I understand the taken seriously portion... but do realize that the person who pioneered this idea on his e30 was seriously considdering the physics of heat extraction when he came up with this idea. Dr. Gustave is a very, very smart guy.
Heat dicipation at the back of the engine bay with the louvers doesn't make a lot of sense to me. To me, that theory sounds like you are venting air that has been pushed farther back in the engine and bassically heating all of the other components under the hood and keeping more warm air near the radiator for a longer period of time. This is counter productive. By puting the vent where he did, he is dicipating heat at the source, with cooling of the radiator in mind, which ultimately will reduce total under hood temperatures greater than just "venting the hood" at the rear.
Heat dicipation at the back of the engine bay with the louvers doesn't make a lot of sense to me. To me, that theory sounds like you are venting air that has been pushed farther back in the engine and bassically heating all of the other components under the hood and keeping more warm air near the radiator for a longer period of time. This is counter productive. By puting the vent where he did, he is dicipating heat at the source, with cooling of the radiator in mind, which ultimately will reduce total under hood temperatures greater than just "venting the hood" at the rear.
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