I'm kicking myself for not sprining for the clear bra. That's why I was asking about the CF hoods and the heat and if it causes major problems or not in the long run.

 

Things you might consider to improve cooling and reduce the effects of heat:
-Water wetter (raises boiling point of coolant, less bubbles, more coolant-to-metal contact and better heat transfer to/from coolant)
-A Low temp thermostat (opens at a lower temperature)
-Better radiator (disspates more heat)
-Heat resistant coatings/wraps on exhaust, turbo, intercooler piping, etc. (keeps the hot side hot & the cool side cool).
-Bigger intercooler (reduce temps of air being shoved into your engine)
-Oil catch can (keeps your intercooler from being coated with oil, reducing its efficiency)
-Toggle switch for cooling fans (Wire this as an "OR" gate, meaning the fans will come on when the COMPUTER thinks they are supposed to, or your toggle switch is activated)

 

when you say "easy way to help cool the engine bay" you mean e-z way to heat the engine bay correct? the louver tray is there to extract heat not to shield rain. have you ever seen the heat extraction vents on the side of the ferrari F2004? they are "shark gill" louvers. if a big hole worked best I'm sure ferrari would use it. don't be sensitive, i'm just trying to help you out.

 

you probraly just being paranoid, after I slip the clutch and redline it, I thought the engine was lauder than before, and more hotter, and also I thought the engine was blown the day after I drove it, but end up it was small sound only when you turn on the AC. However since you car does have over 10k miles on it, I suggest you take to the dealership make sure everything are setup properly. Good luck

 

That's the ONLY reason I have a regular old school bra-protection from ****e colorado roads. Everybody says I'm gonna scratch my paint, but I think that's BS if you take care of the thing and don't let it be dirty EVER.
Heat is a HUGEissue with these cars. I totally trashed two 4g63 top ends because I let the heat gague get past 1/2 way. Not to "H", just half way. Anyone have the link to the engine cooling thread? I know a mechanic that hates turbo applications because you have to monitor them like a NASA schientist for heat. The margin of error with these cars is about 0, you name the system: fuel, cooling........turbos make things dangerous