I've been looking at hoods and vents all over the place but can't find anything like I'm looking for. I'd like to get a vent or hood with a vent that looks like the vent on the new stingray and zL1. Anyone come across anything like this?

 

Never seen one like it. Get that hood, cut the vent out and get it put on at a bodyshop

 

Finally found just the vent... $500 :O

 

Its on the stingray and ZL1 did you expect it to be cheap?

 

Not really, but that was a bit more than I anticipated. lol

 

Looking forward to see how that will look on a Cobalt

 

put up pics when you get this done

 

after he just found out the price, I doubt he is doing to do it. lol

 

I'm not sure it would look good on a balt. The hood likes don't flow with it

 

Could be

 

Let alone paying someone to install it right. I think the zl1 vents are carbon so the price is justified

 

I'm still thinking about doing it but knowing the cost now it will be a while. Might even see about putting it in a different hood but I'm not sure... a lot of options to explore still.

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/221549539844?nav=SEARCH

 

I've seen that one around. I like it a lot!

 

or this one...

 

How are you supposed to wash your car with a hood like that lol

 

lol, it wouldn't get wet enough under it to do any damage. You can wash your engine.

 

Do you not wash your engine bay?

 

This thread is awesome!

 

Install an eclipse bump.

 

While it looks really good, it looks like it has no functionality. With my charge piping, I don't think it would fit lol

 

I always thought that heat extractor hood was one of the best hoods out there. Functional, and the lines flow decently with the rest of the car. I was never a fan of the evo looking hood.

 

The functional dilemma is why I was interested in the new stingray vent because not only does it increase air flow and so cool the engine. It also creates a downward force when you accelerate making you more aerodynamic. But seeing how it is designed specifically for the 'vette I'm not sure how it would effect a Cobalt. And that unknown with the cost makes hard to justify over a hood designed for our car. The reverse cowl looks cool but if it's not functional then all the looks in the world don't matter. :/

 

Do some 2004 cobra vents.

 

The whole hood impliments some sort of downforce but even then its not great as air flows back over the curved surface .... For instance a splitter is effective in the sense that the bumper creates a dam to divert air down and the splitter catches it before it just goes under the car. Being that the windshield is slanted backwards there is no air damn for the hood or anything. The air just flows back and over the room. The little kick up in front of the vent in there primarily to block air from flowing directly into the vents. It gives it a split second chance to escape while the air flowing over the kick up carrys it away. In terms of frontal downforce it probably does nothing.