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Magnam
05-09-2007, 03:43 PM
The bonnet on this Series 2 SX is umm..., different.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b376/Forrie/cars/bonnet.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b376/Forrie/cars/bonnet1.jpg

KING EGO
05-09-2007, 03:49 PM
Mmmmmmm That is differant..:P

mozzaldinho
05-09-2007, 04:29 PM
u willl probably pay me out, but i like it, suits fairly well with the body kit and works well with the green :)

LeGiOnAiR
05-09-2007, 04:35 PM
u willl probably pay me out, but i like it, suits fairly well with the body kit and works well with the green :)

I reckon it looks hot man :D

Spackbace
05-09-2007, 04:54 PM
jees some dealers are really trying to show the potential of these hey! too bad MMAL just didnt release a hot looking car that doesnt need the extra mods to make it sell :(

mozzaldinho
05-09-2007, 04:55 PM
I reckon it looks hot man :D

haha yesss, but i believe u and i share the same opinoins on many matters...lol

Trotty
05-09-2007, 05:02 PM
Kinda a watse to me.... Hot air out, hot air back in....Mmmmmmmmmm can't quite work that out...:confused:
Doesn't evn look right?:nuts:

RINGA///ART
05-09-2007, 05:31 PM
u willl probably pay me out, but i like it, suits fairly well with the body kit and works well with the green :)

works well because the colour is horrible and the bonnet vents look no better.. and its a **** excuse for a body kit, there is no wheel arch flares or side skirts.. its all just crap looking pressed sheet metal.. wheres the person that had the ideas for the body kits on the TJ VRX's and ralliarts? those are proper kits..

that colour is crap..

anyway, enough said.. only my opinion..

mozzaldinho
05-09-2007, 05:36 PM
works well because the colour is horrible and the bonnet vents look no better.. and its a **** excuse for a body kit, there is no wheel arch flares or side skirts.. its all just crap looking pressed sheet metal.. wheres the person that had the ideas for the body kits on the TJ VRX's and ralliarts? those are proper kits..

that colour is crap..

anyway, enough said.. only my opinion..


harsh...but fair, to quote danny bhoy.

um yeah i say bring bak vrx designers. tj that is....

andrewd
05-09-2007, 05:37 PM
proof that mitsu still makes rice....

that bonnet is fugly where are the green neons?

very out of place having a fast and furious bonnet on a normal looking 380 that has ugly wheels on it, in ghastly green!

Lucifer
05-09-2007, 06:22 PM
that bonnet is fugly where are the green neons?
Under the hood scoops is my bet :bowrofl:

**** me that's one ugly bonnet, does nothing to help the engine and does nothing to please the eye... Olivier Boulay is put to shame once again by this monstrosity :P

MagnaByDesign
05-09-2007, 07:09 PM
works well because the colour is horrible and the bonnet vents look no better.. and its a **** excuse for a body kit, there is no wheel arch flares or side skirts.. its all just crap looking pressed sheet metal.. wheres the person that had the ideas for the body kits on the TJ VRX's and ralliarts? those are proper kits..

that colour is crap..

anyway, enough said.. only my opinion..

One of the stylists has retired, and the other one took a package and last I heard is unemployed and very happy being that way.

GRDPuck
05-09-2007, 07:23 PM
I could accept the front scoops or the rear scoops on their own but all four scoops on one bonnet just looks. err... well.. :doubt:
I like bonnet scoops, but not this - too much.
But hey, top marks for trying something different.
If the owner like it - that's what counts coz it looks like a well done professional job.

Grubco
06-09-2007, 08:54 AM
Kinda a watse to me.... Hot air out, hot air back in....Mmmmmmmmmm can't quite work that out...:confused:
Doesn't evn look right?:nuts:
Nah, sorry I don't like it either. As in this quote, I can't figure out the thing's purpose: hot air comes out the front reverse-facing vents, and is sucked back into the rear forward-facing vents? The size and outlines of all these vents don't suit the 380 or its bonnet at all - though it is original (albiet looking like mishmash of other borrowed vents), so I will give it credit for that.

MagnaLE
06-09-2007, 09:36 AM
Nah, sorry I don't like it either. As in this quote, I can't figure out the thing's purpose: hot air comes out the front reverse-facing vents, and is sucked back into the rear forward-facing vents? The size and outlines of all these vents don't suit the 380 or its bonnet at all - though it is original (albiet looking like mishmash of other borrowed vents), so I will give it credit for that.

The forward facing vents wouldn't really "suck" any air (they don't appear to be apart of a CAI setup). The air would be mostly "pushed" in as the car was moving. Some the this air would be be the hot air that would be expelled from the rear facing vents, but both the forward and rear facing vents would serve a functional purpose (ie; to keep the under-bonnet temps cooler).

perry
06-09-2007, 10:22 AM
i reckon it looks quite nice, love the colour + the vents , if the vents were around the other way it would look tops

Grubco
06-09-2007, 10:24 AM
The forward facing vents wouldn't really "suck" any air (they don't appear to be apart of a CAI setup). The air would be mostly "pushed" in as the car was moving. Some the this air would be be the hot air that would be expelled from the rear facing vents, but both the forward and rear facing vents would serve a functional purpose (ie; to keep the under-bonnet temps cooler).
Yeah, I'm sure you're right. I would rather a single TMR380/XAGT vent connected under-bonet to a cold air intake. But this pictured one-off venting system has a much grander wow factor.

