My main worry is the fact I don't have a garage, but the car doesn't see winter so no snow!

 

that would do the trick. or better yet, one could install a series of vents beneath the vents that would use vacuum from the plenum to suck in drops of water before it could fall into the engine?

i don't mean to be an @ss, but i really think you guys are overthinking this. its a vented hood. put the rain guards on when it rains. take the rain guards off when its dry out.

 

that's stupid!

 

Vented hoods in rainy Washington have been in use for years. The trays are easy and work. Consider you already have such a system on your 'G' at the moment, only not for engine air. A properly designed vent system should not induce water while under way. I personally would go to a cowl induction concept and just use what you currently have in place for the drain system. That system could also be utilized for a vented hood as well.

 

I wash mine just like it wasn't vented. I don't really care about it and I wash the engine bay too with water, just cover the intake. Water will drip into the engine bay and I simply wipe it with detail spray when I'm done with the rest of the car. Works fine.

 

That's all I really wanted to know. I've clean many engine bays but never known how the engine would react while hot and not having anything covered up. For security I will be putting some sort of shield onto my intake and putting a hydro lock on.

Now just have to work out the deal with the Carbon company. I'm really hoping to convince them to make me fenders as well

Thanks for the help guys.