may sound like a noob question but i love to be cautious. I removed the shield under the hood vent for looks so you could see into the engine bay like most others on the forum have. but...when it rains a lot of water gets in the engine bay and even tho it would anyways, it smokes a lot at startup and a little bit at idle...i think it is normal but someone make my worries go away....thanx

 

That is just the rain hitting the hot engine, such as the exhaust manifold. Nothing to be worried about.

 

thats wut i figured..thanx

 

I was going to do that . But the water factor I decided not to..

 

i removed mine, i just try to throw it back in if i know rain is in the forcast, only takes 2 min or less!

 

Thats what i Have been doing wiht mine to.

 

Took mine out for a while, no problems.

Took some aircraft grade paint remover and got all the paint off the top side (Was fading anyway).

Once all the paint was gone I used some metal polish and it shined up perfectly. Looks great under the black mesh that is already there.

 

Jdav79 do you have any pic of it?

 

sounds like a good idea

 

the only issue i had was that some of the cheap clamps began to rust, but other then that no problems.

 

I throw a trash bag on top of the engine once it cools. It works great as long as you remove it before you start it.

 

even with the hood vents in place on start up i get vapor boiling off the engine, so seeing it without wouldnt be too out of the ordinary.

 

could have cracked your manifold and your seeing exhaust. I leave mine in....keep ppl guessing

 

im going to remove mines this weekend only to show it off a bit then put it back on Sunday night.

 

ive seen people spit on a manifold and it crack down the middle..dont take it off theres hardley any differnce....if you wanna look cool..take it off for race day..


oh by the way..has anyone purchased the hood vent that sucks in extra air...