Skillard
HOOD VENTS, RACE STYLE | DATSUN | 240Z | 260Z | 280Z
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Replace your worn out, faded and cracked plastic OEM hood vents with these Skillard hood vents for the 1977-1978 Datsun 280Z while improving the look and airflow over standard venting.
Or add these vents to your 240Z, 260Z, and early 280Z with a little drilling and cutting. These will ship flat so that you can hand-form the louvers to the optimal angle for your build.
“Based on the Bernoulli principle, the air flow over the top of the louvers will create a vacuum and pull the air out from under the hood. With the opening facing rearwards the air passing over the first one will suck air out through it, that air will be forced over the next louvre sucking air out through that, and so on.”
They are CNC cut from lightweight aluminum and come with flush mounted studs already installed. Installation templates and hardware are included. Price is for a pair. Installation video shows vents with stamped lovers but what you are buying are the hand formed racing louvers as pictured above.
USE CAUTION: Do not over-tighten the installation hardware.
We also offer S30 Louvered Hood Vents.
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As many of you may know, the 1977-78 280Z came with hood vents in the hood.
But often, early model S30 owners reach out to us and ask if our S30 Hood Vents will work for their earlier application. They are in need of better venting especially with motor upgrades and swaps. The short answer is, yes.
If your Z has the 77-78 280Z-style hood with hood vent openings, these 280Z-style Hood Vents will be compatible (take a look at the installation video to confirm your vent openings are OEM, feel free to email us with any specific fitment questions).
For owners with hoods that don’t have holes for hood vents, you’ll need to do some cutting and drilling in your hood to install, but you can certainly use our hood vents.
*Many of our products are in-stock. However, because all of our products are custom fabricated, they may not be immediately available. Products that are not currently stocked may take 3-4 weeks from when your order is placed to when they're available for shipping. If you want to know the availability of this item, please email Sales@Skillard.com.
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Customer Reviews
I repeat make your measurements and triple check them so you don’t mess this up. I have a
Built sr20det so my turbo got hot and kinda burned my clear coat on the bottom. So I went with these race style vents for a Z car since these were about a 1/3 in height compared to the hoods height. There are other style vents which the turbo model came with 2 different vents bc one side has a turbo so the vent was bigger but that just looks ugly. The ones off the 280zx vents were kinda too small in my opinion bc I wanted more of my turbo heat to escape out my engine bay. The other vents they have are too long for a 510 hood height and would take up about 50% of the height. I was gonna get a focus rs style vent which doesn't cool my turbo that much bc its too small. To help aide with cooling down the engine bays heat soak I also got hood spacers to further help
Cool down my engine bay. It came out perfect however I had to cut into the structureon the bottom of my hood. All and all I am very happy that its not just for looks but its functional and helps reduce engine temps. I would give it 5 stars if it had something under the vent with a screen mesh to help keep out the debris falling in side my engine bay and when it rains. Other than that if you use painters tape and mark the outlines so you measure everything 2-3 times before cutting into a $2,000 carbon fiber hood is nerve racking. All and all it was a very simple install as long as your measurements are on point. I would highly recommend these vents if your indecisive you should got ahead and make that purchase by pulling the trigger. I also like the flat black powder coat bc its show the contrast with the glossy carbon fiber hood.
Great quality product, fits perfect. Thanks Skillard
These vents are perfect for our build. The quality of the design and hardware is outstanding! Bit nerve wracking drilling the first hole but turned out fantastic.
Very easy to lay out, mark and install. Finished product was right on!
I haven't installed them yet but the parts look very nice.