Is anyone running a vented hood CF or not? All this heat in Cali is making me think running a vented hood might be good idea especialy with the supercharger.

 

I know there was some pics of a WDP with a custom hood, believe it was vented. I'm interested in getting something custom done also. Maybe someone can do a photochop.

 

Yup, I believe it was OMPrelude's WDP. I don't know how to search it on the new site, though, sorry. It had something to do with Revscene, in Canada, IIRC.

 

Yep, he did the work himself and made custom vents and inverted scoops.

You could always dremel some vents if you trust yourself

 

^ hey that was my idea... to copy the s2k fellas... but sadly the pattern the TL has underneath isn't as nice as the s2k... but, it you'd end up with a nice triangle shaped

sort of like \||/

 

I'm thinking of eventually getting the BMW M3 ALMS hood after going supercharger.... but won't be for a long time.

 

nismo made the one for the guys wdp he lives in canada i believe.... its a piece u cut a hole for in the hood then mold it in. i thought it looked great but thought....damn man u hit one nice pothole no matter who puts it in (you have to use bondo) it'll crack =/

 

In addition this is a purely aesthetic mod, you will not gain any performance....

But it's def. a cool idea for a more aggressive looking TL.

 

but it does benefit the heat in the engine bay....it dissipates a lot quicker....keeping it cooler....i think thats beneficial in a way no?

 

vents in the hood like the Thunder-hill TL would work great:


also it would be good to try to get the air to flow out too, so maybe cutting fender vents would work, also that would help reduce front end lift at higher speeds like the fx50..

 

if you know how to mold it on to your hood it won't crack even over lots of bumps or pot holes , just get a good body shop to do it and not a shitty body man

 

sorry man.....u make no sense...a body shop? a body guy? whats the difference??? its still one guy working on the car. u think the shop u bring it to is gonna have 10 guys drop what they are doing to work on ur car as a shop??

 

^^^who cares what he means.

All I know is that if that hood from the TL at thunderhill were to ever be made Id buy it.

 

x2, I'd rip my CF hood off and slap that one on in a minute. So sexy!

 

gimme your cf hood when you do haha

 

the thunder tl hood wasn't made... they just cut the 2 triangles and folded them down then added some little raised diffusers...

take the carpet off from underneath the hood and you will see the 2 triangles they cut half way... that is an oem hood on the th-tl

 

I think the thunder hill design is the way to go. The vent looks to be right where the blower is and any heat evacuation will be helpful.

 

The Honda R&D TL is going to be running two weekends from now at Mid Ohio in the NASA championship for Honda Challenge. I've been thinking about driving the 500 miles to go see it in action.

 

I found this pic claiming to be a vented TL hood but it is hard to tell.

 

I would guess that's for a second gen...