Ram Air Hood VS. Heat Extractor Hood - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

BlackSunshine87 · 01-14-2010, 02:30 AM

In my opnion, your hood is one of the main things that sets the look of your car apart from others.
As far as functional hoods go, what are your thoughts on keeping your under hood air cooler?

2010rod · 01-15-2010, 11:13 PM

No thoughts.

StlRomAniaN · 01-15-2010, 11:14 PM

Dry ice! ;]

2010rod · 01-15-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by StlRomAniaN

Dry ice! ;]

Hey there's a pic, I mean a post, I mean a thought thats worthwhile.

Legend · 01-16-2010, 01:07 AM

Ram air hoods are typically functional when they are tied to the intake system. Therefore your under hood temps would not affect the air going into the engine. The limitation with ram air is unless the car is moving...there is no air being "rammed" into the engine.

If it's just an open slot then I'd think it would move the air pretty good when moving but again, when sitting idle little if any.

An extractor hood will release underhood heat thru the vents/outlets...again though, with the car sitting still there is little if any heat getting out as the pressure from a moving vehicle is what "pulls" the air thru the vents/outlets.

Two different functions in my mind...but if you are worried about underhood temps, an extractor hood will pull the air out where as a ram air hood (if hooked to the intake system) would not.

d69chris · 01-16-2010, 01:16 AM

Extractor 4 me, heat leaves wether I'm moving or not, but I'm movin!

BlackSunshine87 · 01-16-2010, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legend

Ram air hoods are typically functional when they are tied to the intake system. Therefore your under hood temps would not affect the air going into the engine. The limitation with ram air is unless the car is moving...there is no air being "rammed" into the engine.

If it's just an open slot then I'd think it would move the air pretty good when moving but again, when sitting idle little if any.

An extractor hood will release underhood heat thru the vents/outlets...again though, with the car sitting still there is little if any heat getting out as the pressure from a moving vehicle is what "pulls" the air thru the vents/outlets.

Two different functions in my mind...but if you are worried about underhood temps, an extractor hood will pull the air out where as a ram air hood (if hooked to the intake system) would not.

Thank you, good information to help make my decision!

henri26900 · 01-18-2010, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackSunshine87

Thank you, good information to help make my decision!

This hood will do both.

01-14-2010, 02:30 AM	#1
BlackSunshine87 SoCal C5 Family Member Drives: 2010 Black/Black 2SS RS Camaro Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 74	Ram Air Hood VS. Heat Extractor Hood In my opnion, your hood is one of the main things that sets the look of your car apart from others. As far as functional hoods go, what are your thoughts on keeping your under hood air cooler?

01-15-2010, 11:14 PM	#3
StlRomAniaN Drives: IOM 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 1,783 View My Garage	Dry ice! ;] __________________

01-16-2010, 01:16 AM	#6
d69chris Florida C5 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Vortech L99 IOM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tequesta, FL Posts: 2,608 View My Garage	Extractor 4 me, heat leaves wether I'm moving or not, but I'm movin! Attached Images __________________ Ordered 11/08/08....Del. 08/05/2009 Loving every minute of it! Don't hate me because i'm Pretty....

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2010rod JAWS Drives: 2010 2SS Silver Ice Metallic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orange city Posts: 1,316 View My Garage	No thoughts.

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Legend Hello! Drives: 2008 JSB Z06! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 2,624 View My Garage	Ram air hoods are typically functional when they are tied to the intake system. Therefore your under hood temps would not affect the air going into the engine. The limitation with ram air is unless the car is moving...there is no air being "rammed" into the engine. If it's just an open slot then I'd think it would move the air pretty good when moving but again, when sitting idle little if any. An extractor hood will release underhood heat thru the vents/outlets...again though, with the car sitting still there is little if any heat getting out as the pressure from a moving vehicle is what "pulls" the air thru the vents/outlets. Two different functions in my mind...but if you are worried about underhood temps, an extractor hood will pull the air out where as a ram air hood (if hooked to the intake system) would not.