Fiberglass hood mods... crazy?

mopar melissa said
it doesnt...
the top edge of your windshield/roof area to a small degree, may have a plow efffect..but its mostly the grille and your front edge of the hood..
the high pressure air in the cowl is air that is circulating (like laying a large roll of paper towel across your hood/cowl..despensing paper towels into the cowl ..and or cowl hood opening...
the front fascia..(grille) will dictate more of how the air acts... if you block off the grille and allow the air to run up over the hood you'll have less under hood air..and more available air in the cowl..
the air going over the roof has the Coanda effect...there is a boundry layer there...this creates a suction...if you where looking to remove air from under the hood..you would need it to exit where there is an extreme low pressure.
like the top of the roof with a Naca duct...
or theoretically where the fake ducts are on a charger door..fwiw.

Mel.

My 2-cents....

I think it will exit anywhere that has lower pressure than what exists under the hood. Why wouldn't it? Like lots of things, air takes the path of least resistance. If the opening available to it, is 11 inches ahead of the windshield base, which, as you have said, is NOT a high-pressure area, and the trailing edge of the raised hood in fact, creates a vacuum at speed, (and, won't it???) why wouldn't the underhood air exit there?

The air entering the underhood area through the radiator-opening, displaces the air already under the hood. Where does it go?

Out the bottom, beside the engine, between the engine and the inner fender panels.

However, (and correct me if I'm wrong,) underneath the speeding car, exists a high-pressure area that occludes, to a degree, the path for that exiting air. The air continues to enter the underhood area through the radiator opening in ever-increasing amounts as the car's speed increases to, say 120 mph. About 60 mph, I would GUESS, the pressure under the hood will raise the back of the lightweight, fiberglass, hood and provide an exit path for the underhood air.

If that won't work, I would really like to know why.

Thanks for any information!!!:read2: