there's probably enough airflow in there to not need a fan.
the renault 5 turbo (mid engined - hence less airflow from the side
intakes) has a small tube (about 90mm diameter) running from the
header straight down out the bottom with a small electric fan in it.
its triggered by a temp sensor in the top of the engine compartment.
you can get these sort of fans (12V) from computer stores designed to
extract air from computer cases. they are cheap and offer a
surprising amount of airflow.
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Rob Bernardino <crbernardino@mac.com> wrote:
> I concur with all the discussion of airflow. However, I think a lot of
> air gets trapped in the engine compartment. If you look at modern cars
> they all have venting in the wheel wells, or the stylish-again fender
> vents. Perhaps the vents on the lat hood are too high and too close to
> the windshield (high pressure zone) to be effective for heat escape. I
> wonder if anyone has experience with the fender vents like on the
> Tiger rally cars. I am contemplating removing metal in the inner
> fender to help hot air escape. Might even consider a small exhaust fan
> there to keep flow going. I have seen that trick on some custom Cobras
> at it seems to help.
> Rob in CT
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