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ive been thinking of ways to accomplish something similar far longer than this thread has been up, but my thinking was more towards the AC condenser (I think that is what it is) thus no longer blocking the radiator, and allowing for better cooling from it.
there are several ideas I toyed with, but the one that I felt was easiest accomplished was by using 2 pieces for the condenser, and putting them on either side of the fender, with a series of small, thin vertical cuts along that portion to allow the air flow to pull heated air from them while moving, and maybe a low fpm fan for when stationary.
this would allow a much larger area of grill blocking since the air would no longer be blocked and heated from the AC portion that sits in front of it.
as far as removing the rad, and replacing it with a hood system, it could be accomplished in the same way.
to keep the engine bay cool and allow gases to escape, a couple of inverted slits along the hood itself would accomplish this, and all you would really need is a small slit in the front for air flow. I mean, look at that aerocivic, it has almost no frontal inlet for airflow and has no problems that I know of.
all in all, I think its a novel idea and something that could be pretty easy to accomplish
with just a little bit of ingenuity and some trial and error.
heck, you could do both if you chose, 1 part at the hood and 1 part in the undercarriage.
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