Best FUNCTIONAL Vented hood for FC3S?

Phoenix7 · 10-06-2008, 05:49 PM

well, they never gave me reasonable explanations. If they somehow find their way in here then they can explain that in detail, that's why I made this thread.

As of now I have yet to see definitive proof of this.

The cowl hood will be elevated closer to the filter in the hood, further forward than the Dmax vent, and it continues towards the windshield which will create that vortex that will draw air into the low pressure pocket (the COWL) and further emphasized by the SUCKING action of the filter and TB(s)/intake system.

The rear vent on the Dmax hood is not remotely similar to the cowled hood. Their openings are in similar spots but that itself does not take away from the fact that the design and effectiveness of one does not apply to the other.

doesn't seem to be similar to this in any way, shape or form:

BTW The panspeed hood looks great. You're going Vmount, right?

Juice · 10-07-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by phoenix7

The rear vent on the Dmax hood is not remotely similar to the cowled hood. Their openings are in similar spots but that itself does not take away from the fact that the design and effectiveness of one does not apply to the other.

I never said they were similar, just said the vent is in the same location of the cowl and thus could have the same effect. Honestly, the whole cowl idea seems kinda strange to me. I always thought those hoods were for extra clearance because they had a supercharger strapped to the engine or something. When someone explained the theory to me I was able to wrap my head around it and understand the logic behind it, but I am still skeptical without seeing proof.

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Originally Posted by phoenix7

BTW The panspeed hood looks great. You're going Vmount, right?

Thanks! Yep, going Vmount with some ducting and sealing against the hood. The IC core will be hard annodized black for a stealth look and supposedly a little greater heat transfer.

Nice find on the AD9 hood. You goin vmount as well?

The reason I wanted to go with a panspeed hood was because I wanted a dedicated vent for the IC that I could seal up nicely and force air through it. I looked at a couple hoods like the AD9 but the design is way different and wouldn't be possible to do what I wanted with them. That hood will probably vent the engine bay air well and still help alot with a vmount no doubt.