 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 10 2004, 06:51 PM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,947 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Everett, WA Member No.: 16 |
Tuesday my oil temps topped 300 once but usually stayed in the 285-295 range. That's with the sender in the location above the filter which should give cooler temps than where you have yours.
That's without an oil cooler, water temps stayed at about 190-195. It was a hot day--I think probably the hottest day I've ever ran PR--temp was about 80 and the sun beat down all day heating the track surface up to 115 or so. One other note, this was the first time I was seeing decent oil pressure at those temps (around 60 psi instead of 45) at WOT. I gave Mobil 1 15W-50 a try. I don't know if that did me any good other than making me feel better, but it sure did make me feel better.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
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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
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