bieransri
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i want to raise the bonnet of my corsa at the back, any info of how its done?
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Corsa E-Tec
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Scotty C
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What is the point of this?
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scoob
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quote:
Originally posted by Monster
What is the point of this?
lets heat out the back
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Ian
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Airflow over the bonnet causes a vacuum at the raised section which evacuates warm air from the bay, cooling it down.
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STEvieXE
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its the stupidest thing i ever saw in my life
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieN.I.
its the stupidest thing i ever saw in my life
no its not. its actually a very effective mod on cars with throttle bodies.
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STEvieXE
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well i never saw a big power car yet with the rear of the bonnet raised. never saw ne skylines r scoobies etc with this done n it has to be said it looks awful.
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Dave A
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thats because scoobies and skylines are not corsas you muppet.
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STEvieXE
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i do understand that a corsa is not a skyline or a scooby. and theres no need to call me a muppet but the point i am trying to make is i have never seen this done on ne other road, rally, race car yet except for a few on here doing it to corsas. dont see the need for it...
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IvIarkgraham
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on most high performance cars they will have a vent of some sort
plus someone says very effective for throttle bodies not many standard cars with throttle bodies
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SHARPY
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that looks daft (imo)
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Adam-D
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if its serves a purpose then its good
if its on a 1.0 12v then its daft
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Jake
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Does anyone know how effective this mod is on a corsa running a standard 2l?
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Corsa E-Tec
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dunno about 2l, but i've had it done for a while, the car was buring oil alot while i was having to drive it round to places to get it sorted, i raised the bonnet to clear the engine bay of smoke and keep the temps down as it was getting hot and the previous owner had mucked about with the fan switch so it never worked. so its not daft at all.
[Edited on 11-06-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]
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STEvieXE
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id rather have no bonnet than one sticking up at the rear. thatd let some heat out...
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Corsa E-Tec
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true, but surely thats illegal?
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chrisarmes
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it is a very good and effective way of cooling, done it on alot of my cars, but you only see it on things like corsa's, and like my ka had, because they aint used 2 having a 2.o under the bonnet, or a nice little t2 turbo, it gets kinda hot in there 4 the poor things!
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STEvieXE
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dunno if its ilegal to have no bonnet r not. dont think ur allowed to be missing bumpers etc due to sharp edges etc but dunno about bonnet...
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Li-SRi
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So how is it done, because no one has actually said, they have all been argueing about it lol.
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Russ 200sx
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It shows in the second pic how it is done, where the bonnet joins to the hinges you will need a spacer in order to raise the back of the bonnet.
This does actually work quite well if like said above you are running big power
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jr
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well know RST mod as well, not daft
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ed
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But it is because you don't do it on Subarus and Nissans
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STEvieXE
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ok lads we'll agree to disagree on this one. u guys can all raise ur bonnets if it keeps u cool
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bieransri
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was looking for it being more like this, really like jamesvavlers
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