HealeyRick Rick Neville (490 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
Every Hot Rod Needs Some Louvers!
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Re: Every Hot Rod Needs Some Louvers!
Looks real good Rick.
Should help in letting a lot of hot air out of the engine compartment. Where did you get it? Did it cost a small fortune? Cheers Byron |
HealeyRick Rick Neville (490 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
Re: Every Hot Rod Needs Some Louvers!
Thanks, Byron. The hood is a spare Healey hood that before louvering needed the underhood braces removed. The louvers themselves were punched by a local guy that's been doing hot rods in New England for many years and only cost $200 (although he said the layout was a big enough pain it would be about $300 for the next person that wanted one)
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Re: Every Hot Rod Needs Some Louvers!
He did a real good job of it.
It must be a challenge to punch those louvers without distorting the hood being that the hood is a compound curve. Cheers Byron |
HealeyRick Rick Neville (490 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
Re: Every Hot Rod Needs Some Louvers!
Yep, he really knows his stuff. On most of the louvered hoods I have seen on 3000s, the louvers are usually just punched on the flat part of the hood. It didn't look right to me and I wanted to extend the louvers as far as possible along the hood scoop line. He did a great job carrying out my ideas.
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