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Originally Posted by zcp312
Do you mean hood vents as in CF hood with vents?
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i have trackspec vents in my oem hood. for about $360 and a little bit of time, you can help make the cooling system more efficient.
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Originally Posted by Redd
Did you see oil/coolant decrease when you installed hood vents? Or do you mean vents help to keep the engine bay cooler in general?
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the vents help reduce underhood pressure. anytime you can reduce the pressure behind a heat exchanger, the more air is going to flow through it rather than around it and increase efficiency. same goes for a proper undertray. thats why i always mention the undertray on the subject of cooling. air will meet the oil cooler face and then mostly flow around it if the undertray isn't in place to force the air through the cooler.
i did see temperature improvements after installing vents. my car is pretty cold blooded... takes a long time to get up to temp on the street.
technically, the oil cooler doens't directly benefit from hood vents, as it is sealed off from the under hood area and vents out the under tray, but i believe the oil/water temps are somewhat sympathetic of each other.