Opened my hood vents...
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That was a very slick acknowledgement of what I wrote followed by doing exactly the opposite of what I suggested, but I'll play.
Design? Sure. But what if the best design was asymmetrical? Would Mitsu try to sell another car with an asymmetrical hood? Probably not. They got a lot of grief about the hood on the 2G DSM. Lots of critics ripped it (even if enthusiasts embraced it). I can easily imagine Mitsu worrying about lost sales to funky hood vents and making them symmetrical on the visible side and asymmetrical on the working side.
The other thing that keeps coming up is the issue of rain getting in. Compare the hood vents on Evo Xs to those on previous generations. Yes, it's almost apples to oranges, what with the turbo on the opposite side, but it does make it a tad harder to defend that theory.
But, again, these are all just guesses for now.
Design? Sure. But what if the best design was asymmetrical? Would Mitsu try to sell another car with an asymmetrical hood? Probably not. They got a lot of grief about the hood on the 2G DSM. Lots of critics ripped it (even if enthusiasts embraced it). I can easily imagine Mitsu worrying about lost sales to funky hood vents and making them symmetrical on the visible side and asymmetrical on the working side.
The other thing that keeps coming up is the issue of rain getting in. Compare the hood vents on Evo Xs to those on previous generations. Yes, it's almost apples to oranges, what with the turbo on the opposite side, but it does make it a tad harder to defend that theory.
But, again, these are all just guesses for now.
those vents there for cooling. The reason why they blocked because on the street you are not racing and more important to keep the elements like water out when the car standing still etc. Different shape of the metal plates probably needs a different level of protection each side of the engine bay.
The rally wont allow any body modifications ( like cutting) in Grupe N , so they have to place the necessary cooling surfaces etc on the stock car. You cant even change the Side mirrors in that Grupe in rally.
The rally wont allow any body modifications ( like cutting) in Grupe N , so they have to place the necessary cooling surfaces etc on the stock car. You cant even change the Side mirrors in that Grupe in rally.
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