Feelin' That Heat

Hey fellas ever since the ole 95 has been out of the paint booth she seems to be generating more heat in the cabin than before. I dunno if its due to the mach 1 chin spoiler or the hood insulation that they made me get. Car currently doesn't have a/c and the heat is just seeping through the vents She's not overheating but the gauge is running right about middle. Any ideas how to drop the temp a little without spending an arm and a leg? I don't really see a new hood in the near future, should've did it when it was getting painted but that ship has probably sailed. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make the dinky little hood vents functional as to let more heat escape?


mike

If I were to do it I think I would find a nice pic-a-part junk yard and go salvage some type of grille to put in the opening for a factory look.[/quote] Off the top of my head I cant remember, does the insulation cover where the "vents" are? I had the insulation off for a good while b/c at one time she was sitting for a good minute and rats made a nest of it. Got the motor rebuilt 2 yrs ago and just had er painted couple months ago and the painter insisted that I get the insulation. No one makes an aftermarket oem replica that I could find and had to get one from a salvae, it doesn't look all that great, not bad but not great. I do remember that behind the vents there is a hole a little big bigger than a quarter on the underneath side of the hood. But yeah I was wondering if cutting the underneath bigger would work or would the hood go all to crap or even if it didn't would it be worth the hassle??? If the "vents" on the outside of the hood were larger like the cobras it might be more functional if you cut the underside out but I dunno if our lil nostrils are big enough to make a difference. I did see on some forum where someone did the same thing we're talking to a cobra but I just don't know if our "nose holes" are big enough to justify hacking away.

One more reply to my own thread: If I got a larger radiator air deflector do you think it would overcome the negative affects caused by mach 1 chin? If it did work to direct more air into radiator again I would probably fighting road imperfections since it'd be longer and my car is lowered a tad...