has anybody ever tried this?? what i am thinking of is similar to the style of 87-94 Cavalier Z24's. the duct work is in the hood itself allowing air to enter up by the cowl (just below the windsheild) and travel (in the Z24's) to the air intake. would something like this work to eliminate the build up of air under the car if you ran the "ducting" to the radiator compartment?? i have always liked cowl induction style hoods and think this would be a nice looking idea. what do you think and has anyone done this?

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1986 Fiero GT
1992 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ
2000 Chevrolet Blazer ZR2

" I guess I've learned that there's more to life than racing, but not much more."
-Paul Menard

yes, I suppose you could get the ZR1 lumps, and duct them like a hood vent to dump at the cowl.

your HVAC system intake is at the cowl, so, anything vented at the cowl will get sucked in. even with my open hoodvent, I get hot radiator air thru my vents.

Cowl induction utilizes the high pressure area at the base of windshield to feed the engine intake, a low pressure area. That is why cars have the vent there to feed fresh air into the interior.
The area behind the radiator is high pressure also. This high pressure causes lift. The area over the front half of the front deck is low pressure so that is where the high pressure air behind the radiator needs to exit to reduce lift and improve cooling.

quote Originally posted by gem1138: Cowl induction utilizes the high pressure area at the base of windshield to feed the engine intake, a low pressure area. That is why cars have the vent there to feed fresh air into the interior. The area behind the radiator is high pressure also. This high pressure causes lift. The area over the front half of the front deck is low pressure so that is where the high pressure air behind the radiator needs to exit to reduce lift and improve cooling.

i see, so i'm guessing it wouldn't exactly work unless the pressure behind the radiator is HIHGER than that at the cowl...hmmmm...how the eff would you figure that out??

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1986 Fiero GT
1992 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ
2000 Chevrolet Blazer ZR2

" I guess I've learned that there's more to life than racing, but not much more."
-Paul Menard

For it act like an extractor scoop it will have moved away from the windshield some and you may also want to want to to put a ip on rear of of it. I'm not sure how far you need to move? I suppose you could scotch tape some lengths of wool all around the area and take a ride. Have someone snap a few pictures and maybe get a better idea as to placement?

our windshields are at the wrong angle for a good cowl induce.

What makes you say that?

quote Originally posted by revin: our windshields are at the wrong angle for a good cowl induce.

i don't actually want induction, i was hoping to get the same effect as an extractor hood-pulling air away from the radiator compartment.

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1986 Fiero GT
1992 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ
2000 Chevrolet Blazer ZR2

" I guess I've learned that there's more to life than racing, but not much more."
-Paul Menard

If the goal is extraction, why start by looking at an induction device?

Because he probably likes the look. I saw one Fiero at Carlislie one meet that had a camaro stlye hood. The workmenship was fine, but to me, the car looked like he wanted you to think the engine was up front.

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quote Originally posted by Francis T: Because he probably likes the look.

Exactly

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1986 Fiero GT
1992 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ
2000 Chevrolet Blazer ZR2

" I guess I've learned that there's more to life than racing, but not much more."
-Paul Menard

If the look is enough reason to do it, why ask if it works?

[This message has been edited by Will (edited 03-05-2008).]

quote Originally posted by Will: If the look is enough reason to do it, why ask if it works?

I've known some women like that, if ya know what I mean :-)

If you want to pay to ship, I have the hood you mentioned earlier (87 Z24 cowl induction). I live 28546. PM me if you want it

If somebody could photoshop. I saw pictures of BMW's 2008 M3 with it's "powerdome". I'm wondering if something similar would look great on a fiero? It could give the Fiero hood a 3rd dimension in a way like the cowl induction hood.