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LordGrover said:
Clive above had a smashing aluminium vented bonnet on his AJP Griff. Can't remember how it came about though.
It appeared on ebay I rember thinking about buying myself. Problem thougfh was it kept the heat in even more than the fibreglass and was prone to bending.I always like the vents of Jeffsy's car, off the Maserati 3200GT just that bit different and more in the right place to let the heat out as well.
davep said:
I'm not a fan of the 'fish gill' look. Another option is to cut a few holes in the bonnet's rear flange, you then get a heated windscreen as well.
It looks better in the flesh I must admit. I'm sure Pete Humphries solution works but it's a bit 'racecar functional' for my tastes
Ok, just for you LG, ... drill a few holes in the bonnet's 'front bottom'.[quote=V8 GRF]
It appeared on ebay I rember thinking about buying myself. Problem thougfh was it kept the heat in even more than the fibreglass and was prone to bending.
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it was bent when I bought it,left in a barn and got crushed
but after I dressed it back into shape and resprayed it was fine, 1.5mm thick aluminium sheet, it was very well made, it didn`t bend at all whilst on the car,obviously taking care when leaving the bonnet up, and didn`t hold the heat in any more than the fibreglass one in fact with the vents being over each bank of manifolds the heat was pushed out nicely from the intake on the front of the car when on the move.
will find some pics later, you can buy the vents from kit car and ventilation websites, cut 2 holes in the bonnet, glass in and respray, job done.
It appeared on ebay I rember thinking about buying myself. Problem thougfh was it kept the heat in even more than the fibreglass and was prone to bending.
quote]
it was bent when I bought it,left in a barn and got crushed
but after I dressed it back into shape and resprayed it was fine, 1.5mm thick aluminium sheet, it was very well made, it didn`t bend at all whilst on the car,obviously taking care when leaving the bonnet up, and didn`t hold the heat in any more than the fibreglass one in fact with the vents being over each bank of manifolds the heat was pushed out nicely from the intake on the front of the car when on the move.will find some pics later, you can buy the vents from kit car and ventilation websites, cut 2 holes in the bonnet, glass in and respray, job done.
SSPPGG said:
ant fitted a scoop to his griff, and ive seen a red one with some scooped vents which looked fine.
I'm the lucky guy that bought Ant's Griff - it does indeed have a very nice carbon fibre NACA duct, but its certainly not for cooling... Edited by SSPPGG on Wednesday 24th October 19:09
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