bonnet vents?

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:53 pm

anyone put some on? worth the effort to let some heat escape?
i was thinkin these off a wrx (ebay) theyre cheap! lol

im not concerned about colour or hacking up my bonnet as it has to get re painted soon anyways.
any ideas/suggestions

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:15 pm

Nuff said mate.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:18 pm

Yeah just whip out the angle grinder and screwdriver like tim

Jordan.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:27 pm

LOL there's a difference between the need for decent intake flow on a heavily boosted EJ20G and the need to reduce engine bay temps in a lifted EA82T L series.

What I did to my bonnet was certainly not for looks.

Post by **Alex** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:31 pm

err, bonnet vents are awesome...theres nothing wrong with a riced up lifted l-series, which is actually very capable off-road...

i'll be looking into it as well..

alex

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:31 pm

aaawww but the EA82 is such a high performance power monster, no wait I was thinking of something else, perhaps a Reliant Robin

Jordan.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:16 pm

Hehe each to their own. Everything is wrong with ricing an offroader to my mind.
I love mods, but not ones that give the impression of "performance" without actually helping performance at all. Anybody who knows the slightest bit about cars looks at those and laughs under their breath

Matt's car could actually benefit from a vent in the bonnet above the turbo, although it is kindof overkill for an EA82 at least it has SOME merit!

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:28 pm

yeh im all for mods that have even the least bit of mechanical benefit. so then i cant be classed as a ricer.
but if they arent really gonna help much theres no point in wasting time and $.

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:13 am

My cousin put a WRX-style scoop on his MY. It actually looks quite good, and it serves a functional purpose -- feeding fresh air efficiently to the TMIC.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:12 am

Your cousin's MY should already be getting plenty of fresh air to the TMIC as it should be sitting about 1 foot above where the bonnet goes. He's the one who didn't have to modify his chassis rails to fit the motor right? So the motor must be sitting above where the rails go right??

32ford · Post by **32ford** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:53 am

I guess if they did a lot good, subaru would still be putting them on to wrx's. I can see heat shimmer from the ones in my wrx though and any lowering of underbonnet temprature surely must be a good thing.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:22 am

Matt, seriously, a bonnet vent is going to make virtually no difference at all to the performance of your EA82. If you're worried about exhaust heat in the engine bay, fibreglass wrap your up and downpipes. The turbo is already watercooled, so there's little point in trying to cool the air around it.

So like many of the mods I've seen the L brigade perform, its just

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:24 am

ebay is baddddddddddd mmmmk :P u buy vents and kits from ebay more than likely it will neva fit or cost an arm and a leg to fix up.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:10 pm

tim_81coupe wrote: So like many of the mods I've seen the L brigade perform, its just

Tim, the link to that picture is broken...but I think the little red cross illustrates your point well enough anyway

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:06 pm

Not on my PC it isn't.

Its a bowl of rice anyway.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:55 pm

Yeah don't work here either Tim...

Who was the one with the Neon gear knob? I thought it was u Matt... if so... then at no point can u claim not to be a ricer... LOL

I agree with the pointlessness (if thats even a word) of the vents.... if your going to do it then i suggest u get a spare bonnet ready cos if you get stickered again they wont like it at the pits.

Never buy anything off ebay that you can't make out of an MY door pocket... isn't that right Tim. LOL

Dave

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:15 pm

ok thanks for the slagging. im not gonna get them as theres not much point.
and the neon knob has been off the car for like 3 months now.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:13 pm

What you could do in the mean time is to add an intercooler water spray.

Now there's a cheap mod that actually does improve performance. I made one myself for under $20, system consisted of an XW-XY Falcon washer bottle & pump, 6mm retic tube and 4x 180 degree fine mist sprinklers. When it was switched on there was a noticeable increase in performance after a few seconds, worked really good on cold nights when I had been heavy on the throttle.

And for the record Boss, you know that MY door pocket was there for a reason. I didn't want it there but it was needed.

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:38 pm

yeh thought once about the water spray. did the switch make it run continously? or little squirts or somethin? might look into this

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:16 pm

If I was going to do it again I'd have it on a microswitch that activates at 2/3 throttle, although an on/off toggle works pretty good too.