Solution needed! Seibon Cf Cw style hood vent issue!
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Solution needed! Seibon Cf Cw style hood vent issue!
Hey follow evom members. I'm looking to see if anybody out there has a resolution for my issue. I just bought my 2nd Evo after my first one got totaled 10 years ago by a drunk driver running a red light.
I purchased a Tarmac Black IX SE. The car has a seibon Cw style cf hood. There is a black fiberglass shield on the hood covering the hood vent. I went down the shore on a near 100 degree day and popped my hood and thought to myself... This is crazy. It's scorching hot in my engine bay.. It's got a fully built motor and a bbk full turbo kit.. A tubular manifold.. Ect.. Even a stock Evo from the factory has luver/vent on it to remove heat from the engine bay. So i decided to take it off.. But when it rains and my car is parked at work I have to run back and put that piece back on to prevent the engine bay from
Getting wet..
I need a resolution... I see rexspeed makes a cf insert for their hoods.. I don't think Siebon does? Or do they? Or should I find a used stock Evo hood vent and custom Mount it? What do you guys think? I can't drive around with no vent at all.. Not when I'm parked at work at least.. When I'm home I have it in the garage which is fine.. But I don't want to risk the MAF getting destroyed.. Or getting rust over time..
I'd like to hear from somebody who has been thru this before.. I don't want to put a stock hood back on.. I'm aware of all the comments that could be made about that..
Thanks again fellas. Much respect.
Salvatore
I purchased a Tarmac Black IX SE. The car has a seibon Cw style cf hood. There is a black fiberglass shield on the hood covering the hood vent. I went down the shore on a near 100 degree day and popped my hood and thought to myself... This is crazy. It's scorching hot in my engine bay.. It's got a fully built motor and a bbk full turbo kit.. A tubular manifold.. Ect.. Even a stock Evo from the factory has luver/vent on it to remove heat from the engine bay. So i decided to take it off.. But when it rains and my car is parked at work I have to run back and put that piece back on to prevent the engine bay from
Getting wet..
I need a resolution... I see rexspeed makes a cf insert for their hoods.. I don't think Siebon does? Or do they? Or should I find a used stock Evo hood vent and custom Mount it? What do you guys think? I can't drive around with no vent at all.. Not when I'm parked at work at least.. When I'm home I have it in the garage which is fine.. But I don't want to risk the MAF getting destroyed.. Or getting rust over time..
I'd like to hear from somebody who has been thru this before.. I don't want to put a stock hood back on.. I'm aware of all the comments that could be made about that..
Thanks again fellas. Much respect.
Salvatore
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I run the same hood & that plastic frame was junk. I made an alum frame out of .030 sheet (painted black) & attached steel mesh
You can do something similar & add a modified louvered section to keep out the rain. My EvO doesnt see the rain so I have no protection (just the mesh)
Just an idea for you
You can do something similar & add a modified louvered section to keep out the rain. My EvO doesnt see the rain so I have no protection (just the mesh)
Just an idea for you
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