Removing bonnet seal?

[mitch2028]

Right ive searched the forum high and low and cant find any info on this apart from for a leon. The seal that sits between the scuttle and bonnet, i read that removed can improve cooling in the 'bay'....it can also improve the amount of noise you hear from your dv. Has anyone done this? apparently the seal stops the bonnet moving about on the leon but i cant see this myself. Anyone?

 

[Mat]

what's with all this "i wanna hear as much noise from the DV as possible"?

There's been a lot of this kind of thing lately! If you want a big woosh, buy a scooby

As for the seal, I assume it's also there to keep water out

 

[ian_cupra]

as mat said, prevents water ingress

 

[Cupra Gsy]

But whats the point in doing that cuz when you have a tuned Cupra they aint got much on us apart from a bigger whoosh lol

 

[Mat]

Just had a thought Ian...

Could put a scoop on the bonnet to let more sound out.

Hell, go the whole hog, remove the seal and the bonnet all together

 

[Mat]

But whats the point in doing that cuz when you have a tuned Cupra they aint got much on us apart from a bigger whoosh lol

come again???

what's the point in what? in the woosh? nothing! Chav IMO!
Idea is to go stealth mate

Unless you have a 15 year old female passenger you're trying to impress

 

[ian_cupra]

got a better idea, remove the 1.8t, throw in a scooby lump, bobs your uncle

 

[Mat]

then, get a replica scooby body kit, some frog eyes and a roof scoop. will be laughing then fella



oh, and don't forget the g0ld rims

 

[ian_cupra]

could put a relocation kit on the dv, and relocate it to the dash board, might be loud then

 

[Mat]

 

[Dan1.6]

i have an idea for you if you want the wooosh buy a dump vavle noise maker or when you change make the noise it does so it sounds like its louder to you

 

[mitch2028]

man whats with people on this forum? I asked a simple question and got a load of tripe back. I come from a G40 background my last car ran 164bhp (mk1 polo) toothed belt and pulleys....charger was extremely loud. Same goes for a dv i like loud atmospheric dump valves..obviously cant have one on a 1.8t. Its pointless going stealth as most people can tell a cupra has something in it. some people need to seriously grow up...heres a picture of my previous mk1 G40...ill let the chavness do the talking, i did think about dropping a scooby lump in it and a bonnet scoop but i didnt have enough knowledge

 

[Mat]

man whats with people on this forum? I asked a simple question and got a load of tripe back. I come from a G40 background my last car ran 164bhp (mk1 polo) toothed belt and pulleys....charger was extremely loud. Same goes for a dv i like loud atmospheric dump valves..obviously cant have one on a 1.8t. Its pointless going stealth as most people can tell a cupra has something in it. some people need to seriously grow up...heres a picture of my previous mk1 G40...ill let the chavness do the talking, i did think about dropping a scooby lump in it and a bonnet scoop but i didnt have enough knowledge

only if they can hear or see something!

truth be told, the Mk3 Cupra still catches a lot of folk out because they don't know much about them

 

[mitch2028]

Youd tell it was quick

 

[GarryGti]

my 007 is loud bit too loud and u can hear it spool up loud aswell so my stealth is lost as soon as i hit the pedal with a bit of weight. But i like it coming from a scooby back ground.Lol

 

[kyle'87]

Personally I wouldnt remove the seal due to the fact water getting in the engine bay where its not ment to

 

[cus]

cant even ask a simple question these days without the usual people having a go....

 

[GarryGti]

people do raise the back of the bonnet if you want extra cooling bu ulters the look a little.

 

[cus]

i've raised mine a tiny bit, hardly noticable, as i didn't want to copy off the 'Ford' boys..
i'm guessing its probably helped a bit like

 

[kyle'87]

i've raised mine a tiny bit, hardly noticable, as i didn't want to copy off the 'Ford' boys..
i'm guessing its probably helped a bit like

Yeh my stepdad has this done on his 55 chevy

another reason for leaving the seal is rattling sounds if the panels and anything under the engine in general, won't just increase the DV sound but all the sounds.