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Old 10-27-2003, 08:53 PM
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Originally posted by vtecfed
Better air flow through the engine bay=cooler engine temp=more HP.

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Old 10-27-2003, 09:08 PM
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look into a mugen type vent design. the vents are faced backwards towards the driver.... similar to how the Mugen Integra hood and bumper is designed. big opening in the front bumper pushes cold air in and hot air out the vents through the hood.



as for a hood cowl.... there's no intake box, throttle body, nor blower to force air into.... which does NOT equal more horsepower.
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Old 10-27-2003, 09:43 PM
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Cowl hood on a civic!?!?! Ok...I have now officially heard it all.
Old 10-27-2003, 10:03 PM
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Originally posted by str8edgexx
Cowl hood on a civic!?!?! Ok...I have now officially heard it all.
Nah dude I've seen dual cowl hoods on Civics...once you see it the image never leaves your mind...you get haunted by it. Cowls = :ghey: unless you have a big block Chevy...
Old 10-27-2003, 10:14 PM
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Originally posted by Dimi
Nah dude I've seen dual cowl hoods on Civics...once you see it the image never leaves your mind...you get haunted by it. Cowls = :ghey: unless you have a big block Chevy...

lol. Is it the one that went with the Ground Designs2000/ Black widow kit? that thing is awful.:eek3:

Old 10-27-2003, 10:33 PM
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Originally posted by Bumnah
your ccowl hood isn't gonna give you more hp, if it does it's so minor you can't measure it.

either way. don't buy a cowl hood, you know it and i know it. get some suspension, atleast then you feel the difference.

Originally posted by asiandoood
as for a hood cowl.... there's no intake box, throttle body, nor blower to force air into.... which does NOT equal more horsepower.
My points exactly. If you're getting it just for looks, you'd have to custom mold it into your Civic. The only other cowl type I've seen was this one in a JDM magazine where there was a small opening above the passenger side headlight. And that specific design diverted air into the intake... that's the only example I've seen that was functional.
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Old 10-27-2003, 10:47 PM
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are you running a full drag car that you need a cowl hood? :eek3:
Old 10-27-2003, 10:54 PM
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Originally posted by supapoopa
lol. Is it the one that went with the Ground Designs2000/ Black widow kit? that thing is awful.:eek3:

EXACTLY the one! :hurls:
Old 10-27-2003, 11:27 PM
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Originally posted by Dimi
Nah dude I've seen dual cowl hoods on Civics...once you see it the image never leaves your mind...you get haunted by it. Cowls = :ghey: unless you have a big block Chevy...
Or an SBC. Either way it's a big friggin' engine. :thumbup:
Old 10-28-2003, 10:21 AM
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don't get the cowl's

i sure hope you don't think that the colder the engine is going to be, the better your car is going to perform.

i also hope you realize there is something called Thermal Efficiency, where you want to minimize the amount of heat lost in your combustion chamber.

only time you would want cold air with your engine is the fuel mixture.

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