so since my car is a diesel and a remapped one with other mods on it , the temps in the engine bay tend to peak and one can barely touch anything in the engine bay after a few heavy runs , needless to say things get much worse while offroading and pushing the engine to its limits .
i have looked into wrapping the turbo and the downpipe but it was made clear to me that its quite risky and im basically shifting the strain to a different spot and things could really get ugly if the wrapping fell apart at a certain area as the days went by.
so lately ive been considering buying a bonnet from a junkyard and modding it to allow the hot air to escape out of the engine bay , basically a hood scoop ..
now the thing is rain is common thing here especially in winter and fall .. i know water going into the engine bay on a diesel isnt as problematic as it is on a petrol but id still rather avoid having the water go into the engine bay as it could wear out the wires and other components (plus it will really make the engine bay look dirty) .
so a reverse scoop is what i had in mind , something that dosnt get in the way of the aerodynamics and dosnt reduce my field of vision ... however the main issue remains ,even though this way i will get far less rain coming into the engine bay it would still slide into the scoop when the car is parked or when slowing down enough for the water to slide off the windshield and into the scoop ..
maybe if i create some sort of bump before the scoop it will divert the water to the sides and solve that issue ..
i think a reverse scoop with its upper lip sticking forward will block the rain coming from above and this bump would block the water sliding from the windshield and such ..
what do you guys thing ? anyone has experience with those ? perhaps theres some sort of vent for the scoop that allows air to pass but not water ?
i have looked into wrapping the turbo and the downpipe but it was made clear to me that its quite risky and im basically shifting the strain to a different spot and things could really get ugly if the wrapping fell apart at a certain area as the days went by.
so lately ive been considering buying a bonnet from a junkyard and modding it to allow the hot air to escape out of the engine bay , basically a hood scoop ..
now the thing is rain is common thing here especially in winter and fall .. i know water going into the engine bay on a diesel isnt as problematic as it is on a petrol but id still rather avoid having the water go into the engine bay as it could wear out the wires and other components (plus it will really make the engine bay look dirty) .
so a reverse scoop is what i had in mind , something that dosnt get in the way of the aerodynamics and dosnt reduce my field of vision ... however the main issue remains ,even though this way i will get far less rain coming into the engine bay it would still slide into the scoop when the car is parked or when slowing down enough for the water to slide off the windshield and into the scoop ..
maybe if i create some sort of bump before the scoop it will divert the water to the sides and solve that issue ..
i think a reverse scoop with its upper lip sticking forward will block the rain coming from above and this bump would block the water sliding from the windshield and such ..
what do you guys thing ? anyone has experience with those ? perhaps theres some sort of vent for the scoop that allows air to pass but not water ?