Wow i forgot what it looked like clean
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Well i guess i will have to put them back where they were... How about raising the back of the hood and removing the weather stripping.. does this do anything to remove hot air fron under there?
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I also did the same thing as you regarding pushing the headlight lids down a little to make a little lip for the hood to catch air. I did it because how incredibly hot the top of the hood would get. My silver paint actually started to turn whitish around the turbo area. I have no scientific data on if there are any under hood effects (sounds like there are not) but I can tell you that it keeps the hood from getting as hot.
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Well im going to need some way to keep underhood temps under control im afraid when summer comes and i have my Turbo in, its hot enuff here in phoenix without a turbo heating things up.
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Actually raising the rear of the hood opens up the engine bay to the high pressure at the base of the windshield. Good for providing air to those with a cowl based intake (something that uses the ventilation source area for intake air) but bad for engine bay heat since it will push against air exiting the radiator.
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yeah, i have considdered a turbo blanket.. it just seems to me that its not good on the turbo to hold all of that head in there, especally when the car gets shut off and there is not coolant or oil moving through it anymore. But then again i know a lot of people use them.. guess i will need to look into it
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yeah, i have considdered a turbo blanket.. it just seems to me that its not good on the turbo to hold all of that head in there, especally when the car gets shut off and there is not coolant or oil moving through it anymore. But then again i know a lot of people use them.. guess i will need to look into it