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Originally posted by RogerB:
The fact that the rear "weather seal" also keeps water out is certainly a plus, but I seriously doubt that's its only function.
I was reading a post where a young lad had tranny fluid spewing from the overflow of his ATX. If you remove the seal at the rear of the hood & raise the hood slightly, what happens to visibility if a cooler line, power steering hose, or other fluid gets loose under the hood??
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
Id do that if it didnt look ghetto 
It's not too bad.
That picture shows it at the worst and most noticable angle. Looking up from the ground level.
You can look at the newer pics on my site and see that even with the camera moved up just 1 foot the gap closes.
The picture from the front doesn't even show the gap.
Either way I saw big drops in underhood temps with the various mods I have done. (which include that & removing the weather seal)
Also the thinking behind why the weatherstripping is there is in correct.
For instance the air above the cowl is low pressure as well. Hence the entire idea for cowl induction hoods. If they wanted the engine bay sealed they'd weather strip the entire hood. The seal on the cowl is to stop rain from getting in. Even with it gone there still is the plastic channel the stops rain anyway.
You are right, it does look better from a higher angle. Not as bad as I first thought. Im just anal about body lines and all that. Which is one reason I hate my trunklid! (Wont line up)
Originally posted by Ray:
That's fine.. It can look "ghetto" while I outperform you.
You really can't tell THAT much, it isn't THAT high.
Ray
Riiiight. If you're out performing me, its not because you have two washers under your hood hinges. 
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I've never stated that two washers would seal any deals. I simply took that to mean that "the little things" are things you wouldn't look in to doing for aesthetic reasons. It's the little things that add up. Details, details, details... a bit here, and a bit there adds up. What I don't get is the fact that NOBODY on this site has EVER heard me state what my car runs, or "how good" of a driver I am. (I hate that term, because 99.99999999% of all people who say they are good drivers actually SUCK...) Regardless of the fact that I've never stated what I run at the strip, any time I state anything performance wise, someone gets all bent up out of shape about possibly being outdone. relax a little, it wasn't an attack at your driving prowess..   Ray
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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
another thing people could do is what demon does and he actually raised the back end of the hood just a tad to let hot air escape.
EDIT: heres a pic of what im talking about.
That looks really ugly though ....
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The air flows out the gap between the hood and the cowl. It's seen the heat rise and had it melt ice and snow in the winter. The air does not back flow into the engine bay due to high pressure.
My coolant temps are stellar. They always have been.
I'll take my real world results any day.
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
The air flows out the gap between the hood and the cowl. It's seen the heat rise and had it melt ice and snow in the winter. The air does not back flow into the engine bay due to high pressure.
My coolant temps are stellar. They always have been.
I'll take my real world results any day.
I've seen heat rise off the middle of my hood, and snow melt off of it, too. Does that mean I have hot air coming through the sheetmetal?
You want a real, real-world result, tape some pieces of string to the trailing edge of your hood, and see what happens at speed.
I'd be interested in what you observed.
As for coolant temps, you have, in the SVT, a bigger radiator and an oil cooler. Maybe they compensate. Or, maybe "stellar" is too vague. Define "stellar." You could still be well within normal range, but hotter than "normal."
Like I said, obviously your engine isn't stressed, so the actual result of letting "free air" in at the cowl is not catastrophic. But, I maintain that you are trading engine/coolant temp for underhood air temp.
Function before fashion.
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I run around 180-185 degrees in warm weather and spirited driving.
The only time the fans ever kick on is in bumper to bumper traffic and that's normal operation.
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