Bonnet Vent

[enigma]

Well my bonnet vent arrived yesterday and I have tried it on!

What do you guys think?

[Polabear]

Well my bonnet vent arrived yesterday and I have tried it on!

What do you guys think?

Ok, Ifn this is fur real..... :smoking: where from and how much...... :D :rolleyes5

[enigma]

Its for real alright!!!!

Ventage (http://www.jkautospares.co.uk/main/showproduct.asp?product_ID=279)

[Nick Mann]

In a twisted way, that looks good!

:rolleyes5

Removes the stealth factor, though.

[Roadrunner]

Removes the stealth factor, though.
Might look more stealthy if it wasn't white ... ;)

[Big Ian]

"ME LIKEY"....but then again,i would :laugh:

[Kieran]

That piccy looks a bit photoshoped?! :undecided

[Big Ian]

That piccy looks a bit photoshoped?! :undecided
yeah Dave i agree with Kieran,your car does look clean? :laugh:

[HJM]

To be honest :thumbsdow

Sorry :-D

[enigma]

To be honest :thumbsdow

Sorry :-D

Honesty is appreciated! I do think it will look the nutts when it is blended in and painted.

It was a wee bit photoshopped as the edges were too big! :dozey:

[Physician]

I want one ........... very nice Dave.




http://homepage.mac.com/rgdavies2000/.Pictures/car.jpg

[Big Ian]

"ME LIKEY"....but then again,i would :laugh:

:rolleyes: i say this because i like thing's being different from standard,just imagine......the world would be really boring if we all accept "the norm".
i'm sure there are a few in the club saying "i was gonna fit one O them!" (me included)
are you getting it fitted soon Dave?

[zentac]

Its a family estate car...... leave it alone !!!!

[enigma]

Its a family estate car...... leave it alone !!!!

It'll kick your ass hot boy!!!!! :D

[Marcel]

hi,

i think it looks good when its painted , but personally like carbon hoods
I ordered one from US, but are the fittings same as on jap car?

[zentac]

It'll kick your ass hot boy!!!!! :D


Not even in your wildest dreams.... :p Thats what the other VR4`s thought on Sunday as well.

I seem to remember Pete saying he let me past on the main straight. However next lap he was no where to be seen in my rear view mirrors. ;)

Where`d he go???? Where`d who go :) To quote a great film from my teenage years :)

[enigma]

Not even in your wildest dreams.... :p Thats what the other VR4`s thought on Sunday as well.



I am not like the others, I am special!!! :laugh:

10th October, you, me and 1/4 mile of Santa Pods finest :p

[zentac]

Looking forward to it.... I will be sat programming my Traction Control with the Laptop while whooping your ass up the 1/4 mile.

[enigma]

hmmmmtraction control.......does that not reduce the amount of power going to your wheels? Surely that cant be a good thing?! While I put all 430 horses on the tarmac and disapper you will be sat on the line not spinning your wheels AND not going anywhere!!!!!! :D

[zentac]

yeah but you will pull off half way down with another blown engine.

Traction control and launch controll will allow me to get more power down than when I was racing Derek.

[SGHOM]

when I was racing Derek.
'racing' me ??? dont remember that ?? :laugh: :laugh:

[Kieran]

Looking forward to it.... I will be sat programming my Traction Control with the Laptop while whooping your ass up the 1/4 mile.

You're just being cocky because you know that I've not got the GLS anymore!!! :-D

Look... we all saw it! Last time we were at the 'Pod, my 18.2 second 1/4 was the highest score of the day!!! :laugh:

[Roadrunner]

Last time we were at the 'Pod, my 18.2 second 1/4 was the highest score of the day!!! :laugh:
:lolz: To finish first, first you have to finish ... :D

[enigma]

OK, time to stop photoshopping and get cutting :rolleyes5

First of all liberally coat the bonnet in masking tape so its easy to mark up and you dont scratch it to buggery! :lipsrseal

[enigma]

Carefully measure out where the vent is going to go

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Carefully measure out where the vent is going to go

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Carefully measure out where the vent is going to go

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Mark out the position

Carefully measure out where the vent is going to go

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[enigma]

Carefully measure out where the vent is going to go

look at it

and for good measure

Carefully measure out where the vent is going to go

look at it

Then cut it out!!! :rolleyes5

[enigma]

Trim the vent to size and try it in the hole :D

[enigma]

Glue the vent in place and remove all of the masking tape

[enigma]

Finally drill and pop rivet the edge to pull everything up tight until the glue goes off..........more later (when the glue has gone off!!)

[Nick Mann]

How nervous were you cutting that hole in the bonnet? :scared1:

Are you going to get the paint shop to spray it when they do the back of the car?

[enigma]

OK so I cant drive round with it looking so white for however long it takes for my tailgate to arrive (yes Nick the bodyshop are going to prep and paint it properly).................So as a temporary solution a tin of special mix paint and some masking tape and it looks a little less in yer face! :lipsrseal

[enigma]

And some tidying up in photoshop and you get the idea?!!

:rolleyes5

[enigma]

Add some photoshop finishing touches

et voila!

[Big Ian]

lookin good my man-loooookin good :-D
(dave did you get the e-mail i sent?.......any good to you?)

are you adding something under your bonnet to try and keep any water (not that we get much rain !) from running on to the top of your engine?

[enigma]

All that hard work and someone goes and nicks my bonnet!!

:lipsrseal

[enigma]

Oh, no there it is on the floor! I better start laminating some fibreglass on to the back to make sure it is rigid! :rolleyes5

[enigma]

While I am at it I think I will cut out the struts that go across the vent holes.....they look proper crap!

