The hood prop keeps heat within the engine bay when the car is in motion and vents heat when the car is stopped. Think about your sunroof...
When you prop it open, you feel air entering the car, right? That's exactly what's going on when you prop the rear of the hood.

Also, you all do realize that the hood prop deal came from the Honda scene right? It was done to bring in air into the ITBs of NA set ups since the trumpets would be in the rear side of the engine bay right by where the hood would be propped.

BTW, home depot lips are gay, especially on S14. get a real lip. A cheap price doesn't justify something crappy.

http://www.manufacturersdepot....22063

Function> style FTMFW

Good job dude

Modified by s14tan at 3:50 PM 5/6/2008

Quote, originally posted by gribbs »

At least i know guys like you are willing to help a noob out. Anyways thanks for all your help s14tan, it wont be forgotten ...why is there no 'cheers' icon lol

Quote, originally posted by WesTnine9 »

S14tan, you are by far the most helpful NICO member I've come across when it comes to simple "newbish" questions. Thanks for understanding that everyone has to start somewhere. Thanks for the help man.

he just bolted function TO style. HD lip on a JDM kouki bumper? im not saying this as a jdm tyte purist or anything... but if you spent so much to get jdm aero instead of readily available usdm, why the hell would you slap a piece of floor moulding on your bumper? your car was so pristine man...

tell ya what, in your life browser, hit Edit-> Undo silly mods.

and s14tan, you are aware you said STYLE is greater than FUNCTION, right?

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/306682

Quote, originally posted by ILoveMyRHS13 »

We're the Kyle/Brian of Nico. You're Brian (except mechanically inclined) and I suck your balls in every thread, AKA Kyle

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I will need your Moses abilities

I'd love to see that wing on a 240
As for the DIY lip, just a question.
If you're going to put that much money into your kouki, why not go the extra step and get a name brand attractive lip?

Fixed

The hood prop thing is basically an AIR EXTRACTOR similar to the ones on hoods like the Ford GT, etc...I actually didn't even know that was a "ricer" invention, w/e..I did it just for cooler hood temps.

Driving around, my temp gauge DOES read a little colder now and I drive it every day.

Daylight pics:

some people like it, some people hate it-but I don't care I LIKE IT and it's all functional. FUNCTION>FORM

Want a custom grill for your kouki s14?

O yeah, I forgot to mention-the fan blows a TON of air through the engine especially with the original clutch fan. Go ahead and stand near your engine at idle and rev it, it blows massive amounts of air at higher rpms. A lot of this air will blow past my turbo and out through the back of the hood now, as opposed to when it was sealed closed and the air exiting through the bottom of the car. Again, this is definitely not a "useless" ricer mod just because Honda guys started it.

Like the fmic you are holding? How much power are you making?

are you talking about a metal lip?
diamond plate?

Its Diamond Lok. Type "home depot lip" on the search and the thread comes up, he never posted again but the lip looked real good IMO.

In regards to the DiY...more power to you. Whats important is that you like it, you drive it.

What did you use for the lip though, is that gardening supply? I just helped my friend do his garden and we used somethin lookin very similar haha.

You Know...Just For Giggles...

Quote, originally posted by TrueVillan »

No, these. Its Diamond Lok. Type "home depot lip" on the search and the thread comes up, he never posted again but the lip looked real good IMO.

I saw this thread, like 1000 times better......

As for the stuff I bought, it's just like garden bordering that came in a 20ft roll.

The lip was pretty flimsy at first not having anything behind it but i got some wire similar thickness to that of a coat hanger and slided them in the bottom "tube" as you can see in that pic above. It is a bit more sturdier now but has enough movement in case it scrapes some dips and what not.

Quote, originally posted by apollas »

explain how the lip is functional. seriously everytime i see that "lip"

easy, it keeps the air out from under the car at high speeds and allowing the vehicle to have constant force on the road which would give you more control and grip. Without a lip or no weight up front you can "hover" over a giant air pocket under the vehicle where the steering would feel delayed and the front tires would have less grip. Even the OEM lips are basically a plastic strip that hangs off the bumper but about 300 bucks for me

I never said it was a ricer mod. I said it was used by Honda guys to get air to their individual throttle bodies. The vent actually brings air in, and since the intake manifolds on Hondas is closest to the firewall, that vent was actually effective in bring cool air into the velocity stacks when the car was in motion, which is when it was most necessary.

Again, like I said before, at a stand still, over course air is going to vent. Hot air rises and since there's a vent at the upper most part of the hood, hot air will escape from that point. But that's at rest. Once the car is in motion, it's a different story. Also look at all the cowl induction hoods that all the muscle cars run to bring air into the carbs. All work under the same principle. bring air into the motor, not vacuum air out from the engine bay.

The lip and rear hood raise trick isn't really thread starting material.

ROFL, You did not just say the home depo lip makes the car handle better.

I never found a longer strip of it so I just made my lip into one solid piece. pics here.
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=329791

/Thread jack

Back on topic:

Link to diamond loc lip.
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...age=1

I was thinking about the gracer lip

It's one thing to say your rice mods look good (they don't), but to say you didn't do them for looks because they're actually functional...

...HA

Who are you trying to convince? Hmmm? Your garden trim lip isn't making your car handle better, and your raised hood isn't venting air.

This was a mean post, I'm going to apologize in advance (Sorry).

o ****, I should've asked the otterman if this was "worthy" enough

Quote, originally posted by assassin7420 »

ROFL, You did not just say the home depo lip makes the car handle better.

hey you're right bro I DIDN'T, i was talking about racing lips in general. I'm aware that this isn't a racing lip, but it WILL help keep air from under the car at higher speeds-simple physics.

How the hell do you know? You sir, make me LOL-how does a propped hood NOT vent air. O and I don't believe that the HD lip is COMLETELY useless I don't care if I make you laugh or not.

ROFL, No. The lip bends in at high speeds and looks like a big taco. Ever seen someone with a home depo lip fly by at 70+mph. Its quite funny.

egg-fukin-xactly

No you shouldn't have. I don't got time to answer all your dumb questions.