Raptor2k

This is why I'll be keeping mine on during the winter.

Stavesacre21

omg this had to be a joke. because we all know that the hood usually isn't closed when driving around anyway. in which occasion, heaven forbid i'd even run into a storm...

RotaryP7

lol..

I just bought mine.. But tend to leave the cover on..

2maxxx

off

Rems31

Things like this require a poll :-P

Dremd911

To anyone that has taken their cover off and does not want it...i will take it, the 8 i bought did not come with one and i refuse to pay $100 for one at the dealership or $200 or whatever they are asking...thanks

YT1300

I didn't even realize that this would be an issue. It's not as if the thermal rating of that kind of plastic will insulate the engine much, at speed. I leave it on more because I don't have anywhere to put the cover other than in the engine bay...

alfy28

I keep mine on. because i heard its very jdm to do so. yah that is hella tight

DARKMAZ8

I noticed that if left off, it warps crevices in the aluminum hood slightly.

Ceez76

I would keep mine on, but i made the mistake of going for an oil change at one of the these 10 minute castrol oil places, when i got home i realized they never put the engine cover back on, went right back and apaarently everyone caught a bad case of amesia, one guy even had the ***** to tell me that the 8 doesnt come with an engine cover. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!!!!!!!

shaunv74

Did you tell him he's going to get a bad case of foot up his *** if he didn't give the cover back??

shaunv74

This one's for you ceez76. A little extra time at work.

http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/pl...php?id=1749840

Ceez76

The manager is on vacation so i assume he knows nothing about this, but i did go back and noticed that they have a security camera that faces the shop. I guess the idiots that took it didn't realize that. Just waiting on the manager to come back on Monday. I'll hit him where it really hurts.....in the pocket

Ceez76

LMFAO! THAT WAS GREAT

im actually still at work also

FastRX8

I prefer the look of the cover on, but there are good arguments for both sides.

Yay - Why would Mazda design it, and continue to use it if it didn't serve a purpose, or increase engine temps?

Nay - Why would Mazdaspeed design a strutbar that forces you to remove it?

Ceez76

i also prefer the cover on but again my cover isnt on right now not because i dont like like but because someone has sticky fingers

CosmosMpower

Maybe the MS bar was designed with a track setup in mind. Track cars usually have upgrade cooling systems that include bigger radiators, oil coolers, fans etc so the lack of an engine cover to help with heat is probably not necessary

FastRX8

I know you posted this a while ago. This is hilarious!
I'll be using that site for some stuff.

Ice Cold RX8

I think the cover is simply there because the rotory engine is so puny looking and sits very low in the engine bay. I have popped the hood and removed the cover for a number of people and they all say "Where's the engine? Man that's small" Its just not an attractive looking engine (rotor heads may disagree) and the cover is almost purely cosmetic. There may or may not be some added cooling effects but that's not its intended purpose.

FastRX8

Dude, you just called down the flame gods on yourself. Good luck.

The Ace

I bet all the girls are thinking the same thing once you remove your pants

Stavesacre21

I actually find it to be quite the opposite...in that most people who know anything about engines always are baffled as to how something so small can make as much power as it does. When most people say "whoa...where's the engine?"....I take it more a long the lines of "yea, and it still makes more power than most average 6's"

Size does matter...yes...but so does it's output, relatively.

BunnyGirl

I leave my cover on. It came with the car and I figure it's there for a reason. It's not that much trouble to move it when I need to add oil.

Ericok

I always thought the cover was to protect the hood from engine heat but, after carefully surfing the net, the only reference I could find on it was from Car and Driver - who claimed that it was to dampen engine noise.

foo77

i always put it on,coz i like the look you can make a custom fan below it to prevent heat j/k anyway all my friend like hows it look on my engine bay