Can i take it off???
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Can i take it off???
hi all just a quickie i have a 97 sti jdm and was wondering can you take the side vents tray thingy off from underneath the bonnet to let in more air ie is it safe with water etc as i have an hks mushroom filter on it??? cheers Ben
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I was reading something by Harvey today were he said that by removing these covers he had seen under bonnet temperatures increase by up to 12 degrees. Especially bad if you have an induction kit
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as above, totally pointless & will no doubt cause more harm than good although having said that I took the drivers side one off cause it gives my leaking cooling system somewhere to vent the steam !!
Makes folk think you've been thrashing the car to bits when you stop at lights or car park & the steam starts billowing out .......
Makes folk think you've been thrashing the car to bits when you stop at lights or car park & the steam starts billowing out .......
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surly if they were just cosmetic they would be blanked of completely underneath instead of having a gap?
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They're a hangover from the homologation of the old Grp A cars. You'll notice the newages don't have them.
Any gaps/holes are purely for drainage - still sends water directly onto the electrics or exhaust (steams like a b*tch if its wrapped!) though.
IIRC Harvey did some extensive testing to do with under bonnet air flow. Its not immediately logical, but you want to direct the heat out of the underside of the car.
Any gaps/holes are purely for drainage - still sends water directly onto the electrics or exhaust (steams like a b*tch if its wrapped!) though.
IIRC Harvey did some extensive testing to do with under bonnet air flow. Its not immediately logical, but you want to direct the heat out of the underside of the car.