Re: Citroen Centenary celebration, Coombe Park
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:45 pm
The two-tone inspiration?
. - although maybe not for driving in!
. - although maybe not for driving in!
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The bonnet vent is purely decorative as there is no ducting undeneath it. Darren wanted it to appear similar to a CX.russ92xmsed wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:30 pm
That's a friends, ....Darren isn't on here. He likes to modify his cars. I believe he welded the CX bonnet scoop on it because of engine heat. The V6 gets quite hot under the bonnet in an XM. He also sometimes tows a caravan hence the xtra cooling.
I think he said that's a Renault blue.
The wind deflectors look quite good though, possibly practical too.Dieselman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:54 pmThe bonnet vent is purely decorative as there is no ducting undeneath it. Darren wanted it to appear similar to a CX.russ92xmsed wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:30 pm
That's a friends, ....Darren isn't on here. He likes to modify his cars. I believe he welded the CX bonnet scoop on it because of engine heat. The V6 gets quite hot under the bonnet in an XM. He also sometimes tows a caravan hence the xtra cooling.
I think he said that's a Renault blue.
A vent positioned so far back is in the high pressure area in front of the windscreen. It will either cause the underbonnet air to stagnate, or flow in reverse,... either way, reducing cooling airflow.
Thanks - I wonder if it makes much difference... The vent is not all that large and I thought it was air intake on CX? But I do like the look of it.russ92xmsed wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:30 pm
That's a friends, ....Darren isn't on here. He likes to modify his cars. I believe he welded the CX bonnet scoop on it because of engine heat. The V6 gets quite hot under the bonnet in an XM. He also sometimes tows a caravan hence the xtra cooling.
I think he said that's a Renault blue.
I think he told me it was just to try and vent off engine heat whilst staionary rather than actual ducted cooling. But who knows, you know what Darren is like. Probably is all about the looks!Dieselman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:54 pmThe bonnet vent is purely decorative as there is no ducting undeneath it. Darren wanted it to appear similar to a CX.russ92xmsed wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:30 pm
That's a friends, ....Darren isn't on here. He likes to modify his cars. I believe he welded the CX bonnet scoop on it because of engine heat. The V6 gets quite hot under the bonnet in an XM. He also sometimes tows a caravan hence the xtra cooling.
I think he said that's a Renault blue.
A vent positioned so far back is in the high pressure area in front of the windscreen. It will either cause the underbonnet air to stagnate, or flow in reverse,... either way, reducing cooling airflow.
It's on the road.. excellent news! So the question is, is the mandarin going black or is the black going mandarin.....White Exec wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:45 pmThe two-tone inspiration?
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- although maybe not for driving in!
As Matthew alludes to, that is the six million dollar question.russ92xmsed wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:51 pm
It's on the road.. excellent news! So the question is, is the mandarin going black or is the black going mandarin.....