TZABOY
07-09-2007, 12:54 PM
big fan of the front vents, back ones are gay with aids!

Apollo441
08-09-2007, 12:00 AM
It looks alright but it's not my kinda thing. It doesn't look like Mitsubishi so I'm guessing it's custom.

Jegi#5
23-09-2007, 09:08 AM
The back vents don't look like they are vents at all, it's more a design thing, they look like they are blocked off. Can't see if the front's are functional though, either way, the back ones are G@Y, front's would look nice enough.

doubleace
23-09-2007, 11:47 AM
Looks quite weird although not unnecessarily a bad look..

I don't think it suits that car.. but the color of the car doesn't do it any justice either really does it.

rgoldsmith
23-06-2011, 10:18 AM
Hi All,
Sorry to drag up such an old thread, but if fits with my current line of thinking on dropping engine bay temps. I'm sure this will generate the same mass hysteria that all my other performance related questions have :tired: (chirp chirp ... ooh look crickets!)

I do agree that the Bonnet discussed here might possibly have issues with it's sexual identity
However..

I have been quietly investigating bonnet vents etc. as a means to cooling the engine bay, which testing shows is adversely affecting the intake air temperature on my system.
I could just buy a second hand bonnet (maybe even carbon F) and go the whole custom vent path but I'm a bit shy of the wank factor (and the cost), has anybody experimented with other ways of improving under bonnet airflow (besides removing the plastic engine cover and rubber bonnet seal)
I know a couple of you have certainly done some custom bonnet modding.

I don't really expect to see a performance gain as such , more of a prolonged period of the awesomeness I tend to get for the first 15mins of driving which typically tails off a little as things heat up

Cheers,
RG

HaydenVRX
23-06-2011, 12:41 PM
I think the only performance gain you could get would be a Pod filter sitting right under the vent whatever it is you decide to go with. Just having a hole in the bonnet won't change the under bonnet temperature while running much at all because the air has nowhere to escape. Perhaps if you did a scoop at the front of the bonnet and then lifted the rear of the bonnet up, the air could flow through and take the hot air with it.

TiMi
23-06-2011, 06:24 PM
Shim the rear of the bonnet up and put vents in your front bumper? (foglight holes vents?) More heat sheilding on the exhaust.

WytWun
23-06-2011, 07:00 PM
Hi All,
Sorry to drag up such an old thread, but if fits with my current line of thinking on dropping engine bay temps.

If that's your interest this series of Autospeed articles (http://autospeed.com/cms/A_2159/article.html) may be of interest...

Madmagna
23-06-2011, 07:06 PM
The first 15 mins of awesomness as you describe it has nothing to do with engine bay temps, it has everything to do with the fact that the engine is running richer due to being in the warm up cycle

In so far as getting engine bay temps down, engine cover will do nothing and nor will most mods as when you drive, air goes in the front, through the aircon condensor, through the radiator and then into the engine bay as hot air. on cold start yo have a cold radiator as well lol

I think the TMR vents do look good, perhaps that can be something you can look into

rgoldsmith
23-06-2011, 08:52 PM
Would it do this even in open loop? shouldn't it just be reading off the fuel map when I'm at WOT in open loop, even if it's cold (and after 15 minutes)?
I thought the whole deal was that everyone's dyno readings have shown these things run too rich already, so how would I see better performance if it's even richer?
In any case , my O2 wideband arrives tomorrow, so I will check. My whole strategy for this car hinges on making it run a bit leaner and cooler with more advance for better power.
If it is driving this well because it's running richer, then this shoots down my whole theory and hopes!

rgoldsmith
27-06-2011, 10:40 AM
The first 15 mins of awesomness as you describe it has nothing to do with engine bay temps, it has everything to do with the fact that the engine is running richer due to being in the warm up cycle

In so far as getting engine bay temps down, engine cover will do nothing and nor will most mods as when you drive, air goes in the front, through the aircon condensor, through the radiator and then into the engine bay as hot air. on cold start yo have a cold radiator as well lol

I think the TMR vents do look good, perhaps that can be something you can look into

Hi Madmagma,
I just checked my OBD logs, and the car exits the "Cold" code (1) for the Fuel system parameter after less than two minutes (at an ambient temp of 12 degrees C).
The "entertaining" bits of my early morning drive show up as open loop (Fuel System = Load (2)), at a coolant temp of 69 degrees (quite low) and an IAT of 10 degrees.
Based on this I still believe that underbonnet engine temperatures are hurting the power of this vehicle

chrisv
27-06-2011, 11:25 AM
Take the bonnet off and try!!!
haha