Sunday bought the start of the heatwave in Worthing that we will probably look back at and call Summer!
with Sarah taking Martha to a birthday party for the afternoon I did the decent thing and jumped in the Nova! With the London to Brighton mini run just finished I joined a plethora of minis heading north on the M23!
Another 50 miles covered and despite the higher temperatures the car performed faultlessly, temp gauge never over half.
After the run when checking everything over I did notice the rear bodywork behind the engine lid was pretty warm, and I do wonder if heat is being held in the engine bay and could be reduced and improve running and avoid stress on paintwork etc?
The exhaust is inside the engine bay and heat rising from this will sit under here. I am wondering about cutting some vent holes into the rear bumper above this that would be concealed behind the light panel but allow some air to pass through, particularly if I cut a vent slot behind the number plate.
alternatively I could cut a vent slot on the top deck to allow heat out, but this is less appealing as this area was all re glassed when the engine lid was modified and I don't want to disturb work here.
any thoughts anyone?
Would just prefer to bring down surface temp on panels.