I bet you D&V can do it but I bet it'd be expensive as all hell.

:(

See the problem is what you want really. The best way to do it would be to bust out the hammers, sandbag, and dollies, make a couple cuts and start forming the raised and lowered areas but it takes YEARS to learn how to get the smooth straight and even countours you want while expanding the metal to keep it from warping, and with the aluminum they may have to flame aneal it and that would make everything worse. I would bet most of the places doing it right now are either welding in louvered insert and smoothing it with filler or fiberglassing it.

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How about a set of pre-make vents out of alumunim? Just cut a hole in the hood. And drop the pre-make vents into place. Rivet or glue down, then do the body work to smooth over. This way, you still have the light weight stock hood, and it shouldn't break the bank.

Carbon signal makes hood inserts like that

The style that we are talking about?

They used to, anyway. Last I heard they stopped. But yes, insert and fill is the easiest way. Doing it without filler is the expensive way.

Yes, CS still makes the insert, I think they actually have 2 designs now. a V1 & V2.

I don't see them listed on their website anywhere.

Can't say enough about mine and it actually lowered the air intake temps by 10% after much logging..

Looks like a beast! Nice shot

That seibon single center vent hood looks like something im going to have to pick up

kinda new here..and didnt read all the pages but how about like the LFA with "A horizontal hood gap also feeds air to the engine and add 2 little rear vents if needed to release the air trapt under the hood.

That car had a lot of wind tunnel testing to make that work. Here, my guess would be you'd be packing air under the hood but bypassing the radiator.

Yeah that's what I'm probably going to do.

Sorry if someone pointed this out... can always dov your own... Save a lot of money.

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...ood-vents.html

I'm thinking of purchasing this but can anyone tell me the distance between the front of hood and the vent. I need to be certain that it is actually aft of the radiator shroud.

I have yet to see an installed picture of this hood. I am curious about this as well.

http://seiboncarbon.files.wordpress....1/08/4535.jpeg

This is the only one I've seen but it looks like it is after the shroud/

from measuring the picture and the stock hood it should be just behind the core support If i get it down the road i would probably put a different coolant reservoir on it to open up the airflow

That is the GTR style hood as far as I can tell - not the one we are talking about.

It does look like it might have GTR vents on the side but the low dipping center doesn't look anything like the GTR.

Those side vents is what makes it the 'GTR Style Hood' for the Z.

It's the OEM hood profile with the GTR vents (also, it's worthless for cooling).

Yeah, those NACA ducts are just for looks as far as I can tell. For an off-the-shelf hood, it looks like it's got to be the Seibon one Takjak posted.

I designed a hood a while ago... center vents.. works real nice.. Spohn also made on, looks super badass too

IIRC, I'm rocking your design. :tup:

It's not worthless, but there are better ways of cooling ;)

got an updated pic?

What about this design? Should flow fairly well..

http://www.carid.com/images/extreme-...x/108267-1.jpg

It's pretty subtle since it was painted to match.

http://www.the370z.com/members/digit...front-view.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/digit...arter-view.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/attachments/e...723_170004.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/attachments/e...723_165957.jpg

oh!!!! yes! that is my design! where did you get it? did you buy that **** from Jamaica?

I want one!!

you can order one from me :p

Holy christ I want that hood. That is the business!!!!!!

LOL or JAMAICA!!! u gave it away!! jk, send me a pm!

I didn't give **** away, that was stolen from me :(

That is the duraflex option which I'm told is crappy quality? I think it looks decent as well and it's cheap (prolly because it has bad fitment)

Details? I'm very interested.

Same..

Yea, really. :D