For those with Hex Vents... - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

markmass · 07-18-2013, 07:39 PM

I have had these hex vents on for a few months, and absolutely love them. I also have the 'water deflection trays. Florida at the moment is constantly rain, Now while the trays do the job, the water will defect on to the block, belts etc, which is of course ok - however I'm pretty anal about water and where I don't want it to go so i thought about ways of taking the water away from the main components.
Home Depot, couple of brass fittings, some vinyl pipe and this should do the job.
The brass fittings (pictured) i cut most thread off, leaving about 1/8" just enough to screw into a 1/2" hole i made at the lowest point.
I also used epoxy to ensure the brass fitting is solid and doesn't leak.
Refitted the trays and ran a length of vinyl tubing to the front of the hood, above the rad, of course i may tinker with this, but seems to be a good place
I took a few of the push in fittings out and used a tie wrap through the hood cover to secure the tubing
i think $10 in total, plus i have about 8 foot of pipe left!

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TRC-SS · 07-19-2013, 04:02 AM

Great job!

Lio Martinez · 08-01-2013, 01:03 AM

I really need to do this!!

LIM3 · 08-01-2013, 01:19 AM

Great idea

Glen e · 08-01-2013, 05:15 AM

Smart move....I've been tracking where my water exits and so far ok, but I'll do this..... Steve is working on a quik disconnect splash tray as well. I'm in Florida too and made some plexi drop in covers to keep the tree crap out when blowing out...they work well, weighted them with stick in wheel weights..pics here...

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...0&postcount=76

Aubrey64 · 08-01-2013, 12:26 PM

This is really cool! Nice job!

markmass · 08-08-2013, 01:15 PM

Thanks all, Nice job Glen. I had thoughts about something like that, but now you have given me some inspiration!!

Cheers

CamaroLB · 08-12-2013, 05:38 AM

Thats super cool! I would definitely need to do this before winter comes our way !!

Steven13 · 08-12-2013, 06:41 AM

dude thats awesome, but are the hex vents a cosmetic thing only?

markmass · 08-12-2013, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven13

dude thats awesome, but are the hex vents a cosmetic thing only?

No - they are functional, and i think they look pretty cool

. You do cut a hole in the hood and fit these. Primarily heat dissipation. After a run I can see the heat pouring through these things

Glen e · 08-12-2013, 05:03 PM

Mark - Here's another mod I did today. I am having to take off my pans weekly, as where I live, smaller stuff gets by my screen and into the pan. My covers go on at night but I like the pans clean. The problem arises when you take off the pan and put it back. You kinda search for the thread to bolt into the vent and if you miss it, you can screw up the threads. That's long term a bad thing. So after discussing with Steve, I cut the head off a machine screw , and made it into threaded rod which now sticks down...made a slightly larger hole in pan, so it will punch thru and a rubber washer and nut complete the project. Now you never screw up the threads in the vent which is not easily fixable. Studs look like this:

the bolt is at lowes : M4 x 0.7 x 60mm & rubber washers and fender washers
nice thumbscrew here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

markmass · 08-12-2013, 09:43 PM

Nice idea - like it. I have done that a few times trying to line the threads up!

Blk-Ice · 08-13-2013, 02:21 AM

I Got this idea from a Club member of mine. I dont use the trays, i cut these and use them to close off my vents from the top when i use car washes with the high power sprayers. They work great and keep ALL water out.

Blk-Ice · 08-13-2013, 02:23 AM

07-18-2013, 07:39 PM	#1
markmass TRI-COUNTY CAMAROS Drives: 2SS/RS Oct 2009 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Coral Springs Florida Posts: 448 View My Garage	For those with Hex Vents... I have had these hex vents on for a few months, and absolutely love them. I also have the 'water deflection trays. Florida at the moment is constantly rain, Now while the trays do the job, the water will defect on to the block, belts etc, which is of course ok - however I'm pretty anal about water and where I don't want it to go so i thought about ways of taking the water away from the main components. Home Depot, couple of brass fittings, some vinyl pipe and this should do the job. The brass fittings (pictured) i cut most thread off, leaving about 1/8" just enough to screw into a 1/2" hole i made at the lowest point. I also used epoxy to ensure the brass fitting is solid and doesn't leak. Refitted the trays and ran a length of vinyl tubing to the front of the hood, above the rad, of course i may tinker with this, but seems to be a good place I took a few of the push in fittings out and used a tie wrap through the hood cover to secure the tubing i think $10 in total, plus i have about 8 foot of pipe left! __________________ GET-TORQ custom CAM 223/243 LSA113, Full LS3 conversion, 3200 stall Multi-Disk TC from Circle-D, B&M Supercooler to cool that tranny down....1 7/8" Kooks Headers and High flowCats. MACH XL Catbacks. Eibach springs, R2C Performance CAI, powdercoated calipers, Footwell lighting in tune with dome lights, tints, ABL Lighting, ACS T3 ports and ACS Eagle T3 triple LED lighting kit. Heritage grill, Hex vents, ZL1 rockers, ZL1 Diffuser, Quad tips...the list keeps getting longer - whats next??

