Yeah, those fans move some serious amount of air (I don't think the high speed circuit has kicked on yet in traffic), but the gauge starts creeping up to the 3/4 mark before they start, so I just ordered the 180/195 dual temp switch to install instead. I may use the higher temp switch for my instrument cluster idiot light - maybe make it a 2 stage light where it glows dim and then gets brighter.Originally Posted by 04 Rocko Taco
New project. I've never really considered any car "mine" until I cut some holes in the hood
Using the info I gathered here, I tried to keep the holes as far forward on the hood as possible. The very forward edge of the holes are about even with the back of the electric fan shrouds so they are well within the area of low pressure. I'm not too worried about a bit of water getting on the distributor, if it becomes a problem I can simply make a splash shield out of some thin lexan.
Now I'm just waiting for the paint on the exposed metal edges to dry before I can pop in the vents.
bonus points if anyone can guess which model gave up their hood vents for this.
*edit* here they are installed
I'm thinking they'll probably get pulled and given a bit of flat black so they don't stand out so much
I got the ones I used off fleabay for $10, or I might have tried to squeeze these on as well (rear hood vents from a 85-92 TransAm)
I was also looking for LeBaron Turbo (top, supposedly very heavy) or Lumina Z34 vents (bottom) while I was junkyarding . . .
. . . or older TransAm fender vents . . .
. . . then there's always the T-Bird Turbo coupe vents