Wooow bit of a control freak there huh?

 

I was refering to the second post in this thread

 

Naaaaa I was just playin.. I knew what you meant.

 

how is that being a ricer???....thats a retarted post, taking a hood vent off makes u a ricer?? hahaha retarted. it looks so much cleaner with the hood vent off espically if u polish the stock upper intercooler pipe or have an aftermarket upper intercooler pipe thats polished.

that doesnt make u a ricer at all. and it actully does remove more heat when its off lol u can see the heat pooring out, thats what all the evos at the track do. take the hood vent off to let more heat release from the engine bay.

take it off it looks better and removes more heat.

 

I think this is a bit of an overstatement, removing the vent or not is a personal choice, unless there is some difinite research ont he air flow and air extraction from engine compartment just a "looks like heat is escaping" is not a good enough reason to remove the shield.

 

Take vent off, you can see MORE heat leaving the hood area after you do(at a stop)

...if anyone has any aerodynamic data on PDF from MMJ then post it instead of saying " well mitsu did it for a reason so it must pull air out" (armchair engineering?)

Maybee its like the proven tornadoe air intake device that everyone on here runs after the MAF to 'increase power and fuekl mileage'

If water HURT your motor than no Motorcycle engines would be exposed....if water wont hurt this how will it hurt your evo motor



FAIL


closed but cute...

 

The main diffrence is goint to be in exposed electrical. Unless its flooding though you shouldn't have a problem at all. Just a matter of personal prefernce. Its not going to help nor hinder performance...

 

Okay, while I was not kidding about the louvers creating a water channel, they really do have a functional purpose. And no, it is not to prevent heat escape while sitting still. Trust me, heat is coming off your engine, whether you have louvers or not.

The benefit of the louvers is mainly evident while driving. When you are rushing forward at ambient air, your car is hitting the air with all portions of its forward facing planes. Intelligent car designers try to make use of this "air flow," mostly for cooling purposes. Think about the holes that allow air passage on the front of our cars, the bumper, grill, (the underside,) and the hood, which are all possible entries of large volumes of air. The best cooling method using moving air is convection, in which energy, in our case heat, is transferred to a media with less energy, in our case heat, through contact. For the best heat dissipation, this kind of convection requires unidirectional flow of air, such as air going in through the front bumper or grill and out of the hood. The rear facing louvers do direct the airflow out of the car once it has entered, but more importantly they prevent air (that you are rushing against) from entering the car through this portal, preventing conflicting air flow and strengthening unidirectional flow, hence creating optimal heat dissipation through this cooling method in these conditions.

So yes, the louvers are important. If you are happy seeing heat coming off your engine while you are stopped, that’s great. Me? I want to know the heat is coming off my engine in the most effective manner while I am driving.

 

Bird poop gets in there just the same with or without the vents.

 

def safe and no problems unless you dont mind cleaning under the hood twice as much, a lot more dirt and debris collect with it this way

 

mine vents off.. my manifold hits the vent a tiny bit and looks stupid..

 

I was looking at the vent last night and thinking about taking it off

 

can anybody else confirm or deny this?.....this seems like the most sensical thing said so far.....

 

i took mine and painted it accenting my calipers i think it looks nice =]]]]

 

beauler?