My 72 Europa SS

[Sofa King]

Sorry it’s been a while since I updated my project! I just added a vent to my hood to try to help keep some of the radiator heat out of the cabin. I won’t be able to test it until the weather warms!

[Sandyman]

Nice touch Sofa. It should vent the hot air well.

[Sofa King]

Updating my progress on getting the cabin to be cooler: I have added a light window tint, additional insulation in the tunnel and the hood vent and radiator ducting. We have had a couple of 70+ degree days and the heat inside the cabin has decreased dramatically! The hood and ducking seem to have made the biggest difference. We will see what happens when temps hit the 80s, but it has to be better than it was.

[Clifton]

I'm getting ready to do a hood vent too. I also have a front mount radiator. More efficient but oh, the cabin heat. As the speeds went up, so did the warm draft inside even though I sealed everything possible. I drove with no hood and the coolant temp didn't budge and the a/c was a lot cooler. It was 86 out side. Did you shroud everything to the duct? Did you shroud everything to the duct? I'm curious on how yours helps.

[Sofa King]

I did shroud the radiator to the hood vent. I will post a photo this evening.

[Sofa King]

Here is the shot of the duct that I built.

[Clifton]

Good job. Gives me some ideas. What did you use to form it for the fiberglass? I was thinking .030 or .060" ABS sheet, unless there is something better.

[Sofa King]

I carefully measured where and how big the hood scoop needed to be, then cut the two sides and the front. I used a flapper disc to carefully thin out the fiberglass on the flap that was cut. Once it was thin enough to bend to the desired shape, I used a couple of pieces of 2x4 to hold it in place. The sides are flat pieces of fiberglass that were left over from the original floor. I cut them to the required shape and held them in place using metal clips and self tapping screws. With everything in place I coverd all of the joints in fiberglas cloth and resin. The kick up on the leading edge was shaped using short strand fiberglas bondo. The duct work is aluminum.