Why does this car need an engine cover??

1. All it does is hold in heat. The car has two holes in the hood to get rid of that stuff.
2. I just weighed it - it weighs 3.2 pounds (for the V8). I know that's not much, but it's something.
3. I think it actually looks better without a cover.

The Project 7 (below), trying to lose every ounce possible, discarded it altogether...

 

Noise pollution reduction.

 

I have pretty much the same question about the front vents and the hood heat extractors... They aren't exactly "open" and free flowing. All of them are pretty much covered with a rubber inner lining...

 

Hot engines are powerful engines. It's the incoming air that needs to be cool.

 

I wouldn't go that far... They hardly made any efforts to reduce weight. Light weight seats would have removed well over 100 pounds and cost the customer a similar amount as the titanium exhaust did that only has minimal effects.

 

They also sell a carbon fibre engine cover that costs £2,240 ! I wonder how many people have ticked that on the options list ? not many I would have thought.

 

My engine cover has a nice spot in the garage.

 

I 'may' have mentioned this topic previously. I suggested that this item was the biggest waste of money it was possible to specify.

I did also suggest that there were a few other options that might not add any utility or value, but some people did get a bit defensive...

 

Well I think the Carbon Fibre Front Splitter Blade at £3,069 is way over the top I wouldn't spend my hard earned on one of those, too much welly over a speed bump and goodnight nurse !

 

The project 7 eliminated the cover to help with heat, not to reduce weight

 

I think the primary reason they use engine covers is marketing. People who know little about engines prefer the underside of their hood to look neat and clean. Wires going here, there and everywhere do not look good to those who don't understand. Think of it as a hood for under the hood (or a bonnet for under the bonnet for y'all in the UK).


Can you take a picture so we can see one without the cover? My S2000 looks just great without one (didn't come with one). On the other hand, my wife's old Nissan Pathfinder looked like a spaghetti mess when I took it off.

 

The clip from the OP is the Project 7... (without an engine cover)

 

So then would I be correct to assume that the regular V8 would look very similar?

 

If you take it off, it won't say supercharged...

 

Yes, P7 is the same engine as other V8s with a different tune

For that matter, the V6 looks almost exactly the same as the V8 in that picture. Externally and visually, the V6 and V8 are the same engine block, but obviously with a different internal casting. V6s have blank spaces approximately where the extra 2 cylinders are on the V8.

V6 and V8 engine covers are also identical (same part #).

 

The V6 engine bay looks virtually the same as well without the cover. Perhaps one of the ugliest engine compartment views I've ever seen.

Even my Land Cruiser's looks better.

 

Gone are the days where you open the hood to show off the motor.
Not much to see when you raise the bonnet on the F-Type.
People ask me "what's in there?...how much horse power?"
I say "Horse power? I'm not really sure how it translates, the Jaguar F-Type is powered by a 45 kilowatt cold fusion reactor." Then I close the bonnet and let them wonder...

 

Correct - it looks exactly like the clip from the Project 7 engine. Nice, clean, somewhat smooth, ribbed aluminum. Looks very nice. Nicer IMO than the plastic cover.

Every V8 - the S, the R, the Project 7, the SVR - they ALL have the same 5-Liter engine. It's all marketing along with varying tunes that lead people to think there are different engines under there. And since Jaguar thinks you need to pay about $40k more for them to remove the engine cover, I say, why can't I just do the same in my R??

 

And add to that the base V6, and V6S look the same as all the V8s.

 

What about the rain water coming in through the hood louvres if there is no engine cover on? Any concerns?