Fiberglass hood mods... crazy?
But aren't you still trying to exhaust air into a high pressure area?
I don't know.
I realize that because of the shape of the windshield, starting at the cowl, and rising to the top of the car's "top," the windshield acts like an air "bulldozer," pushing its way through the air and the resistance to that by the existing air that is being disturbed, is manifested in a high pressure area at the base of the windshield.
BUT, the hood opening is 10-to 11-inches AHEAD of the base of the windshield. How far forward, from the base of the windshield does that high-pressure area exist before it's dissipated???
That is the $64.00 question.
The trailing edge of the raised hood would normally create a low pressure area behind it, acting like a "flap" on an airplane's wing, or a spoiler on any other horizontal surface, like the level area on a trunk lid.
But, if it's "dumping" into a high pressure area, all bets are off... probably won't work.
I know one thing for sure; I'm gonna find out! :cheers:
Might be next spring before I git-r-dun, but when I do (find out) I'll post the results on here, either way.
I'm counting on that high pressure area not extending forward the eleven inches that exist between the bottom of the windshield and the hood opening.
I would think that by that far, it will have dissipated. That's a poor way to put it. I guess it would be more accurate to say, it won't have been created, yet.... (the high-pressure area.)
Maybe not... lol! I'd say it's a 50/50 bet....
We'll see....