Cheap? Me too. Functional hood vents for UNDER $40!
 

Tackled this project this weekend after putting it off for a little while. Needed a functional solution for hood venting that worked with my intercooler piping routing and also achieving a good appearance...Hey, I said I'm cheap, not desperate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtxBzIavbWI

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0cbcf188d0.png

We'll see if the epoxy works as hoped.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...12efebf226.jpg

Curious why you didn't you copy the positioning of these

Singular Motorsports Hood Louvers: NA Miata | Singular Motorsports

I have an over and down intercooler piping setup, and to clear i already had to trim some of the hood underneath and it's still tight. Therefore i ran them down the sides, where there is still a negative pressure differential and air will flow out of the vents. The differential is AS great as the location you linked to above, but it's still a nice improvement. Also, my vents were less than $40 :)

Looks good

Ah ok.

The epoxy will work or fail depending on what type you used. There are specific epoxies that have a high vibration resistance, and others that will shatter under the same conditions.

this is what I used

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f6fff1def0.png

Thank you

There are threads here where people have gone to the trouble of creating pressure tested data that tells you where NOT to put a vent!
And of course where to install the vent!

The picture shown are not here you want to vent.
I will look it up when I have a minute, but until then use the search function folks!

I know the testing you're referring to, and this location is absolutely a functional zone.

Yep, those are in a good spot.

You might end up with issues with that cracking. You probably would have been better off with 3M VHB tape.

not bad for 40 bucks