Clio non vent bonnet pics anyone???

[Coggi]

Has anyone got any pictures of a valver with a normalbonnet on, one without the vent in it....

Does the vent acctually do anything or can you just use the standard one?

Cheers Matt

[matt_clio]

i think it cools the exhaust manifold and the overall engine bay temperature so it dont boil the brake fluid but not 100% sure

[MAXIBOY]

not sure that the bugle isn't there for clearance of the inlet manifold.

[u33db]

You'll get a std bonnet on over the inlet without butchering the underside, the mounts need to be A1 tho.

Cooling wise, the vent will help but i don't think it'll make much difference...i'd say go for it if you need to.

[Coggi]

Im not sure it does much either!!!

Just wondering if anyone has any pictures of one. I think it would look pretty cool!??

[ae]

The vent stops the manifold getting RED hot. After a prolonged drive at 130+ the manifold will be bright red, I won't like to drive without one.



Andrew

[matt_clio]

^^^cool!

[Matty86]

yup, did that in my last RT

except my manifold had spilt oil on it, which promptly set fire :D

[MattyH16valver]

The supersprint manifold on my hybrid glowed red when it was put on.

[u33db]

IIRC there was an RSI posted up ages ago (may have been an ebay ad) that hillpower had rebuilt into a 16v shell...pretty sure it hada std bonnet on it and it looked pretty good.

r.e the manifold there plenty of other relatively quick hot hatches that don't have a vent so i think its safe to say you don't really need one.

172's seem to get on ok as do five turbos which argueable would get hotter anyway...