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[rsroadkilla]

I'l soon be dropping a turbo lump into my motah, but i was just wondering what's the best thign to do with the bonnet?

Shall i just drill some holes in the front, put a scoop in, and if so where abouts, do some cut outs in it??

Im not really concerned about it looking excellent as im aiming for power over looks now!

Any help would be appreciated!
cheers
Bruce

[Bungle]

ERA turbo bonnet vent

[Dog]

Just had one of these CUSTOM made for my turbo

http://www.autofashi...ajic_bonnet.htm

But mines alot better, and its a mk1 shape, so means I can now have a mk1 grille

[Pandora]

Well this is the scoop i have, its from custom minis. At the moment im not sure what im doing with my engine, In the process of making my mind up lol.

[Dog]

Well mines been fabrated rounda mk1 bonnet, and will be "custom" once I make my mind up how to have it!

Don't you just love choices!

Pan, think of it this way,
a webber = 1 tank of fuel doing 56 miles
a turbo = a smile that doesn't disappare for ages!

[MaryQuant88]

Why dont you just raise the back of the bonnet with bonnet pins? Give it that extra racing look aswell

Im sure this improves air flow around the engine

[rsroadkilla]

yeah i was going to do that anyways, but i'd quite like cold air being directly fed into the engine too as im always weary about engines running hot!

Probably just end up cutting and meshing some holes in the bonnet, as this keeps costs down and gives the car a more rough round the edges look!

[Ollie180]

i got this on my bonnet

[rsroadkilla]

something like that would be good, but its a clubman so i not got the round at the front

Ollie, see your cars in miniworld this month?
Lookin god!

[Pooky]

How about a cold air feed like mine?

[rsroadkilla]

me likey!

Nice one mate.

[Ollie180]

how about this

[rsroadkilla]

hmmmmm, think that might be a lil bit too extreme! lol

[Turbo Phil]

The most important thing is to have to kind of vent/holes above the carb. This will allow the heat from the Turbo to escape. Raising the rear of the bonnet will help somewhat.

Phil.

[rsroadkilla]

cool. Think im just going to raise the back of the bonnet, and maybe cut 2 holes and mesh them with black mesh!

Cheers for the advice chaps!