fabman

Time to ditch the phony plastic hood scoop in favor of some functional hood louvers.
I looked at the Tiger racing hoods, which are awesome no doubt, but the carbon fiber one is quite pricey and the fiberglass one still being a fair chunk of change.

Add to that the price of freight (ships via truck) plus paint and it was just more than I was willing to spend on a hood.
So I visited Track Spec Motorsports and picked up these spiffy hood louvers for about $350.00.

Installation was straight forward with finishing the extra large pizza I ordered being the hardest part of the project.
The parts came well packaged and are of high quality. Fit and finish were very nice and a semi gloss black power coat tops it off.
Instructions were complete with templates and measurements making this install a real "Why didn't I do this sooner" kind of moment.
I'm pretty excited about it and wanted to share this alternative with my fellow Mustangers who may be in a similar situation.

And with that, here are the pics:













Carbon fiber hood w/shipping - $2000
Custom Paint w/stripes - $1000.00
Getting similar results for 350 bucks....Priceless!

ElkGroveFordGuy

Looks good!

Sarge

Wow, that's some heavy duty louverage! Are your temps reading lower?

fabman

Still doing upgrades for the 2017 season so I haven't had a chance to run it yet.

Hood Louvers offer 2 benefits:
1) Lower coolant temps
2) more down force on the front ends due to the venting of the engine compartment. This is the big one.

Free downforce? That's CRAZY talk! hahaha....

Bert

Interesting, thanks for posting.

I'm wondering how the air flows inside the engine compartment; it looks like there is some kind of duct work under there? Are these louvers basically allowing air to flow in the grille, through the radiator, through those ducts above the engine, and out the louvers? Meaning the louvers are not venting radiant heat from the engine itself; but rather improving the efficiency of the radiator?

Also, can we assume this is a track-car-only modification; because rain will pour in through those holes?

A picture of the bottom of the hood would be cool . . . . thanks

fabman

Air flows through the radiator and over the engine and out the louvers. Aids in cooling and increases down force by venting the engine compartment and reducing aerodynamic lift.

Bert

thanks. . . no ductwork on the inside; not sure what I saw in the earlier pics

fabman

Probably because the hood was sat on saw horses with a moving blanket under it...might look like ducts at first glance.

fabman

Yup...looks like a duct.