Has this been done and does it even make sense?

[DaveBBOXSTER]

I once drove mine without the engine top cover on plus with front engine access cover removed plus with carpet cover removed with the soft top up and far from being fun and hearing the engine throb it was awful and hard to go over 55 mph due to the noise. You could design a perspex engine cover but it would soon become dusty, filthy and probably mist up due to heat...look at how dirty the engine gets!

[dghii]

Originally Posted by DaveBBOXSTER

I once drove mine without the engine top cover on plus with front engine access cover removed plus with carpet cover removed with the soft top up and far from being fun and hearing the engine throb it was awful and hard to go over 55 mph due to the noise. You could design a perspex engine cover but it would soon become dusty, filthy and probably mist up due to heat...look at how dirty the engine gets!

Same here! I removed my firewall cover to diagnosed a water pump problem at my house. I then drove my car a few miles to access a lift. It was very noise and very hot when stopped.

I now your not removing your firewall cover but I'd bet removing the top of the motor cover would be just as bad at a stop light!

[mikefocke]

Don't change the clamshell. You will screw up all the sensors and thus the fan on the passenger side that exhausts the heat.