gabe4
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- upstate NY
Ok I’m still worried about my overheating issue, so I’ve been searching and reading all I can on hood vents. It seems that there is still a lot of debate as to whether this helps or not and where they should be placed. The one thing there seems to be a consensus on is that it will certainly help the under hood temp, and that sure can’t hurt. The one thing that dawned on me was a lot of the people who are having OH problems had after market bumpers on (at least those that had photo’s) the obvious thing is that some including myself have winches or light bars or whatever that might hinder air flow, but the thing I’m noticing is that most of us removed the bottom air diverter for ground clearance. So I’m going to try something tell me if my logic is wrong, (I’m sure someone will whether I ask them to or not ). I’m going to install some sort of air deflector on the bottom something that can be put on and taken off quickly and raise the back off the hood an inch. This seems at least in my farm boy brain that it would really help the air flow through the engine camber. I should mention the only time I’m getting hot is on long highway hills while towing, I’ve replaced everything in the coolant system and just replaced the fan clutch.
I’m running 4:56’s with 33’s and I’m sick of watching old stock xj’s fly by me while towing what looks to be more then I am while I’m on the side of the road watching coolant blow past my radiator cap
I’m running 4:56’s with 33’s and I’m sick of watching old stock xj’s fly by me while towing what looks to be more then I am while I’m on the side of the road watching coolant blow past my radiator cap