Improving heat extraction for free?

[dblcbra]

I was looking under the hood of my 350 trying to see where there might be an opportunity for improve heat extraction and got to looking at the plastic piece up by the windshield. If removed, it looks like it would increase airflow from the engine bay over the windshield. Has anyone tried this? Any potential downsides if caught in the rain? Any other things that can be done easily to help move heat out?

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[bnightstar]

I was looking under the hood of my 350 trying to see where there might be an opportunity for improve heat extraction and got to looking at the plastic piece up by the windshield. If removed, it looks like it would increase airflow from the engine bay over the windshield. Has anyone tried this? Any potential downsides if caught in the rain? Any other things that can be done easily to help move heat out?

Don't know the answer but more important question is this a whipple under the hood of your GT350 :?

 

[dblcbra]

Don't know the answer but more important question is this a whipple under the hood of your GT350 :?

Yes it is. It has a little extra get up and go. I've dropped around 60lb off the front end since the install to help with understeer. Ideally I'll get it back to nearly stock weight and weight distribution in the future.

 

[shogun32]

why not just rip the 1" high rubber seal off? And then use 3M product to re-attach it when you're done with track duty or going to leave the car parked out in the weather?

 

[Ewheels]

You'll be forcing air back into the engine bay if you do this. Aerodynamics don't work intuitively.
The area at the back of the hood / base of the windshield is a high pressure zone. This is how cowl induction hoods work.

Here's an image to help understand it (Red is high pressure, blue is low pressure)

 

[AlbertD]

Ewheels beat me to it... you can test this out by removing the trim and taping some yarn to tail end of the hood... take a drive and see how the yarn moves with speed. You may be surprised what happens.

 

[Ewheels]

Ewheels beat me to it... you can test this out by removing the trim and taping some yarn to tail end of the hood... take a drive and see how the yarn moves with speed. You may be surprised what happens.

You beat me on the "bang for buck cooling" post just now

 

[dblcbra]

You'll be forcing air back into the engine bay if you do this. Aerodynamics don't work intuitively.
The area at the back of the hood / base of the windshield is a high pressure zone. This is how cowl induction hoods work.

Here's an image to help understand it (Red is high pressure, blue is low pressure)

Thanks I definitely won't be going that route then. Time to find a stock hood to chop up and stick a vent in.

 

[AlbertD]

You may want to check out this thread... lots of great info for improving cooling on these cars by track folks...

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...car-cooling-thread.53695/page-30#post-2977004

 

[dblcbra]

You may want to check out this thread... lots of great info for improving cooling on these cars by track folks...

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...car-cooling-thread.53695/page-30#post-2977004

Thanks!

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