Vented 240Z/260Z Inspection Flaps

[samuri-240]

Does anyone know where I can get a pair of inspection flaps stamped out so they are vented. Thanks.

 

[datsun dave]

Does anyone know where I can get a pair of inspection flaps stamped out so they are vented. Thanks.

Also interested in having a set done

 

[Mr.F]

Listed by my USA source, but exchange only - core charge would probably make the price prohibitive...

 

[Russ]

These guys were always the ones people talked about in my old car clubs

http://www.coollouvres.com/main-page.htm

 

[SeanDezart]

Keep checking out ebay.com (USA site) as I've seen them recently for sale !

 

[Ian Patmore]

I had mine done by a local firm for about £30 about 5yrs ago.....

 

[Tony 260Z]

I got mine off ebay (and they were a BARGAIN! (gloat gloat)), but the name Cool-louvres also springs to mind. Shouldn't be too expensive though as they're only small punchings (I hope!).

 

[datsun dave]

Have had a set done by a local chap working around the corner from my workshop !!! By chance i called in to see him about doing some other work for me and he was stamping out some vents in a side panel for a race car.



Off to be blasted and etched primed next few days .



If you wants some putting into your own inspection flaps (at your own risk) you are welcome to send them to me and i will take them round for you cost is 20.00 pounds per set 3 vents or 25.00 pounds per set 4 vents.

 

[Tony 260Z]

Well done Dave. I'm tempted to get my bonnet done now!

 

[SeanDezart]

Don't do it !

 

[datsun dave]

Don't do it !

Bonnet or Inspection Flaps

 

[twoforty]

Bonnet ones look great....not to sure about the inspection flaps.

 

[datsun dave]

Bonnet ones look great....not to sure about the inspection flaps.

I am using a vented bonnet that i got of Moggy (over a year ago) but the vents do work in the inspection flaps as i had a set in the Sam.

 

[twoforty]

Function over form or form over function? I would imagine you're going to have a lot of heat to vent. When is your car going to be finished Dave?

I'm not one for bling over function

 

[ZHead]

What exactly do the vents achieve ???

I can imagine heat disipation but what about reducing the air pressure under the bonnet to reduce lift ? Do a vented bonnet and inspection flaps really make a difference ?

Am not a nay sayer, I ask because I don't know.

 

[datsun dave]

When is your car going to be finished Dave?

Trying very hard to get it running in March.

 

[STEVE BURNS]

Think I remember a good few years ago an article in one of the club mags by Luke Borg about a hole in the inner wing and a small fan fitted in an attempt to reduce heat
But that could just be my old senile mind

 

[STEVE BURNS]

Yep it is my senile old mind
The article was about water draining from under the scuttle to out through a flexible pipe via a hole cut in the splash guard

 

[twoforty]

The bonnet vents would work better positioned towards the front of the bonnet rather than the rear

 

[ZHead]

Think I remember a good few years ago an article in one of the club mags by Luke Borg about a hole in the inner wing and a small fan fitted in an attempt to reduce heat
But that could just be my old senile mind

there are arcticles about this on some of the american sites - they say it works very well...... you are not as senile as you think you are ...... you're worse