Opening up hood vents to vent heat

[Milkbone K9]

Has anybody opened the hood vents to exhaust heat? I went to check oil on my 2025 Raptor and gotta a nasty surprise. I thought hood struts were a waste until I grabbed the prop rod. I have seen replacement hoods but $$$$$$. In my early days I would grabbed a Dremel. Suggestions??

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[stuartmunto]

They actually are open and functional from factory:

 

[danmoochie]

I'd love to put these on my XLT.... but I think the hood is actually different from the Raptor

 

[Blue_Raptor]

I have not but I've put some thought into doing it as well. I think maybe first step to helping them work as they currently are would be to cut the underhood liner in positions under the vents. This would hopefully allow much more heat flow through the vents as is. And I know many people just remove the whole liner (at least on other vehicles, maybe not necessarily on the rangers yet) but I would suggest against that. As you found from the temp of the hood prop rod, I don't think you want all that heat directly up against the underside of the painted hood. After that, maybe look at the structure of the vent and see if they can be strategically opened up to flow even more than they currently do. Just my $.02

 

[D.J. Swanson]

I would assume the underside of the vents is constructed in such a way that water can't drain down into the engine compartment? (I haven't looked...)

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