I mainly did these mods for the functionality but they ended up looking pretty damn good IMO.

before

after:

the lip is still pretty flimsy, but I will get a thin steel rod and push it through that small opening at the bottom (sorry if that didn't sound right lol) and I'll see how that works..

EDIT: I put my hood back down for that reason. That pic in my sig is pretty old.

+1 for the hood. The lip is alright...

but i think propped hood hinges are better suited for s13s.

s14s are supposed to be more clean flowing without abrupt jagged edges.

lips aiight though.

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+1

you made a potentially good looking car look like complete ***.

you fail.

and how the hell is any of that functional?

Shimming the hood is actually very functional. It just happens to look like total crap on the S14.

the point i was trying to make with:

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but i think propped hood hinges are better suited for s13s.

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+1 you made a potentially good looking car look like complete ***. you fail. and how the hell is any of that functional?

you sound very dumb, and a little too harsh.

says the guy with the 4x4. take that thing off any sweet jumps?

Not everyone wants a "Hella tight megga sikk pot hole eating drift car".

IMHO Koukis look best with the OEM lip. A straight through lip looks better on the Zenki. But since you like it, thats all that matters.

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Is it just me or has the douche level risen a lot lately?

think I would have left well enough alone, but w/e its up to you.

PS I dont think the hood prop thing would look even close to go on ANYTHING. a real cowl is one thing, but that looks like you just smashed your front end into something.

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Who gets rid of their CA's? People who suck, thats who.

getting rid of some wheels and junk

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Plus better pictures of the front of the car would make for a better judgement of this lip, and ahh daylight is your friend

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About a year ago there was a huge discussion on this either here or on zilvia. In the end it seems like propping your hood like that might help a little when you're sitting at a traffic light. That functional "mod" is not helping you at all.

And why would you staple a $10 piece of molding to JDM bumper?

yeah, thats what bummed me out. Drilling holes in that nicley painted JDM front bumper

you need this pronto!

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They're even close enough that you could pick it up.

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a cowl-induction intake system orginated during the muscle car era and was combined with an enclosed plenum from the hinge edge of the hood that included the air cleaner and increased colder/more dense air flow to the engine, thus increasing horsepower. i do not understand the venting concept, since, as ken stated above, pressure is higher above the hood than within the engine bay.

At low very low speeds and stopped it will happen. But I can do that and feel warmer air there anyway without a propped hood, because that area is heated by the engine.
I tried the hood prop at various heights and didn't see any noticeable difference in the heat the engine ran at when it reached operating temps. There was a noticeable difference when I went to a 25% coolant mix and water wetter. It changed by about 10 degrees consistently. You can't really tell if a 2 degree or so difference in temps is due to a different air temp, driving condition, or a hood prop... The temps are constantly changing by a couple degrees so I can't say that if my engine ran a couple degrees colder once or twice that it was because of the hood prop. I haven't had a noticeable difference in temps since it's been backs to stock hood height.
The only way I can see this actually working is if you made a cover/skid plate type of mod for the bottom of your engine bay to not allow air to travel out the bottom to low pressure, and force the air to build up more and more pressure and velocity from swirling that its only option is to escape out of the area between the hood and windshield. Even then, if there is a high enough pressure built up in the engine bay due to air not being allowed to move anywhere else, airflow INTO the engine bay will decrease dramatically because more air will choose to go around the radiator instead through it and end up either under or over/around the car.
This topic is giving me a headache.

the lip is actually worse than nothing.

and people who are raving about their cars needing this extra cooling from something that doesn't even scientifically make sense, and looks ridiculous-need to realize that a ka/sr/rb doesn't run hot enough to even warrant it.

You have no idea what your talking about. I have a T3-T4 on my SR. After 20 minutes of normal driving i can light matches and cigarettes off the turbo with no problem what so ever.

Guess what the turbo sits right next to? Oh just the BMC. When you shim the hood it allows heat to escape instead of building up under your hood. When I had my black primer hood if it rained there would always be a dry spot on the turbo side. That and i can see heat rising from the hood when ever I stop.

Its not meant to suck in air, Its simply to let the bay vent better under low speeds or stops.

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Something has to spin if the tires arn't spinning. damn clutch,,

Haterzzzz!

i run an rb which are notorious for over heating, and i've yet to have any heating problems after 2 years of driving

what you need is a good radiator, good fan set up and good ducting, not some mickey mouse'd attempt at cooling.

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But the car is clean, and looks good.

More power then a C6 Z06 in a S13.5

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