trucker6112002
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- richmond va
saw hood spacers at mako off road. supposed to unseal back of hood to help cooling. anyone try something like this? thnks randy trucker611
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hood spacer
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Yucca-Man
NAXJA Member # 683
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- Castle Rock, CO
There have been quite a few around here that have done this, using either large bolts or 1" tube instead of buying a 'kit' that does the same. There have been a number of threads about it, including one about a month or so ago that included quite a few pictures. However, I don't have any good search terms for you to use (yet).
2offroad
NAXJA Forum User
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- Concord NC
It helps I had 1" square tube on mine this summer and when the fan came on you could feel the heat thru the window and the fan didn't come on as often.
WobblesXJ
NAXJA Forum User
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- South Carolina
I just put a large nut on each side. Classy huh? Anyway it helped with my cooling even though I wasn't overheating to begin with. Now you can see the gauge go up to 190º then the thermostat opens and it shoots down to less than the quarter mark. Dunno if that's good or not.
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- Lafayette, CA
How about "hood"? :laugh3:Yucca-Man said:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41246&page=1&pp=15&highlight=hood
I thought that there was suposed to be some kind of preasure inside the engine area? Thats why different people were putting the hood vents in different areas, because of the preasure
So, for people who have done this, have you expericed any side affects?
WobblesXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- South Carolina
When driving there's a high pressure area right below your windsheild at the back of the hood. That's why a cowl induction works.
Ramsey
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Shreveport, LA
i believe it made mine run to cool. i just took it out today and have yet to go anywhere to see if it will run back where it should. of course its like 70 degrees here now so i wont be able to tell which is responsible for bringing the temp back up, if it does
shimmy
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- seattle, WA
i just used an old plastic cutting board and raised the mounts about an 1". works good for me so far...
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BrettM
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- michifornia
in traffic or on the trail in the summer I often see the heat coming out, so it must be helping at least a little.
OT
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Jensen, UT
Dig through the old Folger's can on the work bench and voila.
Ramsey
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Shreveport, LA
glad to know i wasnt the only one that used some nuts laying around. so i took them out earlier and it finally seems to be running at a temp that it should.
Sterling90XJ
NAXJA Forum User
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Used 3/4" square nuts for mine. Did it on my old '90, and then swapped the mod over to my current '00. Just sucks when someone comes up and says, "What's wrong with your hood" and trys to push it back down. I've also had a few that thought the hood was modified to open forward. I plan on adding in Grand Prix hood vents in the coming months.
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Used 3/4" square nuts for mine. Did it on my old '90, and then swapped the mod over to my current '00. Just sucks when someone comes up and says, "What's wrong with your hood" and trys to push it back down.
I've also had a few that thought the hood was modified to open forward. I plan on adding in Grand Prix hood vents in the coming months.
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