You are showing much ignorance on this topic. These hood vents are being developed for those of us that want to remove heat from our engine bays do to how we drive our cars and or the force induction system we have installed. Yes some will add the vent because they look cool more power to them. If you want to maintain yours cars performance the track, heat is not your friend on any high performance engine so the primary reason for hood vents is to get the heat out of the engine bay so that the engine can work efficiently. Getting the hot air out is not the end all as in doing so it should not impact the performance of the cars aerodynamics. If fact the air flow should be used to create additional down force and therefore aiding in the overall performance of the car.

Now that you have been edge-mi-cated to the basics, you are oblige to :gtfo2: if you can not provide any useful commentary!

Functional vents would be best located front and center with a little baffle, that would suck air right from behind the radiator compartment.

:iagree::iagree:

My car drives better on the street and on the track thanks to the vents i currently have. Judging by your reply you probably don't know how hot 370z's get. That said, anything that can be done to reduce engine oil, transmission oil, radiator, air intake and coolant temps should be looked at because that heat drains your engines performance, cooks your fluids and will cause your ECU to engage limp mode. You will not be happy and your car will run like crap, unless you A. Drive like your wife has your pair in her purse. B. Add cooling mods. Guess which one I chose? :roflpuke2:

Not your every day driver
 

Ignorance no.
Reality yes.

Read my post.

Everyday driver. Looks cool,performance/overheating,not much.

For the super performance guy,have at it.

Lets be real,how many forum members actually TRACK their cars?

Dude go troll somewhere else as you are not wanted here. Obviously you don't want to participate in this matter so be respectful of those that do.

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Most of the people following this thread are here for the performance/overheating benefits. Actually most people in the forums their Z is not their everyday driver. I am being real when I say I think you probably were the only one in the "looks cool" category. I think it is functionally cool :D

There are "gobs" of ignorance in your posts. Not to mention they add absolutely nothing to the conversation. The OP has VERY clearly stated that this product is going to be be geared for FORCED INDUCTION guys. What is so hard to understand about that that you felt it necessary to come in here and spout your ignorance? :shakes head:

And as someone that has over 75K miles of daily driving in the Texas heat in a Z34, I can assure you the OEM cooling is far from adequate. Vents in the hood would be one of several ways to address that issue. Admittedly there are other mods, such as an oil cooler, that make sense to do first. But it's quite clear that these products are intended to serve those who are searching for any and all ways to increase cooling beyond the standard methods. If you don't fall into that category and don't have anything relevant to add, maybe you should just keep your hands off the keyboard.

I can assure you Bob is not looking into this development to profit or sell unnecessary mods to ignorant plebeians. This is a hardcore Z guy wanting to advance the platform :driving:

I track my car and the majority of the guys in this thread do as well. You sound like you were looking for the carbon fiber trim thread...perhaps you're a little lost?

My 370z was my daily driver for 2 years when I got my vented hood. I noticed a difference immediately. You don't have to have a super built car to see the advantages of this upgrade. My car suffered from heat soak and adding a vented hood to my list of mods was never solely about aesthetics.

I live in California where we have canyons and mountain roads within an hour of me in almost every direction from my home and the temperatures in the spring, summer and fall can be pretty brutal. It's bad enough that without an oil cooler that I could get my oil temps up to 240-250 with an easy romp on the freeway. Don't even get me started on what happens in the canyons or on the race track.

My advice? Stop wasting your time here arguing with people about a product you'll never use, if you don't need it, care for it or can't afford it...guess what? There's the door -> :wtf2:

Now you gone and done it...if he doesn't have a clue about hood vents how the hell is gonna know what plebeian is???:eek::wtf2:

Well if he found this forum, I'm sure he'll be able to figure it out.

A lot of us track their Z. :driving: More then you think. :driving:

I wish we had a track here.

Wait until a lake freezes over, and go ice racing.:driving: Oh wait..........it's still winter up there. So the lakes are still frozen. :rofl2:

I bought a trailer because the closest tracks are 3.5 to 4 hours away!

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Castrol, as long as you're mindful of the concrete barriers around it! :eek:

BTW there's another 1/2 mile event July 29th. My car won't be making it this time though

:inoutroflpuke:

If that is the case, I definitely do not need these vents for cooling - just looks. ;)

PS. We made it all the way to 89F here a few days ago.

That's all the way up in Edmonchuck. Too far for me.

Ayyy...atta boy! You learn fast grasshoppa. :rofl2:

I hear that loud and clear. Very seldom make my way up there for that reason. Hopefully the new one by Olds comes to fruition. All the approvals to date are are in place now so it's close to becoming a reality. Still a bit of a hike but 40 mins is a whole lot better than 3.5hrs.

40 min highway driving = warm up lap.

Didn't you have a great race track at one time and they shut it down?

I remember the IROC series being run there .... or is my memory jaded?

Will it happen?
 

Point taken.
I thank you.

