Hood Scoop-Form or Function?

[Warped]

I just picked up this hood scoop from ebay. not sure just where i want to place it. i t will be funtional but i'm not sure if it should go over my intake or over the center of the engine. i PS some pics do give you an idea of what it will look like. Just looking for some oppinions here that's all.

the scoop

Over the intake

Center

[Wayne]

sell it and buy oem hood to practice on and cut some of your own intake inlets. cause that sh!t looks wack to me this is no wrx

[zerodrifter]

I had to look twice at the pics, that intake made it look like an FC.
yah that just looks weird, but he is going for function...
so i would look around and see how others are doing it. I would think to put it in the center to create better flow. Need to keep it cool

[teamINERTIA]

I personally would shave it down and make it a little shorter it looks a little to tall and narrow it kinda gives a ricer look but if you feel like making it functional it should grab quite a bit of air. -Matt-

[Warped]

well these are just photoshoped pics, it will be a little lower and we are going to extend the back of it to run up the hood.

again just photoshop for the basic idea.

[swifty949]

its ugly and useless on your car. Putting a hood scoop over the top of your engine will do nothing. Putting it over the headlight wont make a difference on air to your stock engine.

Save your money, buy quality parts like suspension, wheels & tires.

[sdtouge]

that would be extremely *Censored**Censored**Censored*.

just get some bushing and raise the back of your hood, or make your own.


http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/hood/hood.htm

[teamINERTIA]

Originally Posted by swifty949

its ugly and useless on your car. Putting a hood scoop over the top of your engine will do nothing. Putting it over the headlight wont make a difference on air to your stock engine.

Save your money, buy quality parts like suspension, wheels & tires.

Although i agree it's not the nicest scoop i've ever seen, saying that adding a scoop to your hood and haveing air blow over your "stock" motor quote on quote is bull$hit ANY and ALL air you get going over your motor helps whether its for bringing in cold air to the motor or just for added cooling.

[swifty949]

Originally Posted by teamINERTIA

Although i agree it's not the nicest scoop i've ever seen, saying that adding a scoop to your hood and haveing air blow over your "stock" motor quote on quote is bull$hit ANY and ALL air you get going over your motor helps whether its for bringing in cold air to the motor or just for added cooling.

Look at where the hood scoop is located, how does air flow? Answer: Down & to the back... where is the intake located? Towards the front..a reverse vent would be more beneficial than a hood scoop.

[DriftFactory]

Sorry to say but that scoop will not do anything. The scoop is way to small to actually grab any of the air flowing over the car. Your airflow will just go right around it because the air pressure inside the engine bay is too high. If you really want to improve flow inside of the engine bay you need to get a front air dam (a piece of metal or plastic that covers the underside of the bay) and mount that scoop backwards. I would even suggest ditching the scoop and throwing some spacers under the hood hinge. This will raise up the rear of the hood and allow for more air to be pulled through.

[hatebbobbarker]

getting hot air out would be preferred

[M_S]

sell it back on ebay, and buy some quality parts.

[Warped]

i am going to sell it and get a spare hood to make some custome vents on. i'll come up with some designs in a 3d program and take it from there. thanks guys.

[M_S]

get a reverse vent if you insist on putting in vents..

[Warped]

so how do you keep water from just running through a hood vent anyway?

[swifty949]

water wont damage anything, proper reverse venting is located just in front of the motor, so it wont affect any wiring.

[_PG_]

Originally Posted by Warped

so how do you keep water from just running through a hood vent anyway?

Move to Socal. Haha jk.

Just don't put the vent on top of your belts. A hood vent is to allow the air to be more easily draw through the FMIC/Radiator, improving their efficiency. "Allowing hot air to escape" is a secondary function that can be acheived by raising the back of the hood a bit (hot air built up from the block/head/tranny/turbo/other mechanical bits creating energy=heat). Cooling your hot engine block doesn't make your car run much cooler, but allowing your radiator to work more effciently by not getting heatsoaked by stagnant, hot air between the block and the radiator DEFINITELY does. So running your scoop to give your "engine" cool air will do f*ck-all. And running a scoop to your intake is stupid, just run some dryer hose to that sh*t if you care so much. Air doesn't need to be forced into it, it will suck air from around it Your engine is an air pump, the more it pumps, the more air it needs, if air is available, it will get sucked into your engine. So unless you go driving your car to outer space, there is enough air in this world to be sucked into your enine!

SO go to www.d-drug.com and get yourself a nice functional quality Vented CF hood!

[Warped]

Sometimes i don't know why i bother with this forum. For every 1 post that is useful, there are at least 3 that post just to call you an *Censored**Censored**Censored*!. At least i'm trying something different. I KNOW A VENT IS FOR REMOVING HEAT!!! I like to make my own custom parts ok. So i'm not going to just run out and buy the first so called custom hood i see. I had some questions and i thought there just might be some adults around to give me useful answers.

[_PG_]

Originally Posted by Warped

Sometimes i don't know why i bother with this forum. For every 1 post that is useful, there are at least 3 that post just to call you an *Censored**Censored**Censored*!. At least i'm trying something different. I KNOW A VENT IS FOR REMOVING HEAT!!! I like to make my own custom parts ok. So i'm not going to just run out and buy the first so called custom hood i see. I had some questions and i thought there just might be some adults around to give me useful answers.

Oh I'm sorry, you were putting a scoop on your car that DOESN'T NEED ONE and assuming its function was something IT DOESN'T DO, and i gave you the info on what a vent does, how it should be placed, why, what ELSE you can do to cool your engine and....ohhh i guess its not useful info cause you are too ignorant to accept the fact that (beyond looking like buffalo sh*t) your scoop served no purpose.

[Whisky]

You know _PG_, you piss me off.

I only check the boards every month or so, and when I actually find something that I feel like replying to, you have already replied and said just about everything I was going to say.