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Old 05-30-2009, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by bobcowan View Post
The side vents wre deesigned to let hot air out. Over the years, lots of people (including CS) discovered they didn't work very well. Hood vents work a lot better.

Some people have also tried using the side vent as an intake port. That doesn't work well either. It's a small hole. And it's a flat hole. At speed, it becomes a negative pressure area.

If you enlarge the hole and put a scoop or dam behind it, it would work.
The key is to have a pathway for the air across the primaries. Doing this is in your wheelwell is one way (and it looks cool too).

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