07-19-2013, 04:02 AM	#2
TRC-SS 700RWHP-650TQ Drives: 2011 Forged LS3 Supercharged/Cammed Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Shrewsbury Massachusetts Posts: 5,269 View My Garage	Great job! __________________ View Build HERE>>>>>MY 2011 2SS/RS JOURNAL

08-01-2013, 01:19 AM	#4
LIM3 it's mind bottling.. Drives: SGM Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: miami floirda. Posts: 5,393	Great idea __________________

08-01-2013, 05:15 AM	#5
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,048	Smart move....I've been tracking where my water exits and so far ok, but I'll do this..... Steve is working on a quik disconnect splash tray as well. I'm in Florida too and made some plexi drop in covers to keep the tree crap out when blowing out...they work well, weighted them with stick in wheel weights..pics here... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...0&postcount=76 __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant

08-01-2013, 12:26 PM	#6
Aubrey64 Drives: 2010 Camaro LLT/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 2,685	This is really cool! Nice job! __________________

08-01-2013, 01:03 AM	#3
Lio Martinez Account Suspended Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS RS 1LE IMO Turbo Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oxnard. CA Posts: 1,747 View My Garage	I really need to do this!!

08-08-2013, 01:15 PM	#7
markmass TRI-COUNTY CAMAROS Drives: 2SS/RS Oct 2009 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Coral Springs Florida Posts: 448 View My Garage	Thanks all, Nice job Glen. I had thoughts about something like that, but now you have given me some inspiration!! Cheers __________________ GET-TORQ custom CAM 223/243 LSA113, Full LS3 conversion, 3200 stall Multi-Disk TC from Circle-D, B&M Supercooler to cool that tranny down....1 7/8" Kooks Headers and High flowCats. MACH XL Catbacks. Eibach springs, R2C Performance CAI, powdercoated calipers, Footwell lighting in tune with dome lights, tints, ABL Lighting, ACS T3 ports and ACS Eagle T3 triple LED lighting kit. Heritage grill, Hex vents, ZL1 rockers, ZL1 Diffuser, Quad tips...the list keeps getting longer - whats next??

08-12-2013, 05:38 AM	#8
CamaroLB SoCal HT5 COTW 12/16/2013 Drives: Burning B Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Beirut Posts: 666 View My Garage	Thats super cool! I would definitely need to do this before winter comes our way !! __________________

08-12-2013, 06:41 AM	#9
Steven13 Drives: 13' Black SS Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: North Florida Posts: 204	dude thats awesome, but are the hex vents a cosmetic thing only?

08-12-2013, 05:03 PM	#11
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,048	Mark - Here's another mod I did today. I am having to take off my pans weekly, as where I live, smaller stuff gets by my screen and into the pan. My covers go on at night but I like the pans clean. The problem arises when you take off the pan and put it back. You kinda search for the thread to bolt into the vent and if you miss it, you can screw up the threads. That's long term a bad thing. So after discussing with Steve, I cut the head off a machine screw , and made it into threaded rod which now sticks down...made a slightly larger hole in pan, so it will punch thru and a rubber washer and nut complete the project. Now you never screw up the threads in the vent which is not easily fixable. Studs look like this: the bolt is at lowes : M4 x 0.7 x 60mm & rubber washers and fender washers nice thumbscrew here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant Last edited by Glen e; 08-13-2013 at 11:30 AM.

08-12-2013, 09:43 PM	#12
markmass TRI-COUNTY CAMAROS Drives: 2SS/RS Oct 2009 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Coral Springs Florida Posts: 448 View My Garage	Nice idea - like it. I have done that a few times trying to line the threads up! __________________ GET-TORQ custom CAM 223/243 LSA113, Full LS3 conversion, 3200 stall Multi-Disk TC from Circle-D, B&M Supercooler to cool that tranny down....1 7/8" Kooks Headers and High flowCats. MACH XL Catbacks. Eibach springs, R2C Performance CAI, powdercoated calipers, Footwell lighting in tune with dome lights, tints, ABL Lighting, ACS T3 ports and ACS Eagle T3 triple LED lighting kit. Heritage grill, Hex vents, ZL1 rockers, ZL1 Diffuser, Quad tips...the list keeps getting longer - whats next??

08-13-2013, 02:21 AM	#13
Blk-Ice 750HP of Twisted Reaper! Drives: Blk 2SS/Blk Carb Fibr NS-1 stripes Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Northern VA & NC Posts: 2,244 View My Garage	I Got this idea from a Club member of mine. I dont use the trays, i cut these and use them to close off my vents from the top when i use car washes with the high power sprayers. They work great and keep ALL water out. __________________ *Fear the LMR Twisted Reaper Brotherhood!*

08-13-2013, 02:23 AM	#14
Blk-Ice 750HP of Twisted Reaper! Drives: Blk 2SS/Blk Carb Fibr NS-1 stripes Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Northern VA & NC Posts: 2,244 View My Garage	__________________ *Fear the LMR Twisted Reaper Brotherhood!*