 LT1 Firebird Firehawk Hood "Inserts", Anyone ever done this? |
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 Jun 3 2004, 05:15 PM
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Veteran Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,647 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Pittsburgh, PA Member No.: 14  |
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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Jun 6 2004, 07:53 PM
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Insert catch phrase here Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,098 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Michigan Member No.: 20 |
Keith, I'm with Jon. I'd put some thermal barrier on the wiring since you don't have steel braided sheathing on the wiring, but that would only be to protect it from melting. The picture doesn't show it but I'm guessing the wiring gets pretty close to some primary pipes as it goes up and towards your firewall.
Anyway, I don't think you exhaust is heating up the sender. Jon's suggestion is good to see how much temperature drop you're getting through the cooler. I'm finishing up my front breather work today (wahoo!) and should be testing tomorrow. If it drops my temps I'll take some pictures and send them to you. It's a lot of time consuming detail work but it's not hard to do at all and seeing the radiator/oil cooler right through the fascia tells me I'll be getting a LOT more air. |
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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 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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