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KeithO
post Jun 3 2004, 05:15 PM
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There are two black inserts at the front of my Firehawk hood. I looked under the hood and saw that three plastic "bolts" and nuts hold this on. It appears that the piece that comes out is the black part and a part that is body color.

It appears that I remove this, the airflow could be improved across the front of the motor.

Has anyone removed this for tracking/road racing? Is there any reason that I wouldn't want to remove this? More underhood cooling = good. Especially with my car.
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KeithO   LT1 Firebird Firehawk Hood "Inserts"   Jun 3 2004, 05:15 PM
Chris 96 WS6   The only downside is much increased chance of rain...   Jun 3 2004, 06:26 PM
KeithO   It looks easy enough to add and removed that I may...   Jun 3 2004, 09:09 PM
94bird   Take a look at where the opening is. It's just...   Jun 3 2004, 09:22 PM
Chris 96 WS6   I thought we were talking Firehawk ram air hood. ...   Jun 3 2004, 09:26 PM
94bird   Ah but Chris, venting pressure from under the hood...   Jun 3 2004, 09:29 PM
KeithO   QUOTE (94bird @ Jun 3 2004, 03:22 PM)Take a l...   Jun 4 2004, 12:49 AM
94bird   I don't see how it would draw any air in. Ther...   Jun 4 2004, 02:28 AM
KeithO   AW crap! I meant to say Formula, not Firehawk...   Jun 4 2004, 09:45 AM
PF Flyer   ... does that hood have heat extractors or some wa...   Jun 4 2004, 11:02 AM
94bird   Mike, no a LT1 Formula hood has no real heat extra...   Jun 4 2004, 10:28 PM
KeithO   I guess this was a dumb idea... Even so, I may ru...   Jun 4 2004, 11:59 PM
94bird   Both of those temps are well within the good range...   Jun 5 2004, 12:56 AM
KeithO   QUOTE (94bird @ Jun 4 2004, 06:56 PM)Both of ...   Jun 5 2004, 01:17 AM
94bird   To give you an idea one of the durability tests we...   Jun 5 2004, 04:36 AM
steve-d   QUOTE (94bird @ Jun 4 2004, 10:36 PM)However,...   Jun 5 2004, 04:55 AM
94bird   No, just estimates. It seems like most engines I s...   Jun 5 2004, 05:02 AM
KeithO   Well then, I guess I can hammer away with confiden...   Jun 5 2004, 09:44 AM
KeithO   On two of three sessions, I completely buried the ...   Jun 6 2004, 09:38 AM
PF Flyer   morning Keith is the sender open to the exhaust o...   Jun 6 2004, 12:09 PM
Jon A   QUOTE (KeithO @ Jun 6 2004, 02:38 AM)I am ret...   Jun 6 2004, 07:00 PM
94bird   Keith, I'm with Jon. I'd put some thermal ...   Jun 6 2004, 07:53 PM
KeithO   Well, I buried the oil temp in all three sessions ...   Jun 6 2004, 11:42 PM
94bird   So, all this race talk and no comments about how y...   Jun 7 2004, 12:27 AM
KeithO   QUOTE (94bird @ Jun 6 2004, 06:27 PM)So, all ...   Jun 7 2004, 10:14 AM
Jon A   Tuesday my oil temps topped 300 once but usually s...   Jun 10 2004, 06:51 PM

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