From a long time forum member with our Z back to the 240, I have noted
many evolutions.
First,could be that the current majority of Z34 members track their cars.

This is not the norm.

However,it would be great if we have a selective membership that does.
I applaud you.

My apologies as from my experience,most members are everyday guys that
drive their cars to&from work etc.

Focusing on the hood vent project to be specific,lets say-6 months from now,
are these vents being produced and bought by Z34 owners?

Report back to me.

All the best

Yup. Until the city more or less grew around it and squeaky wheels complained and complained about noise until eventually it was shut down.

Dude I really don't understand your point of view. I am not engaging this effort as something that is a must for all Z owners. It's a niche product. I don't see you criticizing any of the other cosmetic add ons like headlights, wraps, 20" wheels that weigh 30lbs or the dumb *** looking stance projects but you have the nerve to criticize a worthwhile project that by your own recognition people are interested. Hence the title of the thread, if you are not interested move along as there many threads to spend your time in. You don't have to bother yourself with over the top fanatics like us. If you don't understand what I'm talking about...read Jarblue's comments again!!! You should appreciate the fact that you haven't been flamed like many others who make no sense in their commentary.

Feel free to check in an see what happens unless you get banned for being stupid, just keep your dissenting comments to yourself.

Hey Bobster. Did some digging. In one post, he says he is 72 yrs old. He likes fake carbon fiber. Doesn't like any mods that will improve the Z. Says the aero only works above 90 mph. :icon14: I'm left speechless. :rofl2:

Lol, obviously he is a lone wolf with no concept of why we do what we do. He doesn't know that most the time we are between 60 and 90 mph at the track! Oh well I will keep all my real cf aero that does not work under 90 mph! :eek:

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While I don't track my car, (seems I have a healthy respect/fear of concrete :eekdance: ) I'd be interested in something like this for the heat dissipation. Midwest summers get a little dicey, and while I drive mine daily, that will not always be the case. I'm interested. :tup:




On a side note..... the iggy list grew by one. :happydance:

I am always amazed at how hot the engine gets. I will lift the hood when I park her in the garage and then go inside for a bit and when I come back out it seems like temp in the garage has gone 20*! I think hood vents are useful mod regardless if track or are boosted. And I am with cooltoy, they look cool if they are done! :D

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Appreciate the feedback/live&learn
 

Dude ,I was around long before they coined the phrase troll.

As you have appointed yourself as the leader of the "top fanatics",be sure to post in detail the success of getting these hood vents actually produced by
a reputable company.

Hey,I can relate to your passion for getting a project with a PERSONAL interest done.

Have done this a few times myself:
Cannot get it made,found a way to do it myself.

Can be a costly option my friend when you cannot get at least the minimum
order needed.
Also,think about the company making the pieces will be around long enough
to guarantee the product.

Best of luck to you and all that will join in the effort.

I've been there,done that.
You learn from experience.

Its only money and a feature on the car that may not add value at a possible
resale.

Give this some thought.

Just stop, please. Go find someplace else to peddle your sagely advice. It is not wanted nor needed in this thread.

Dude- the guys that this product is intended for gave up the idea of resale value a long time ago. :rofl2:

Please stop, or mods will come in and clean this up. Post only if valuable input is provided, or at least something funny.

Imma let you finish but first you gotta stop typing words.

1. John from Trackspec Motorsports visited my home
2. He picked up my hood last week and made a mock up template of the vents already, which I am not able to share.
3. He is going to engineer the design in CAD and will be 3D printing the molds over the next few weeks
4. Once they are printed they will be test fitted
5. In order to test fit, they will be cutting up my OEM hood (that means I am the guinea pig, you're welcome)
6. Assuming all goes well, he will start mass producing them and put them up for sale.
7. Why is he approaching us for this? Because he doesn't want to have to spend money on a hood to test fit these vents. I assure you there will be a product after all is said and done.
8. Any questions?

:roflpuke2: Right? Track guys that care about resale value? That's probably the weirdest thing i've heard all day :rolleyes:

Dude, I learned a long time ago. If you want to keep the resale value up. Don't mod. Me and Hotrodz are both over 60. You're not telling us anything new. We know want we are getting into. Been there and done that many a time. Everything I have has been modded or breathed on. Helll, even my motorhome is modded. And that started out at $328,000. All my guns got trigger jobs and other things to increase accuracy. My thing is. If I can improve it to SUIT ME. I will. End of story.

For those not interested Please keep the negative comments out of this thread.

This was intended for those who would be interested and not for the negative low information members.

This would be a GREAT part to bring to life more so since it's getting track experince input.

Good Luck Guys!

Oh come on now. Nobody does mods anymore, and certainly they would NEVER think to cut up a perfectly good hood! or other body parts

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I'm not sure about anyone else or if it'd be functional but I'd love to see a hood vent similar to the hood vent on the Evo 9.

Actually Cool Toy could you shop something up like that? I'm curious to see if it'd look as good as I think.

Like this?

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