DIY: Engine Cooling for <$10 [M's Garage]

**GIPONU** · 03-10-2007 05:37 PM

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Have you ever taken a drive then opened your hood and felt a big gash of hot air just rise to your face? do you ever wonder where it goes and thought that it would just be stuck in there? well heres a solution that could let the heat escape. It can also be used for all sorts of purposes where you need to keep the engine temperature down.

It should probaly only ever be used on tracks and off road, as doing this could void ur insurance and could be dangerous.

Aim:Cheap way to let the hot air escape from the engine bay.

Required:
4 threaded hex bolts(from supercheap)
40-50 washers(from bunnings)

Steps:
1. Remove one of the bolts on your hood hinge, connected to the hood, then go down to supercheap or any auto store which sells bolts for cars. You will need to buy at least 4 bolts, same thread but twice as long or so, depending how much you want your hood to lift.
THen drive to bunning and buy alot of washers which will fit your bolts.

2. after arriving at home, grab a mate to help you support the hood while you undo both the bolts on one side of your hinge.

3. replace the lower bolt with the new longer one and stick around 8 or so washers in there.
then replace the upper bolt and stick around 5 washers in there, there tighten it all up.

Pic:

4. do the same step 3 to the other side.

5. slowly open and close the hood to see if there are any obstacles. if there isnt, then its all good. If there is, then you gotta adjust the amount of washers you used.

Other comments: after taking a drive you can feel the hot air escaping from the gaps of the hood. so, it must be working

Before:

After:

**VTECACCORD** · 12-10-2007 01:46 PM

that looks sooooo ghey

**GIPONU** · 12-10-2007 01:54 PM

i put a couple too many washers in =.="

**christmas** · 12-10-2007 02:32 PM

between 20 and 25 too many on each side. Lol.

each to there own, just not my thing. Soz

**dupac->** · 12-10-2007 02:34 PM

cant see pics. haha

**shadou** · 12-10-2007 02:59 PM

wasn't this discussed before as illegal and dangerous?

**GIPONU** · 12-10-2007 03:32 PM

i dunno, pics work for me. prob cos they are really big pictures.

i dunno if its illegal or not and dangerous or not.lols.
but as the title says , i take no responsibility :P:P

**mku01** · 12-10-2007 03:35 PM

pretty sure its not legal... and definately dangerous the height you have it at... you're sure to get beheaded if you're in a front on collison, mine's not even half the height of yours... it'll look better if its lower anyway

**GIPONU** · 12-10-2007 03:36 PM

yeh my cousin told me to lower it abit.
i'll do it when i have time.
i havent even driven my car for a while..lols

**Zdster** · 12-10-2007 04:13 PM

It is illegal and an insurance company would void any claim in about half a second. Further, I cant imagine what would happen if the washers gave out or the bolts broke

. It also makes it a whole lot easier for a thief to get in your car/engine bay.

Besides all those things, good diy

**bennjamin** · 12-10-2007 05:11 PM

i know...a DIY to cool down your engine is to turn the HOT all the way UP. This cools down your engine - and can save your engine if loosing coolant ( enough to get to safety etc) Also can help on track days etc.

But putting washers to open your bonnet up alittle does nothing to the temp. of your engine lol.