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Old 06-07-2006 | 09:18 AM
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Default Rear bonnet raisers ...

Are these worthwhile and practical?

Not bothered about looks, just would like to help in the aid of cooling this hot weather.

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Old 06-07-2006 | 09:20 AM
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NO! YOU WILL LOOK LIKE A CUNT
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:22 AM
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I look like a cunt anyway dave

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dont overdo the look then Stu!
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:23 AM
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lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:23 AM
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Old 06-07-2006 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
Yes and look at your sig

www.kroozin-Karz.co.uk


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"heaven wont ave me n hell iz worried i'd take ova"

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Old 06-07-2006 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveEscos
Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
Yes and look at your sig

www.kroozin-Karz.co.uk


and

"heaven wont ave me n hell iz worried i'd take ova"

see!



CUNT!



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Bollocks - you beat me to it
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
No Kate, you have one so it doesn't count! LMAO!

Bonnet raisers will make you look like you have a broken bonnet latch or a cowboy that just been at your car, go for real vents! Ohh yeah and bonnet raisers defeat the purpose of "drag co-efficiency" and will completely defeat the point of aero dynamics within the original parameters of your car. Bonnet raisers are cheap for a reason, so that chavs can afford em and make the car look worse IMO. But each to their own and some ppl like em, but I don't.

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Old 06-07-2006 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
Originally Posted by DaveEscos
Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
Yes and look at your sig

www.kroozin-Karz.co.uk


and

"heaven wont ave me n hell iz worried i'd take ova"

see!



CUNT!



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Bollocks - you beat me to it




Old 06-07-2006 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
So if they work so well, i wonder why Ford never thought of that in the first place!

All that money spent on product research..............

They could of FUCKED OFF DOWN TO THE LOCAL MACCY D'S FOR IDEAS!


FFS!
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oh well shit happens lol i dont care what people think and as george says each to their own and IMO i wouldnt want a car to look like everyone elses so i had to do something different!!
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so which one of you fucked up my website addy???
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:38 AM
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Is that a 2i in your Sig ? Why would you need bonnet lifters on a N/A engine ???
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:43 AM
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that isn't my 2i in my sig!!

right first off my escort gets too hot if i have the RS2000 grill on so i only thought of bonnet raisers to try and help keep her kool, secondly personally i like them!!!!!

i dont give a fuck what the rest of you think!!!!!
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:44 AM
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Sorry luv, was only asking lol, welcome to the board anyhow's, don't worry too much about Dave, he cunt's everyone off at the earliest and easiest oppertunity
Old 06-07-2006 | 09:45 AM
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Another tip, without looking like a cunt, would be to take the rubber strip at the back of the engine out, not sure if the ERST have them but most others do.. If not, raise it up slighty, not 2" like every other dick.
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Time of the month??
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SO.,... DO THEY WORK?????#]


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Originally Posted by fordykate
right first off my escort gets too hot if i have the RS2000 grill on so i only thought of bonnet raisers to try and help keep her kool, secondly personally i like them!!!!!

i dont give a fuck what the rest of you think!!!!!
Well take this piece of advice from people who obviously know a lot more about cars than you.

If your car is overheating as standard, then you have a problem with your car
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
Originally Posted by fordykate
right first off my escort gets too hot if i have the RS2000 grill on so i only thought of bonnet raisers to try and help keep her kool, secondly personally i like them!!!!!

i dont give a fuck what the rest of you think!!!!!
Well take this piece of advice from people who obviously know a lot more about cars than you.

If your car is overheating as standard, then you have a problem with your car
Pon! get involved in the newbie thread!!!
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Originally Posted by Stu.H
SO.,... DO THEY WORK?????#]


no no no don't you dare!
Old 06-07-2006 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu.H
SO.,... DO THEY WORK?????#]


Some people say yes, other's say no. If you have a cooling issue to begin with, surely it would be more practical to resolve that, rather then raise the rear of the bonnet ?
Old 06-07-2006 | 10:07 AM
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Dont specifically have a cooling issue as such Dan, but keeping the bay as cool as possible has to be a good thing?

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Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
How much does it help? Whats the underbonnet temperature drop?
What did you use to measure it with ?
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Originally Posted by MattRS1600i
Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
How much does it help? Whats the underbonnet temperature drop?
What did you use to measure it with ?
THIS!!!



Old 06-07-2006 | 10:13 AM
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FROFLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Originally Posted by Franco
Originally Posted by MattRS1600i
Originally Posted by fordykate
lmao!!!! i have bonnet raisers and they help lol
How much does it help? Whats the underbonnet temperature drop?
What did you use to measure it with ?
THIS!!!




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Mate.. put the 3" away.


Ford temp needle drops, pushes hot air in the bay out the back.. surely a good thing?
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Originally Posted by Stu.H
Dont specifically have a cooling issue as such Dan, but keeping the bay as cool as possible has to be a good thing?

Obviously keeping it as cool as possible is top priority, but bastardising a Series 2 to acheive it

None of the Big Horsepower Series 2's have done it
Old 06-07-2006 | 10:20 AM
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OK .

I'll just drive round with no bonnet.

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