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Originally Posted by jbotstein1,Nov 7 2006, 07:36 AM
These pictures are taken through the vent on the turbo side of my Top Secret Hood. The hot side is right underneath one of the vents and I know this has to have some major cooling contributions. Definitely get a hood.
What happens during rain? Is the water routed somewheres and not directly onto the turbo? Or the rest of the bay
Originally Posted by jbotstein1,Nov 7 2006, 05:36 PM
These pictures are taken through the vent on the turbo side of my Top Secret Hood. The hot side is right underneath one of the vents and I know this has to have some major cooling contributions. Definitely get a hood.
I have a Top Secret style hood from Seibon and it does not have that additional cut out above the header (turbo in this case) what is a minus, but on the other hand, I don't like the idea of pulling up into a car wash and have cold water being sprayed directly on a hot turbo/manifold. How do you cope with that? Or when it rains....
^ Now I see yours is fake too and since you run a GT1 mani your turbo is up front.
Regarding the ducting, you can get yourself one of these, sure it wont look clean but should flow more than a 2"
Originally Posted by jakub2000,Nov 7 2006, 11:02 PM
I have a Top Secret style hood from Seibon and it does not have that additional cut out above the header (turbo in this case) what is a minus, but on the other hand, I don't like the idea of pulling up into a car wash and have cold water being sprayed directly on a hot turbo/manifold. How do you cope with that? Or when it rains....
I don't goto car washes. I've always wash my cars myself unless its a non modded car. Same goes for rain. Don't drive in it.
I don't goto car washes. I've always wash my cars myself unless its a non modded car. Same goes for rain. Don't drive in it.
Not everyone has a family house with a garden hose to wash his car (and polute the enviroment). What if you go on a longer drive and the rain suddenly hits you?
We have hand car washes here. The remove the dust with hight pressure and than 4 indians with towels do the trick. No mashines. Plus I have way too much free time to spend it with a car wash knowing that the car will be dusty in another 30 minutes anyway. Black car in Dubai sucks big time.
My TS hood is authentic and comes w/ Carbon Fiber duct covers that go underneath each vent with 2 screws. These covers route the water outside the engine bay.. Takews about 30-45 seconds to install them under a bridge or in a gas station if I get stuck in the rain. Honestly, my biggest fear is of water pouring on my intake which is directly underneath the other vent on the driver side.
^ the fake one comes with those covers too and it is a valid point that you can put them on any time. If I would run an InlinePro kit and keep the original filter location, I guess it would rain straigh on the filter what is not the best thing.
Are you designing any sort of air box to protect the intake on the GT1 mani?
