Please find a link to a picture of the venting chimneys, i highlighted them
in red circles
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2122229670054462410CMuCfp
On 25 February 2010 00:06, michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com> wrote:
> While looking under the bonnet (hood) of an aston martin vanquish today i
> noticed something that could be usefull to tiger owners.. especially those
> with LAT hoods.
>
> Look at a pic on the net and you will see 2 x silver insulated chimneys
> rising up from deep in the engine bay going to the 2 vents in the rear of
> the bonnet. I looked further down at these and they were attached to large
> sheilds of the same insulating material that wrapped over and sheilded the
> headers. The chimneys entered those.. they vent the heat from the headers to
> the bonnet vents.
>
> This would work on a tiger and with an LAT bonnet i am sure some negative
> pressure where the NCCA vents are would help draw the hot air from the
> engine bay even better. I'll try and post some pics at some point.. you
> would lose the cool look of the headers in the engine bay.. but i bet it
> would make a HUGE difference in engine bay temps.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Michael King
>
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Regards
Michael King
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