Bonnet Vents

Zetecs or larger engines in Sevens need more air, they take up much more space and all the air gets hot. Having studied high and low pressure airflow areas over a 7's bonnet I went about cutting in some vents in one of the low pressure areas to let heat out. The fact they look great, racy and aggressive is a plus.

There's a high pressure area to the rear near the scuttle so Im working on ideas to get cold air in.....


Tomorrow it's time to put a new cam belt in, I've also bought an ATR shortened sump which is a big tick off the major bits I need to finish it. Also its my birthday on Sunday and Ive seen what look like Dominator headlamps arrive in the post 'for' the other half  :-)

But my much better half is away 'til Sunday, hence the lounge looks like this!

Ironically the DVD Im watching in the background is all about mk1 and mk2 Escorts as that's my dream project. Madly as youngsters we crashed them, slept in them, scrapped them and even worse I found out this week that my mate at work raffled his in a pub to get a train ticket home!! (£40 he got!!)  Back in the day and pre Sierra the Mk2 Escort was a big choice as kit car donor..... Doom! I have a Mk2 (finally) in kit car guise but with Sierra, Mondeo, Focus and other mods. Now that's evolution :-)