Fiberglass hood mods... crazy?

The engine bay is a low pressure zone, when hoods open unintentionally, the small gap created by the lifting of the hood to the secondary catch latch then creates a high pressure zone under the hood and reduces the high pressure at the windshield. The faster your going at this untimely event will generate more pressure. I think if you just want to evacuate trapped air in the engine bay, a wide, low long hood scoop would do it, but this created a high pressure situation in the engine bay and in some cases if done incorrectly may reduce cooling through the radiator. I think if you had a wind tunnel (or a bunch of industrial fans and a smog machine) you could put a medium sized lip at the leading edge of your hood creating a low pressure zone across the hood to a point and place a vent prior to the high pressure zone at the windshield and let it vent air out. NACA vents inserted backwards in the hood may cause a venturi (sp?) effect on your engine bay and could help suck out air.

For your inlet, I've seen people actually put the filter in the cowl vent area, kind of a cheap air box, but I bet rain becomes a problem.