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Originally Posted by phoenix7
Higgi made a custom vent for his hood and I'm contemplating doing the same but I'd rather not "eye-ball" it and cut into random sections. I want to KNOW where the vent placement would MAXIMIZE heat expulsion.
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well, there's only finite locations where heat will be generated. One is the radiator. Two is the exhaust manifold. Three is the rest of the engine. I say just cut three really large holes over those locations and call it a night.
Or isolate it to create a vacuum effect to pull the heat away from the engine bay and up over the windshield. You should get that with pretty much any lambda flow.
However becareful of making them too big. You'll end up causing a similar condition to that of a convertible/truck bed, in which the wind just creats turbulance and the thermal energy isn't really passed over anything, but kept inside the engine bay.