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Answer by Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 for Do cowl hoods actually help with engine cooling?

While I won't say a cowl was never used for cooling the engine bay (I'm sure someone has done that), it really won't do much for cooling (as in to draw air out from and engine bay) and here's why:As...

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Answer by ALAN WARD for Do cowl hoods actually help with engine cooling?

Hood cowls can help engine cooling when properly designed. But this is not something most drivers will ever need.In most vehicles, cold air is ingested into the radiator at the front of the vehicle....

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Answer by aldux for Do cowl hoods actually help with engine cooling?

Any radiator needs air going through the radiator fins to exchange heat and cool it down and its fluids that runs in it. If the cowl hood directs air to the radiator (engine radiator, oil radiator,...

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Do cowl hoods actually help with engine cooling?

I've read that cowl hoods used to be the method for air induction for older vehicles with carburetors and that the only purpose they serve for vehicles with fuel injection is for looks.However, I hear...

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