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Old 01-18-2022, 11:37 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Ashikabi View Post
Ducting is still important. As you want the air coming through the grill to actually go through the radiator instead of around it. As I'm sure you can imagine, radiators are an air RESTRICTION and it would much rather go around then through.

Depending on your usage of the vehicle, you might be about to modify your cowl(windshield wiper surround) to allow air to escape up the windshield without modifying the hood itself. I'm not sure what affect that opening might have during daily driving. Cause your climate control air to be hot? The OEMs seal it up for a reason, but I couldn't tell you what it is. It's not uncommon for people to put risers under the back of the hood to achieve that gap. They seem to do ok. Modifying the cowl would be nearly invisible from the outside

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Making a gap at the back of the hood might be counter productive as there is high pressure air in front of the windshield (when the car is moving at speed) that would limit the air flow from under the hood. I fabbed up some garnish vents. That area seem to have relatively low air pressure.
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