cheap mans hood louver mod

[JonBishop]

so i have been wanting to do this for along time, i finally got my hands on a angle grinder and cut disk and file and got to it

all i needed was, angle grinder with a cut disk and a file...
so heres where i started,
got the hood louver off and got the tools needed


then i made a 1inch mark in the middle of the louver for structure so the cross plastic pieces arent weak and flimsy, the i jus cut out the notches


my cuts arent very great haha:emb:


then cut up the hood, make sure to paint the cuts too...


then jus put the louver back on




so thats what i did today i ran the engine for awhile and put my hand over the vents and felt heat pushing out so its working

 

[alrock]

Nice! A good Sunday project

 

[Hunner]

You did a good job of keeping control of that grinder on the plastic!

 

[Ed's06h3]

That looks great nice job

 

[06 H3]

that looks really really good!

 

[RamRod]

I guess you would experience a lot more days per year that a mod like that would help you keep engine temps down.. unfortunately for me I would prob only benefit from that a few days per year, the rest of the year I am having to start the T up 5-10 min early because its too cold out!

Thanks for posting! turned out great!

 

[JonBishop]

You did a good job of keeping control of that grinder on the plastic!

thank you, ya it was abit difficult but i managed, im actually gonna cut alil more off when i get the time, i want the opened up alil wider and all kinda matching, i got in a hurry when doing the last of it and i shouldnt have but its ok, jus means i get to do some more grinding

 

[ReconH3]

Very nicely done. Before I found a metal one with the vents already done, that's exactly what I wanted to do.


"Ex Umbris Venimus"

 

[chad]

nice job, i'll have to add that to my list since i'm to broke to buy the nice metal ones!

 

[Panzer07]

^x2 this seems legit


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[Peep]

Nice work!
I'd like to see the hood closed and you spray the hood to mimic rain. Then open the hood and see how wet it gets and where.

 

[JonBishop]

Nice work!
I'd like to see the hood closed and you spray the hood to mimic rain. Then open the hood and see how wet it gets and where.

Well I will do just that [emoji4] when I get a chance I'll snap some pics [emoji6]


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[SedonaBound]

You did a good job of keeping control of that grinder on the plastic!

+1 on that; in my experience thermoplastic parts like to melt and glaze the wheel instead of being cut.

 

[chad]

Any update on the spraying and pics under hood afterwards?

 

[JonBishop]

Any update on the spraying and pics under hood afterwards?

Sorry haha slipped my mind, when I get home from work I'll do it, I'll spray water up in the air and let it fall down on the hood jus like rain would've, and I'll take before and after pics and everything [emoji6]


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[Peep]

:corn:

 

[JonBishop]

Ok without further ado here we go... Here's it dry and the engine dry now here's the hood covered in water after 2minutes of constant water running on too of the hood and now what we all have been waiting for, the engine bay the fan shroud was the only thing to get wet, drips on the belt and pulley but that was it when I opened the hood completely water dripped from the hood and hit the KAI and throttle body box, so I think it's a success [emoji4]


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[benlaud87]

Looks good. I still need to cut my hood under the louver. Thanks for posting the results

 

[derian06]

Sweet! How did it affect your engine temp?


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[Panzer07]

Looks promising next testing should be at Azusa in mud and low water level fast speed river crossing.


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[Panzer07]

In this pic you can see the mud layer is about as thick as the hood louver XP IDK how clean the engine would be at the end.

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[Peep]

Thanks, works great

 

[Halcyon00]

That's a nice mud hole ya found lol


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