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Too bad this didn't happen in a year or so... I'd really like one, but I only picked up my Contour about 5 weeks ago.... and I doubt the wifey would sign off on this

Don't worry. If the past is a sign of how things happen around here, it'll be months until we see hoods, no disrespect to Flecha, that's just how it is. It's not like ordering a sandwhich.

Maybe you'll have enough time to butter up the wifey so that she'll allow you to buy toys for the broom-broom when the time comes!

wow,

if the vented hood is in and we can drop the price a tad, I am going to reconsider selling my tour!
Moose

where's Mikeboy? I'd have figured he'd have already photochopped it onto a tour!

Vented hoods, Stazi might correct me on this but per my theory on Vented hoods could create a vaccuum effect with will dissapate heat at an even faster rate. If your driving down the road at lets say 40mph with only the driver's window open, feel the rate at which the air comes in. Now open the passenger window and the rate at which the air comes in the driver's window dramitically increases, it's because opeing the passenger window creates a vacuum. I've notice this in my apartment as well, no windows open, my front door closes softly; but when I open a window it creates a vacuum where my front doors slams close. Anyways if this is true of this vented hood trust me we will all BE VERY happy.

Eric

the invader and vents and I am in!
Why do we have to wait months. Summer is right around the coner. I do wait to have it to show

I want one! Let's get this going! Price is great too and I will finally have the money!

I'm in and no vents please.

To keep pricing down I will probably be able to only offer the invader or the stock like carbon hood only, looks like the invader. The invader comes as is in the picture, just one wide vent to dissapate heat, no other vents. Please make sure you understand this.


Eric

Very close Eric.

As the air passes over the bulge before the vent opening it has to speed up which creates a low pressure system (like how a wing works per Bernouli's Law), just in the cavity above the vent. The pressure here is lower than the air pressure in the engine bay and thus the air in the engine bay exits the engine bay through the vent in the hood as "high pressure fluids always move to a lower pressure area". So it's almost like the air passing over the hood, as you are driving, is sucking the air out of the engine bay, which helps drop the engine bay temp as the hot air is replaced by cooler fresh air from under the car and from through the radiator. So it makes the car run cooler, which is always good.

Please get us a final cost, estimated manufacture time and delivery on this Eric, if we can get the Invader hood. Functionality is where it's at!