I've been doing a ton of reserach on my car since way before I decided to buy this particular one, but somehow I missed the discussion on underhoos cooling/ heat extraction. My car has an aftermarket cowl hood on it as purchased from the previous owner, and I am becoming concerned about excessive underhood temps after reading the threads on the subject.
I recently installed an Aeroforce Interceptor dual guage set, and I have been watching the Coolant 1, IAT 1 and Charge Air temps closely for any signs of trouble. So far, the highest numbers I have observed have been 225* for Coolant 1, 115* for IAT 1 and 156* for Charge Air. This was on a 95* ambient temp afternoon while in fairly heavy stop-and-go traffic.
I thought the cooling system seemed to be doing a fairly good job keeping up considering the conditions, but what do you guys think about those temps?
Ideally, I would like to modify the cowl hood to shed heat more effectively rather than find a stock heat extractor hood and have it modified for additional vents and painted like racebronco2 and SCT2003. I am not opposed to that route, but I wondered if it was possible to make the cowl hood functional and effective in the interest of cost savings and using what I already have.
FWIW, I am aware of racebronco2's experiments with cowl airflow and the high pressure/low flow area at the windshield and cowl, so I envision the vents being along the front or middle portion of the hood to take full advantage of the low pressure/high flow areas there.
Thanks for any replies.
I recently installed an Aeroforce Interceptor dual guage set, and I have been watching the Coolant 1, IAT 1 and Charge Air temps closely for any signs of trouble. So far, the highest numbers I have observed have been 225* for Coolant 1, 115* for IAT 1 and 156* for Charge Air. This was on a 95* ambient temp afternoon while in fairly heavy stop-and-go traffic.
I thought the cooling system seemed to be doing a fairly good job keeping up considering the conditions, but what do you guys think about those temps?
Ideally, I would like to modify the cowl hood to shed heat more effectively rather than find a stock heat extractor hood and have it modified for additional vents and painted like racebronco2 and SCT2003. I am not opposed to that route, but I wondered if it was possible to make the cowl hood functional and effective in the interest of cost savings and using what I already have.
FWIW, I am aware of racebronco2's experiments with cowl airflow and the high pressure/low flow area at the windshield and cowl, so I envision the vents being along the front or middle portion of the hood to take full advantage of the low pressure/high flow areas there.
Thanks for any replies.
