[Tigers] Spacing Hood louvers

[Tony Somebody]

I have a hood in my "beam" storage building- I cant see it and it would be dangerous to attempt tunneling to its location BUT if I didnt already own one and wanted to work on cooling my Tiger(I think my Tiger runs cooler than anyones and I am yet to figure out why) I would follow Steve's post and read all the work previously performed by many hours of work by Tiger experts- not in just cooling. I would take that money and put it towards one of the high end fiber, fiber carbon etc LAT hoods that you have to add your name to the waiting list to get.Then follow up by buying the kit of instructions on making your own from (OK-his name escapes my memory BUT he is a popular member) that makes it work as a true ram air scoop. AND first of all I would check to make sure my engine is really overheating as gages can be unreliable due to the little voltage box that keeps the fuel,and temp gage be misleading. A new transistor replacement is available from Theo and
 ModTiger engineering. If you like the louvers look, which I do as well, then add them and you are correct in asking where to place them. Perhaps a good hot drive and a thermal temp probe would help by stopping and locating the hottest area of the hood- retest several times until you are certain of the hottest area and then decide if the louvers would look good in that area. Just some cray thoughts but as a newer owner you dont want to rush into spending money(unless you are loaded)that you would be better off investing in another area or even the same are via a different approach. There are a few things that havent been tried on a Tiger but most are not repeated because of embarrassment that admitting would cause- otherwise, someone has tried most improvements and made them available BUT keep reading as Dale A., Doug, J. Theo, ModTiger and others are always thinking and creating.
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