Aluminum, alumalite, fiberglass, ABS, PVC, MDF, carbon fiber, cardboard, duct tape, expanding foam, lexan, rivets, riv-nuts, weld-nuts, etc. etc.

The important thing is to understand the function and concepts behind the ducting. Then you apply whatever materials you want to use / can afford to achieve it.

-Ryan

 

Thanks^^^^Still down for pics...Ive searched and cant find Nada....And since this is about Carbon fiber hoods...What company has the best one for our cars right now?(functional hood,lightweight with vents in proper location etc...tnx)

 

How has this hood held up?did u ever get hood latches?

 

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What did u use to cut,and what about water getting in engine?

 

Another thing is... I have a cf duck tail trunk on the way.. will be removing stripe...wanted to match up front with lightest most func cf hood

 

TSIs are bad, we are trying to get air out of the hood, not in it. You basically want a vent in front of the hood-hump, slightly raised.

 

Boost93 The hood is still the same as the day it was installed and I am using the stock hood latch with absolutely no issues and it has seen 10 track days this season so far. As far as function is concerned I think it is perfect, the car runs cooler and it has more down force up front. It is a little narrow on the fit so if you are after a perfect fit for a DD it might not be up to par, but my car is strictly a track car so it is exactly what I wanted. As for rain, it comes with rain panels that screw in underneath the vent openings but since I don't drive it on the stree in the rain I don't use them. If it rains at the track I just lay a piece of plastic tarp over the K&N filter on the drivers side when the car is sitting so the rain doesn't get on it, other then that the rain just runs down off of the other areas.

 

Been looking at the ones from autokonexion, where I purchased the trunk...not sure on the looks thou....tnx jmann

 

Ordering regular smoked turn signals...will be looking into cutting stock hood vents......lol

 

Go back and read post 27

 

That hood is crazy expensive,and vent looks to far back..Should be closer to radiator...

 

+1

Vent location fail

 

Okay, I found another one. Sorry, this is as big as the photo gets.

 

Do you guys think if this mod is effective?

Hood holders: if the hood flies up, you’re going to have a bad time. | TheTurtleBuild

 

Pretty sure that is too far forward as it is in front of the rad.

 

Its hard to tell from that little pic, but looks to be about where it should be to me, just behind the rad..

 

Awe come on now it looks cool

I doubt the force behind the radiator is higher than the force on top of the hood there. Might be a worthy experiment.

 

The lip on that hood outlet should make a big low presure area, is it in the ideal spot, probably not, does it help?, sure should.

 

According to a a pressure map of the nb hood someone did a while back. The best spots for vents are around the sides near where the overflow bottle is and the other side where the filter is at. Now of course that's kinda far out of the way to route the radiator air to. It gets worse as you get towards the center so technically the best reasonable spots are where the chaser kits have their vents. That way your vent passages don't get in the way of the intake.