Holes in Coil Pack Cover

[mdb4879]

What are people's thoughts drilling holes in the stock coil pack cover for ventilation? I know it traps in heat and reduces coil life, so a lot of people just take them off. And I've seen a couple of custom covers made, but not much of anythings on drilling holes in the factory piece. I was thinking of about 8 holes, 3/4" in diameter (not exactly sure on how big, but probably as big as can be while still leaving some space between the letters so it still looks pretty much normal).

As I think float said it looks like "steamed a**" without it on, so I would like to keep it. I'm not much of a fan of the shiny metal pieces I've seen so I would like to keep the factory one.

Thanks

[cjmirabal1]

for ca's the oem center piece is the best one. i have about 12 holes drilled in the cover when i moved to florida from new jersey. still looks stock yet has ventilation benifits! i say go for it. you can always just get another cover if u decide to swithc back

[themadscientist]

For ventilation without unsightly holes put some thick washers under the cover to lift it up off the valve covers and bolt it down.

[mdb4879]

Hmmm, I never thought of that. I didn't know how much ventilation they really needed, but that sounds like a good idea as well.

[themadscientist]

I have seen RBs where they took sheetmetal and punched a row of louvers in it to replace the coil cover. It looked pretty cool.



You could also take a dremel and cut holes in any number of cool shapes and then braze some mesh to the underside that would show through. How about cutting CA18 into it?

[bimeur]

I ain't got coil cover, so i'm pretty sure it's cold ^^

[cjmirabal1]

I have seen RBs where they took sheetmetal and punched a row of louvers in it to replace the coil cover. It looked pretty cool.



You could also take a dremel and cut holes in any number of cool shapes and then braze some mesh to the underside that would show through. How about cutting CA18 into it?

Sickkk!!! Anyone knows how to do this????? Id pay