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Feb 2001
i like the first pic too, and had wanted a set to see how they'd sit in just that position. looks a little wide, but i still like it as an option or a starting point to make something else.
this is kind of what i've been asking the fiberglass manufactorers for as a match to a center rear vent similar to skitimes or the one kahines sells. it would give all the vents on the car a similar look.
They look awful down low like that in person. Just too wide to be nice visually. Part of the problem is that they were originally mounted like pic #2 (but venting out to the side). The angle they are at is just too severe.
If you are using them to make a rear deck vent they would be ideal. The slats are a good size as well as the opening. It would be pretty easy to rig up a buck to allow f'glass ones the same to be rectangular, either two small ones or one full size across the area ahead of the rear trunk. Just make a small one from the center of one vent and then repeat it until you are at the width you want.
