Heat soak - vented hood options that are not "louvered"

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

I'm not really sure whether this thread belongs in here or in the "body/exterior" forum but I figured I'd start here as I suspect I'm not alone. If a mod thinks this belongs elsewhere, please feel free to move it.

So unsurprisingly, I'm having radiant heat/heat soak issues especially when the car is pushed hard and I'm looking at more engine bay venting before I look into a bigger oil cooler/radiator/other cooling options whatever. I already have the vented fender liner from GTM so a hood scoop would be a nice way to get some air circulation going.

Thing is, I'm not crazy about the vented hood options I've seen posted here (carbon signal, seibon etc). I really don't like those diagonal vents as it kinda ruins the lines of the car - no offense intended, just my opinion.

I ran across this on my facebook feed (not my car):



...and it turns out this is a non-functional scoop - ugh. Is there a hood that looks like this or the old 350z vented hood style? I've been told modifying the stock hood (even with a fantastic metalworker) is a bad idea for several reasons.

Any ideas?

Originally Posted by synolimit

I wouldn't do a scoop only because I think a vent is better. Instead on bringing in ambient temps into the engine bay, I'd want the heat to get out of the engine bay faster/better.

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Well, I'd be leery about having the engine bay directly exposed to weather/debris/whatever even with that mesh there. I think I'd feel better with a combination of scoop/mesh.

Also, with my vented fender liners, a scoop would generate air circulation where a hole in the hood covered with mesh might not. Not an expert here or anything but I think I'll give my guys at D&V a call and see what they think.