View Poll Results: The $50 hood extractor: is it worth it?
Worth every penny. Where do I get one?
21
80.77%
Rice... but I might eat it.
3
11.54%
If you need an extractor, you've got bigger problems.
2
7.69%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll
my $50 hood extractor
#121
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Rob, can you A add an option to the poll that says "Yours isn't gay, but all the others are" (I'm such a **** stirrer) and B log into your chat client once in a while :-p
Also, why was I never linked to this thread, were you afraid I'd think you were ricier than I already do? If so, don't be afraid, that's not possible Mr "I won't put the hood down and video because I don't look as cool" ;-)
Tui, yeah right!
:-)
Also, why was I never linked to this thread, were you afraid I'd think you were ricier than I already do? If so, don't be afraid, that's not possible Mr "I won't put the hood down and video because I don't look as cool" ;-)
:-)
#123
here is an interesting article on scoops and such and how to actually measure the effectiveness. I am not really sure that the 'before it didn't over heat, and now with the scoop, it still does not' really qualifies as empirical...
http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2159/article.html
http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2159/article.html
#124
The rest of the series is worth reading too!
http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2160/article.html
http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2162/article.html
They have some other articles for other under tray and aero project too.
http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2160/article.html
http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2162/article.html
They have some other articles for other under tray and aero project too.
#125
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^article has been posted here before - read it and that combined with all the other reading pushed me towards an extractor.
The results are all that matters to me - it's up to everybody else to decide whether or not they want to try it. But you'd be hard pressed to find anything showing that hood extractors don't extract the heat in similar applications.
#129
Someone please try a cooper scooper in the bumper.
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http://www.carbontrix.com/store/inde...products_id=88
#133
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I have thought about these in the top of the bumper
http://www.carbontrix.com/store/inde...products_id=88
http://www.carbontrix.com/store/inde...products_id=88
#134
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I'm thinking about cutting a rectangle in my hood like this, then doing a scooper kind of thing half way down, behind the radiator. I will also probably have to put a little foil in front.
I asked on the solstice forum for better pics but they banned me immediately. ******* typical Solstice ------ry.
I asked on the solstice forum for better pics but they banned me immediately. ******* typical Solstice ------ry.
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when i finally get around to it, ill be cutting the hole and sticking it up from underneath, then fiber glassing it in place. I'll use some body filler to fill in the gaps between the two on the outside, then just fill them in with a permanent marker, exactly like how I did my NACA duct.