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chartoo:
I was thinking the other day and mucking around with a few ideas to do with my inspection flaps. I always wanted some vented ones that i saw at showcase bodyparts on the web but the guy didnt return my emails.

So i had an old buggered windscreen vent and cut them out and put them on top of my inspection flaps. Welded in i think they might look good and they would let air out of the engine bay also. I want to remove the smaller edge vents of this panel also to flow better with the lines of the bonnet.

What do you think?

mtopxsecret6:
does the engine bay really get that hot? Is it really worth having water getting all over your battery and electrics? To be honest.. looks too unneeded bling to me.

Zedman240:
I can tell you through experience, getting hot air out from under the bonnet does help. Those vents should make a difference. With my EFI setup, I had a intake air temp sensor in the engine bay and with a non fluted bonnet, on a 26 degree day, under bonnet temps would be around 40-50C. The moment I attached a fluted bonnet, temps would be around 4-5 degrees above ambient. Of course if I was stationary it would climb slowly but we don't race or drive parked in our driveway...

gav240z:
An old topic but I was looking at this again and came across a similar article:
http://zclub.net/forum/general-discussion/8817-vented-240z-260z-inspection-flaps.html

I like the idea of putting them in the flaps since they can easily be reversed if needed.

Six_Shooter:
Hmmm... I just happen to have some extra inspection covers AND cowl panels....

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