Relocating the VIN plate?

[Eaglefreek]

I concur Karl. You don't want to vent the engine heat/air into the cowl area. It could be fatal if there is an exhaust leak. How about some hood louvers?

[Damkid]

Yes I have also thought of the fumes getting into the passenger compartment, for that I'd most likely seal off that area so no fumes get inside the car

In my mind, modifying the hood is just not an option, I am no good at body work and I can't see me paying someone else to do it, not to mention I like how my car is such a sleeper with having no body mods from my engine work, so I wanna keep it that way

I'm not saying I plan to follow through with these ideas, I'm just entertaining the ideas and getting all the pros/cons for if I do decide to do the mods, that way I know what I'm getting into

[Larry Hampton]

Is not the cowl the source for the ventilation system for the passenger compartment?

[Safety Guy]

Yep.

Karl

[skimsucka]

Run no hood problem solved polish up all aluminum make it look good

[M3NTAL]

I've sen a few pics of the Shelby GT500 heat extractor on some Harley F150s and Lightning and it looked really good. So I asked a friend to photo shop a quick heat extractor onto my Festiva.

The angle from the two original pics were not the same so it doesnt look 100% but here's a rough idea of what it would look like. Oh and it's 58 bucks from my secret website if you guys want one

Chris this might help with your heat issue

[M3NTAL]

Someone should Photoshop it better to see what it would look like correct or just actually install it lol

[Damkid]

Run no hood problem solved polish up all aluminum make it look good

That thought has definately crossed my mind :lol: but i doubt i'll ever do it driving down the road, but at the track, probably :lol:

Someone should Photoshop it better to see what it would look like correct or just actually install it lol

Well someone could photoshop it or i could pull up a pic of NovaSS's hood






But again, i do not want to cut my hood, at all....... the reason i said i'm only entertaining this idea is because i have no idea if i will even have a heat issue, i'm basically only planning for the "what if's"

But thanks for all the replies guys