I was driving our beloved Datsun 720 rust bucket at work today when I realized those nifty non functional black louvers (one does go through, but neither accomplishes anything) would look much better on my RX... my boss said no problem, I could have them. After work I popped them off, and laid them on my hood propped up to see what they would look like. I was thinking of those small vents that new Subarii have, but those are $85 a pair and they don't fit a flat hood like ours.

 

So... now I have to make them functional by opening up the faux grill with a dremel and then locating them on my previously butchered hood. I was kind of thinking something near the turbo and maybe doing something crazy with the other side.

 

If I add enough BS scoops it makes me faster, right?

 

Too Nissan-y?

What are you trying to accomplish? Mount them as close to front as possible for maximum heat extraction.Mount them as close to the windshield for maximum air intake.

cooling

 

and possibly for air through a Volvo engine oil cooler

 

they are just laying on the hood in the pic, haven't had time to look at the hood structure or where the oil cooler might mount best... i.e. I'd like to protect it under the hood, if I can get some air through it

 

mainly I thought it was funny because of the way they came about, stared at them for hours through that other windshield before it occurred to me that maybe I could have them for a little humorous project

kinda looks like a RS Impreza hood with those on it...

kinda looks like a RS Impreza hood with those on it...

 

that's kind of what I was thinking of, but these vents are flat and from the same styling era so it kind of works

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(RS photo used without permission from the Primitive Racing website for reference only, please don't sue me)

Edited April 20, 201015 yr by Txakura

 

(RS photo used without permission from the Primitive Racing website for reference only, please don't sue me)

 

LMAO!!

 

yea it's like an old school RS hood. hmmmm maybe there is a market in this? lol probly not.

Actually, those are functional on the original truck, I believe it provides the "flow-through" ventilation. If you plug the hole, you won't get hardly any air through when you open the vents.

 

It is one of the little things I really miss about 60's/70's vehicles. Open the knee vent and get a blast of wind (plus dust, dirt, dead leaves, especially the first time in the spring) right in the face. Almost as good as a motor bike!

or not... the passenger one is cast solid, the driver side had a small circular opening in it that went to nothing

 

for the ventilation we use the rusted holes in the floor, which also lets the exhaust leaks vent to the atmosphere via the cab