Verus hood vents
 

Are there any downsides to running Verus hood vents?
I’d like the added venting out of the engine compartment. Especially at the track.
I don’t DD the car any longer so it’s seldom out in the rain, except if caught while pleasure cruising or on a road trip.

Trackspec hood vents are better but will require more of the hood to be cut.

They don't look gud


I've noticed that hood vents increase the HVAC intake temperature, since it's pulling air out of the bay and dumping it into the windshield/cowl where your cabin intake is.

OP is asking for a track application... HVAC intake temp is probably less of a concern there!

That said, in normal driving conditions, there should be minimal to no impact on AC performance.

I think the Verus Hood Vents are a great first step in hood venting. it's a relatively easy installation, their templates are great to utilize, place and install.

Very happy that I installed mine. If I could do it over, I'd just go Trackspec though. No need for half measures

I regret not going with the full sized Trackspec vents. I used a Civic Type R vent which helps with cooling, but reduction of lift is likely limited due to the size. I’ll likely end up getting a new hood and getting the full sized BRZ vents

My Verus hood vent cracked and somewhat melted, would not recommend if you intend to track heavily or run in hot weather.

You cracked and melted ALUMINUM? I think maybe you should double check what you're seeing.

My thoughts exactly.
Perhaps he cracked/melted the optional rain guards. They are plastic.

The GR86 version (center exit) is ABS plastic.

https://i.imgur.com/zlgazie.jpeg

Yea, unfortunately the GR86 hood vent is plastic. Get the TrackSpec one, you’ll want the added reduction of lift anyways.

What in the hell were they thinking? Plastic, bridging that much of a gap? Seems certain it'll buckle in the middle with high speed pressure

There is also a third option!

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+1. Found it online. Made by GK ENGINEERING :

https://gkengineering.co/products/un...40806949355568

Love the materials and construction. Don't love the style or how if contrasts with the lines of the car.

man, those are very tall and vertical fins. I dont think you want to be shooting the air straight up like that. You're going to create a lot of separation with the air going over the hood and create both drag and maybe lift compared to something like the Verus. And the last place you want to increase drag and create lift is on the front end of the car.

Hopefully it's just for pictures. Some wind tunnel videos have shown that (some) louvers work best if the leading slat acts like a gurney and each one following slowly reduces in angle.

I think the idea is that the leading louver creates a little negative pressure right above the vent, from the air coming from over the bumper. That helps "suck" the air from out of the engine bay, but more than that and you're going to just create a mess of dirty air. But I dont intuitively see how how all of them being at that angle is good for anything, but that's just the imagination of of some guy on the internet.

You don’t need that much of gurney flap to get much suction. My driveway labs has one 1/2 inch gurney on the front and at speed in the rain it causes a crazy swirl pattern on the windshield.