Do you have a hood vent on the porsche? I thought it was a rear engine car. I've only seen them as brake ducts.

 

To keep certain types of people from freaking out when they see a big hole in the hood. Sometimes we humans have a hard time accepting change ya know.

There has not been one reported case of anyone having a problem related to removing the louvered vent, but no one is twisting your arm. Do what you want...if it's going to bother you, don't do it.

 

Thats Right! I always remove it when I am going to the track for cooling purposes because on the track you are not supposed to turn on the AC, so the engine fan its not running! But most of the time I have it installed on the streets. I dont see any problem if you remove it. Its a matter of taste! If you got a goot looking manifold and turbo kit, Show It!

 

I may not know the effects of rain on the engine bay however, I did decide to do a small test while at school with a piece of metal and a torch. We would heat it up, cool in water for about 10-15 cycles.making it glow red If we left it alone the metal would shows signs of quickened wear however if you do that then try to bend test it (bend the strip to over 90degrees the metal will snap. The metal inside actually turn very brittle (this was done on mild steel) but it had to be subjected to major stress for it to break. So in my honest opinion rain in normal conditions wouldn't hurt anything, now extreme conditions with sub freezing temp and mounds of snow... it might be a different story. Take it as you will

-Josh

 

Seems like this thread is filled mostly with opinions and assumptions. Does anyone actually have the REAL answer? I've taken mine off numerous times. Looks better without it IMO.

 

It's there to mod.
Gloss white high-heat paint.