Lots of fibreglass to put the strength back and I will be fine :D

[enigma]

I am thinking that you didn't ought to mess with this bad boy :-b

[Physician]

Geez, a lot of work there Dave but it'll look great when finished. Hope you don't get the problems I once had with severe warping due to the heat. :sad3:

[enigma]

With the bonnet off you can see I have some plans for some cold air feed


Sorry about the quality the clock is ticking!

[enigma]

And with an even poorer quality shot you can see how it looks with the bonnet on (sort of!) :lipsrseal

[enigma]

Guess where all the cold air is going to come from??!!!!!

:D :-b :D :-b :D :-b

[enigma]

A quick mock up of the intake, the piping is obviously mirror finish stainless steel! :D

[-LegnumVR4-]

um...umm... :rolleyes: :p

[Wodjno]

um...umm... :rolleyes: :p
Looks good Dave .. but what about water getting sucked straight into those large foam filters .. and while it's just standing won't the rain go direct onto them .. or are you going to place a cover over them when its stationary ?

[enigma]

Nah, its free water injection!!

[Wodjno]

Nah, its free water injection!!
I did think about that dave ... but isn't it
going to well up in the induction pipe .. ??

[Big Ian]

Dave,are you making the pipe yourself or trying an after market one from a supra?

[enigma]

Now there is a stupid question!

BDA Fabrications will be undertaking the work :D

[Big Ian]

:sad3: .................................................. ..... :laugh: :laugh:

[Brind]

Looks good Dave .. but what about water getting sucked straight into those large foam filters .. and while it's just standing won't the rain go direct onto them .. or are you going to place a cover over them when its stationary ?

No problem!! he'll have a motorized unmbrella that will cover it when it rains, it will even be designed in a wedge shape so it can also effect downforce and aid traction. :laugh:

[enigma]

OK, here with more pics and an update! First off, I was just going to leave the vent as is and take it to the body shop to finish......................but they have no time to fit me in before JAPSHOW :undecided :uhoh: :scared1:

So, I thunk and I thunk until :idea: ping!

I know I thought, I'll have a crack myself, how hard can it be????! :rolleyes5

[enigma]

So out comes the fibreglass, the DA, some more fibreglass, some more DA, some filler, some paint, some more with the DA, some wet and dry, some more filler, some more DA, and repeat! So here goes a few of the latest pics :D

[Nick Mann]

Is that where it is now?

Where will it be by 10th October?

[enigma]

10th October = DONE!!

[SGHOM]

10th October = DONE!!
Lets hope so !! I dont think the Ibis hotel will like trigger mauve spray paint on thier bedroom walls !! :rolleyes5 :laugh: :laugh:

[enigma]

Now why didn't O think of that! A warm spray booth!

[Spirit]

Sure gonna look wicked once it's finished Dave, once again we have to admire your "f**k it, I'll do it myself then" attitude ;)

[Big Ian]

Sure gonna look wicked once it's finished Dave, once again we have to admire your "f**k it, I'll do it myself then" attitude ;)

it's the only attitude available,,,,,aint it :D

[enigma]

OK, was bored today so I made an induction kit! Well half of one! First of all I primed the bonnet again......man it looks sexy!

Anyway enough waffling heres some pics!

[enigma]

And her with a little photoshop magic is how it will look when I pick the other filter up!

[Big Ian]

lookin good :D
also i'd like to say to Dave thank's for taking my car when i go away in 2 week's and fitting the de-cat and bonnet vent :rolleyes: ;)

[dickytim]

it is not my cup of tea but I think it looks good, I am looking at either venting my bonnet or going for a carbon fibre/fibre glass bonnet and desinging a full cold air intake system.

What is your intake chamber made from, is it heat wrapped ? I find that most of the heat around that area seems to come up from the gear box or underneath the air box

Just my opinion.

[enigma]

OK, its back amd its on................... :-b :D

[Big Ian]

:D WICKED.....me like's very much :-D

[-LegnumVR4-]

Nice work Dave. :-b Very bling :-D

[Spirit]

Very nice Dave :-b

[Roadrunner]

Gotta admit it looks better than I thought it would ;) - you obviously have vision ... :-D How would it look if you painted the "eyes" RED? :-b

[ANTHONY]

just found this,very interesting

[d i c k i e s]

too many photoshop tricks to even think its real.

[Turbo_Steve]

I totally believe it, and props to enigma for doing all the work (really good job) and envisaging what it looks like. Obviously a few fans on here too! :D

I apologise in advance, but I absoloutely hate it: I don't like the look, and I think the airfilter setup is a bit dodgy, especially as the top of the bonnet is a negative pressure area at speed.

But it's not my car, so as long as YOU like it (and plenty of other people on here will obviously disagree with me, so good luck to you!) then well done. It looks really well executed, which is the main thing, so well done :)

[Nick Mann]

Heh! 'tis an old thread. The bonnet was done and is real. Assuming the new owner decided to keep it.

The intake didn't work very well, AFAIK. I suspect now because the maf hates air flow that is not linear, but at the time I didn't have the knowledge to suspect it. Not sure Dave did either?

And it is not a bonnet for me either. I've said it until I've bored the pants off people around me - I like the stealth factor!!

[pitslayer]

i might do something like this, going to get a pattern part bonnet, or a good used one of mo, and put a vent in. but i dont like massive vents, i like the little triangle vent on the side of the evo bonnet, so might fit one in

[Jimbo]

And it is not a bonnet for me either. I've said it until I've bored the pants off people around me - I like the stealth factor!!

Absolutely! It certainly raised a few eyebrows when it turned up at the following meet...."yes Dave, hmm....yeah, that's er.....different".

To be fair to him though, wasn't this the time he was going up against the Pod announcer that called his car a Legacy?! "No, it's %&*ing not!"