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GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10381

Speed holes.

I’ve got a few dotted about, i like them as they can be functional and (as ever, in my opinionated opinion) look cool, with a nod to the hot rodding world.
My first was to get more air to my auto cooler..

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Then I decided to add some to vent a little warm air from under the bonnet.

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Anyway, this weekend the weather forecast wasn’t great and the missus had a few family plans, so i decided to go play in the shed.. i had this idea a long time ago, but never had the time..
Here is around 14 hours work…

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6th Feb 2022 6:08pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10381

Sorry for jumbled up photos, the forum decided to do it, not me

6th Feb 2022 6:09pm

kenzle8a

Member Since: 12 Feb 2020
Location: None
Posts: 1074

None of the Defender but my old Cooper S had some fair speed holes to keep the heat down with the supercharger...

6th Feb 2022 7:16pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10381

Old ‘old’ supercharged Cooper S?

Photos, please!

6th Feb 2022 7:19pm

kenzle8a

Member Since: 12 Feb 2020
Location: None
Posts: 1074

New old, i don’t fit in proper minis…. I nearly bought my pals old one that was supercharged with the m45 that ours used, however my head was too far in the roof, much the same as when i dove my pals mx5 on itbs, i could see over the windscreen.. Mine was built for sprint racing, i took 100kg out of it and it was on suspension developed by one of the American Le Mans teams

6th Feb 2022 7:51pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10381

Nice, it sounds like it was quite a weapon

6th Feb 2022 7:54pm

Smyles_

Member Since: 25 Aug 2018
Location: Copenhagen
Posts: 517

Saw it on the gram earlier, looks mint GREENI!

What's the name of that type of tool - I have a sudden urge to put holes in things

Stuart

Cummins 130 Build Thread
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58 130 Double Cab HCPU - Cairns Blue
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6th Feb 2022 7:56pm

Bobtailkev

Member Since: 17 Mar 2016
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 109

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Buckingham Blue

Very neat - I like that a lot. We had to put vent holes in our bobtailed Range Rover, which ran a 4.2 V8 and it definitely kept the temperature down.

6th Feb 2022 8:06pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10381

@kev They certainly help, with the fans on, you can feel air exiting the holes.

@smyles they’re called dimple dies. You can also get bead dies, Stakesys is the best place to shop.

6th Feb 2022 8:28pm

Smyles_

Member Since: 25 Aug 2018
Location: Copenhagen
Posts: 517

Thanks GREENI

Stuart

Cummins 130 Build Thread
Instagram

58 130 Double Cab HCPU - Cairns Blue
04 110 Double Cab - Black (gone)
07 Audi RS4 Avant - Silver

6th Feb 2022 9:29pm

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