After doing the swap my underhood temptures are very high, when I pop the hood and reach for the latch it usually burns my hands. My car has yet to run hot, but the radiator is blocked by, greddy 3-row, oil cooler, ac condensor, then my rad. Anywase any have or know of good looking vents or scoops. I have looked but haven't seen very many on the Sc's. Please post pics or links if you have them. Thanks

 

i'm waiting for someone to relocate the high beams and use those locations for induction.

one of my many odd theories. :P

 

heres some options:

--Autocourture kit- the hood is there to fit the supercharger, but you get the idea--



--BN Sports hood--



--Do-Luck vents on the hood--

thats all i can think of right now, im sure theres more

 

you might want to try a euro style supra hood. I really think it would look clean on an sc (can someone do a photochop so we can see it?) anyways here is a pic. also try exhaust wrap, it really helped when I wrapped my na-t's exhaust system, and coated a couple of tthe pieces with ceramic based paint. Before it would radiate (sp?) heat onto my face when I opened the hood, but after I wrapped it, the underhood temps are alot more similar to the pre turbo days.

 

and another

 

question, that blue hood is BN? u sure?

 

Do either of those hoods with the large vents have drainage systems, or they just let the water pour into the engine?

 

actually, upon further research, i have found that the blue one is from Glass Ray "FRP"


my bad--

 

Get the manifold, dp jet hot coated or similar 2000 degree coating. This should help keep the underhood temps a bit cooler.

 

Any contact info on Glass Ray?

 

The water will just pour in.......no safety features

Id suggest the wrapping and coating (previous advice) and change the stock hood liner to an aftermarket hi temp liner.

Are you still running the stock fan?

 

Well that's pretty poor. There is a guy over here with a vented hood (and a 2JZ swap)... think it's a BN. Might ask him about his experiences with it.

Coating, wrapping and heat shielding certainly will cool it down a lot though.

 

Fred are you talking about Karl's Soarer TT monster?

 

Not a bad Idea at all. I took my high beams out to paint the housings black. I must say, it looks pretty cool with no high beams....lol

 

Yup.