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Has Anyone cut vents in cowl hood?

ebman74

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My bronco has a fiberglass cowled hood and I was wondering if and how anyone cut it out to get air to the engine? I thought about using a hole saw and sawing several holes in the rear of the hood and putting screen in it. Has anyone done anything like this?Can anyone post pictures?
 

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Waverous

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Here is a pic of my Protofab hood open with the rear cowl cut out and vent holes
 

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Waverous

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Here is one with the hood closed showing the scoop for the heater vent (same as the drivers side intake vent)
 

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Waverous

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cbfomoco said:
where di dyou get your scoops ??? for the air/ heater??
Those are JC whitney specials! Think they are called "euro style" or "mini euro style". I had to open them up before installin them
 

70_Steve

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This is Doug Schulz, Arizona Classic Bronco Club member at Moab, running a Protofab ProFlo hood.
 

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