hood vent mods?

[PaddyPrix]

Do the stock vents do anything at speed?
They look like they are mostly for heatsoak restarts, and not much else

They do absolutely nothing other than look cool. Sorry. The holes as shown in earlier shots are smaller than your mouth, and with the black plate on the underside and the partial honeycomb up top, all it does it further cover any chances of it flowing.

When you start getting your speeds up where aero starts becoming a thing (120mph+), the amount of additional air being thrown into the bay increasingly becomes a problem where your hood starts to lift and will take your car with it, and with crappy enough luck, it could even fly up and bash your windshield and roof since it's just a little bar and striker plate and 11mm screws holding that latch on.

That said, unless you're racing, there's few legal reasons why you'd be spending large amounts of time at high speeds, but if/(WHEN) you start racing, one of your cheaper and more beneficial mods should be related to cutting the center and side channels, replacing them with some vents from Race Louvers. They'll drop a bunch of heat out of the engine bay by creating a negative pressure pocket which will extract the air with ease, and they'll actually suck you down a little bit better to the track creating some little downforce, and defeating lift.

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[IM Stoner II]

Put these on last winter

 

[Rodpwnz]

There’s a market for a radiator ducting solution. Watson Racing has something. But the AC condenser apparently interferes with its installation. I don’t know much more than that but I would like to see what could be done.

I've seen these watson racing ducts mentioned before, so I did some digging and found them here: https://shop.watsonracing.com/product-p/wr-15-rrradcloseout.htm

This won't fit as is since my car is dual track/daily duty, so AC condenser has to stay. I also have the mishimoto Trans cooler stacked in front of PP1 Radiator and I plan on eventually installing an oil cooler in the lower grill as well.

Part of me wonders if it would be easier to buy my own sheet metal and build a custom ducting system or to buy this and modify it as needed to fit my setup. Would have been awesome if they offered a "base" kit with a pair of metal shears to cut and fit it to any setup...

 

[tosha]

I've seen these watson racing ducts mentioned before, so I did some digging and found them here: https://shop.watsonracing.com/product-p/wr-15-rrradcloseout.htm

This won't fit as is since my car is dual track/daily duty, so AC condenser has to stay. I also have the mishimoto Trans cooler stacked in front of PP1 Radiator and I plan on eventually installing an oil cooler in the lower grill as well.

Part of me wonders if it would be easier to buy my own sheet metal and build a custom ducting system or to buy this and modify it as needed to fit my setup. Would have been awesome if they offered a "base" kit with a pair of metal shears to cut and fit it to any setup...

FYI https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/track-time-limited-due-to-high-cht.166499/post-3611047

I am seeing massive temp drop on tracks after doing this and paired with racelouvers hood vents. I also manufactured rain trays that I can take on and off in 15 minutes from the same aluminum sheets from home depot

 

[Prodigal]

I occassionslly see a beat up S550 in S OKC running around without a hood entirely. I suspect he’s dropped his under hood temps considerably. He also has manifolds with about 4’ of exhaust and turn downs that sounds like total crap. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

 

[tosha]

I occassionslly see a beat up S550 in S OKC running around without a hood entirely. I suspect he’s dropped his under hood temps considerably. He also has manifolds with about 4’ of exhaust and turn downs that sounds like total crap. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

I don't think it works that way unfortunately

 

[Rapid Red]

FYI https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/track-time-limited-due-to-high-cht.166499/post-3611047

I am seeing massive temp drop on tracks after doing this and paired with racelouvers hood vents. I also manufactured rain trays that I can take on and off in 15 minutes from the same aluminum sheets from home depot

Nice work....

 

[2morrow]

Random shot after a car wash...

 

[Blu_stallion]

Trufiber makes a great heat-extractor hood. Its not practical for everyone but if your car isnt a daily driver and you want it for appearance and/or track purposes then I highly recommend it. They offer an optional rain guard for the main center vent but there is nothing to cover the side vents so a closed air box is essential in case you get caught in the rain. It's pretty neat to feel how much heat comes out of the vents after driving the car, they make instant hand warmers on cold days ;)

 

[2morrow]

Trufiber makes a great heat-extractor hood.

How's the strength/flex of the hood? Glad you have an extra type of hood securing device.

 

[Prodigal]

How's the strength/flex of the hood? Glad you have an extra type of hood securing device.

Wondering the same. In the first pics he’s using the prop rod but in the later pics the struts are in place indicating a pretty rigid construction I would think. I like the look of that hood.

 

[Blu_stallion]

How's the strength/flex of the hood? Glad you have an extra type of hood securing device.

The strength is good and it doesn't seem to flex. It's fiberglass so it's never going to be as strong as steel or aluminum but it's been fine one year in so far. The only issue Ive had is around the area where I mounted hood pins. On one side I over-tightened the round push button disc and it caused some small, fine cracking in the paint & fiberglass in that immediate area. Other than that, only other issue is I had MMD hood struts with my factory hood and for some reason I couldn't get the new hood to sit flush with the fenders with those hood struts mounted, so first I removed them and everything was fine. But I wanted hood struts back on so I tried the Ford Performance hood struts which are orientated differently than the MMD ones, and the hood aligns perfectly with them so I'm happy.

By the way, if you're interested in getting one of these hoods I have a discount code with Trufiber so just let me know

 

[Blu_stallion]

Wondering the same. In the first pics he’s using the prop rod but in the later pics the struts are in place indicating a pretty rigid construction I would think. I like the look of that hood.

Yes, per my other response strength has been good and no real issues. Good observation on the prop rod versus struts. So I had MMD hood struts in place with my factory hood and for some reason I couldn't get the new hood to sit flush with the fenders with those hood struts mounted. So first I removed the struts and everything was fine, that's where you see the photo showing the prop rod. But I wanted hood struts back on since I do a lot of car meets so I tried the Ford Performance hood struts which are orientated differently than the MMD ones, and the hood aligns perfectly with them. That's where you see the hood struts (bye-bye hood prop, I hate those things, lol).

Also as mentioned in the other response if you're interested in this hood I have a discount code with Trufiber so just let me know.

 

[1958cyclist]

Yes, per my other response strength has been good and no real issues. Good observation on the prop rod versus struts. So I had MMD hood struts in place with my factory hood and for some reason I couldn't get the new hood to sit flush with the fenders with those hood struts mounted. So first I removed the struts and everything was fine, that's where you see the photo showing the prop rod. But I wanted hood struts back on since I do a lot of car meets so I tried the Ford Performance hood struts which are orientated differently than the MMD ones, and the hood aligns perfectly with them. That's where you see the hood struts (bye-bye hood prop, I hate those things, lol).

Also as mentioned in the other response if you're interested in this hood I have a discount code with Trufiber so just let me know.

Don, out of curiosity, how does your discount code impact their website pricing? I like this hood. It's one of the nicer units I've seen.

 

[Blu_stallion]

Don, out of curiosity, how does your discount code impact their website pricing? I like this hood. It's one of the nicer units I've seen.

Thanks for the compliment, the hood has definitely made this car stand out from the crowd and it gets a lot of positive attention at car meets etc. My code will reduce the website price by 5% before shipping and any taxes that might apply. I just tested it since its been a while by simulating an order on their website, it took off $49.45 from the $989 price on the fiberglass version like mine. The carbon fiber version would be a much bigger discount since it cost more. Not sure if I mentioned it in this thread but the code is BLU5. Good luck with everything if you decide to do it.

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