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Originally Posted by e90mod

Does anyone know what the real purpose of the hood vent is? Is it just another point of air intake under throttle? Would sealing it create more of a ram air effect or would it just remove a legitimate point of cool air intake?

They must have engineered it that way for a reason, no?

Thanks

I initially thought it was in an area of low pressure, however, it is most likely that it is in an area of high pressure which benefits the volumetric efficiency at large throttle openings.