[crankedupforit]

Pat has it right with the Z34 vents. I picked up a complete set. Only problem is the drip pans are a no go. If you squint you can see them in my not so good dark garage picture. You'd need to be a bit creative to modify them.

The side mount vents just are not sexy enough.

Here's the best spot and I'm sure Pat agrees. My body guy can mount and paint for $500.00. A good value for an extractor hood that should really work.

 

[crankedupforit]

Double post. Ooops.

 

[AAIIIC]

I still have my set of vents, just haven't had a chance to do anything with them. I'd like to be able to find a used hood to butcher. And I'd need to find someone I trust to do the work, as this isn't something I'd want to give to any old body shop.

 

[crankedupforit]

I still have my set of vents, just haven't had a chance to do anything with them. I'd like to be able to find a used hood to butcher. And I'd need to find someone I trust to do the work, as this isn't something I'd want to give to any old body shop.

I got lucky and found a guy that's done quite a few. This is a popular mod with the off road guys and he's been doing Land Rovers and Jeeps. He's even done one on an STS.

 

[Faber]

will be interested to see the finished product.

 

[catch2otwo]

please keep updating!

 

[xbladr]

yea please keep us updated id love to see the results

 

[crankedupforit]

Bringing it to the shop tomorrow for the Z34 extractor vents. I'll report back in about a week.

 

[AAIIIC]

Cool! Obviously, lots of pics are appreciated (including work-in-progress pics, if possible).

 

[Junior1]

Its been done quite a few times in the Sy/Ty community with success. I think it would work...

 

[OneFast V]

Its been done quite a few times in the Sy/Ty community with success. I think it would work...

Love Sy/Ty.... Would have bought one if i didn't buy the V.

Also would love to see how the hood turns out. I wonder if there are extractors similar to the Spectre Works ones that could be fabbed in.

 

[AAIIIC]

I wonder if there are extractors similar to the Spectre Works ones that could be fabbed in.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this thread, you can find all sorts of vents and louvers if you search around. A pretty random example that I saw recently over on corner-carvers.com - the intake louvers from a 1970s snowmobile were used on an LS-motored E36 (they flipped the louvers around so they would vent out the back rather than act as scoops).

One of my saved searches on ebay is for louvers and vents (I haven't bought anything in years, it's just one of those things I look at). There are hundreds and hundreds of things that pop up. A lot of them are garbage that I haven't figured out to filter out of the search results, but there are all sorts of things that one could be creative with.

 

[crankedupforit]

The real challenge may be trying to work with all the structural bracing in the hood. I spoke to my body guy today when I dropped off the car and he said that sometimes areas of the hood need to be reinforced since it's a double panel and the thickness is variable. If you peek under the felt hood mat you can see that the V's brace panel looks a bit different than the BMW in AAIIICs picture. My guy has done it before several times but he says sometimes it involves more than just cutting out the holes. I'll try to get as many pictures of the process. The results will be interesting. I'll probably do some hood pins as well since the hood waves like a piece of paper at speeds above 130. My last track outing is October 13-14th at Road America so I can see if any of these changes work.

 

[Junior1]

If you go that route, use the aero latches instead of the pins

 

[HAMSTAR]

IMHO, a much better use of time and money would be a ram air hood that would allow you to feed air to the intake through a straight pipe, doing away with that horrible 90 degree bend we have.

 

[DrSpeed]

IMHO, a much better use of time and money would be a ram air hood that would allow you to feed air to the intake through a straight pipe, doing away with that horrible 90 degree bend we have.

No place to put the filter unless you want to stick it above the hood.

 

[HAMSTAR]

No place to put the filter unless you want to stick it above the hood.

Why not? Cut a hole, stick the filter in there. Filter will be protected by the add-on scoop.

 

[DrSpeed]

Why not? Cut a hole, stick the filter in there. Filter will be protected by the add-on scoop.

TOtally.

 

[DrSpeed]

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[HAMSTAR]

funny guy. your V looks awesome.

i was thinking more along the lines of this: