Finally got off my... Pics included.

[Christ]

Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob

For a professional look, it is amazing how much better things look if you buy coloured duct tape. For best weather resistance, the clear type seems to do quite well.

Nascar style... I like it! (A large percentage of the "paint" on some of those bodies is just tape... you wouldn't know it unless you'd seen them after a few races... LOL.)

[shovel]

Originally Posted by cfg83

Bicycle Bob -

What is your opinion of creating a "vent" at the end of the hood by raising the hood (ignore the hood scoop in this example)? :

CarloSW2

I did this on a 1991 Trooper (the really boxy first generation body style) to augment cooling when driving in 4L in Arizona's canyons where surface air temp generally exceeds 130F during summer days.

Didn't do much to help... but the steep, flat Trooper windshield may have had something to do with its ineffectiveness.

On my Blazer I put OEM magnesium vents from an 80's K-car in my hood. Seven dollars and fifty cents at U-Pull-It and about an hour of measuring, taping, marking, and cutting.



Yarn testing shows definite evacuation from under hood at speed (and at rest, from engine fan)

[cfg83]

shovel -

Originally Posted by shovel

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On my Blazer I put OEM magnesium vents from an 80's K-car in my hood. Seven dollars and fifty cents at U-Pull-It and about an hour of measuring, taping, marking, and cutting.



Yarn testing shows definite evacuation from under hood at speed (and at rest, from engine fan)

That's cool to know that you tested it.

CarloSW2

[Christ]

No real results to give on this, yet, except that the lower parts fell off after the rain.

I haven't even filled a single tank yet, so I dunno, other than to say that I think I"m a little more miles than usual at the 1/2 tank mark.