Bonnet Air Scoop

depending on where battery sits in engine bay is it possible to run air duct from round near bull bar area up to battery?

How about a boat type from a chandler??

How about an XA GT Falcon tear drop recessed scoop?

Hi Ken,
My Defender has a scoop off of a WRX which sits flush on top of the bonnet. Doesn't look half bad either. Fits perfectly. It might suit the troopy.

Have you looked into why the battery gets hot?

I have a similar thing in my Hilux with an aftermarket turbo and found the esiest solution as follows:

Get heat rated flexi pipe from an industrial ducted supply company (plenty of suppliers in the yellow pages under dust extraction type of suppliers for commercial businesses). You can get a heap of diameters from about an inch up to 10 inch. It is flexible, squashy and will not get damaged from heat exposure. Put one end onder or on the front of the bull bar area and feed it up and under the front panel into the engine bay and basically pop it up any place so as it vents on the battery. You can bend it any way and even make the air go back towards the front of required.

I ran it from under the bull bar and had a heap of bends in it and it now feeds air to the turbo area. Works a treat. Coats about $20.00 per metre and beats the hell out of chopping up your bonnet. The stuff I used is rated to 200 degrees c and actually touches the engine block in one spot and has not suffered any heat damage. The inlet has sometimes made contact with the ground and it just flexes back into shape. I reckon it has cut under bonnet temps in half.

hope that this helps

I reckon Roothy and his angle grinder would be the go!

What would look really cool is 2 snorkels, one for the motor, and the other for the batteries.

Cheers

Wolfie

Hi Ken. If you have got room elsewhere in the vehicle, re-position your batteries out of the enginebay. That's what I did with mine. All it will cost you is a couple of battery boxes,suitable clamping arrangements & a few meters of heavy gauge battery cable. Cheers.

Hi Ken, following up on the ideas from the others, if you go the flex tube option, all you need to do is find a hose supplier who stocks nylex, The product to use is called TPRDS flexible ducting, it is black in colour with the spiral reinforcing in it, and heat resistant to about 200 degrees from memory. Its available in 2 1/2 , 3 inch etc.. Price isn't too bad either, cheaper than a bonnet anyway !!

Normally one of the biggest reasons for excessive engine bay heat is that the airflow out of the engine bay is restricted, Bigger engine fitted / chock full of accessories etc.. So maybe you might like to try in conjunction with the cold air feed , shimming up the trailing edge of the bonnet about 1/2 an inch to allow more hot air to escape, its an old hoons trick .. Cheers