the vents in the EVO VII hood that comes with my body kit, will that affect driving in the rain/snow?....... if some on eknows please let me know thanx


www.body-kit.com (APEX KIT is the one i ordered)

 

yeah someone please answer cause i would like to know as well

 

Looking at the pics in rain, whatever water there's flying around will drop down straight into the bay as will snow. This wouldn't be to much of a problem however if not for things like delicate electical connections and other tidbits laying around. Hehehe, I wonder if the exhaust manifold would steam when water hit it. Having a hood scoop or a true Evo style vent is nice since there's no real direct way for water to get in but this hood just has two holes in it with a rather porous mesh. You could always get a finer material to put there or some plating attached to the underside of the hood with some slats put in.

 

so how does the evo solve this problem if its got the same vents?

 

thiers are generally slotted and have kind of like a fun off and not just a big hole in the hood with chicken wire gotta figure a way to make the hole not so big tighter mesh would be the easiest but slats across would be the most effective

 

so why wouldnt the body kits be the same way then?

 

Because body kits must be cheap so the kids don't ***** about prices. Having to install those plates and mesh = more $. Evo vents: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...ght=cold+block

 

this might be a real noob question...cant you just order an evo hood? the chassis are the same on the lancer and the evo arent they, or will it not fit? sorry if this is really stupid

 

no it wont fit i beleive the evo is longer in the grand sceame of things.

 

sorry if this is off topic but has anyone seen custom evo vents on a stock hood. not like accolades but with a raised lip and everything?

 

thats too bad you cant just order an evo hood then it would solve this problem pretty fast...

 

tell me about it i would have two lol

 

I had 2 on my integra



and had no problem.. one was just over the CAI and it didn't cause problems neither.

and yes, when it rains, there is condensation (fog) coming out of the traps, it's pretty nice IMO

Etienne

 

i dont think i would take the risk unless you could find a hood that mimmicks how the EVO solved this problem