Hood scoop?

[StealBlueSho]

Anyone ever look at cutting out a scoop on the hood over top of the Airaid or similar intakes? I realize that for a daily driver that wouldn't be a fantastic idea for water purposes... Curious if anyone has done mock-ups for that... From what I have read these cars struggle for air above 5500 Rpms... And suffer from heat soak with the Airaid setup.. Two birds one stone maybe?

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[92BlackGT]

Be the first and show us the way!

 

[StealBlueSho]

Cool, didn't want to reinvent the wheel. Time to find a used hood :-D

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[mmh64]

For performance I don't think it would help. From what I understand these engines get all the cold air they can get with stock set up from air box to turbos. I have heard of dyno runs with air cleaner completely removed. Unfiltered air directly into stock turbo intake tubes. The result was very little difference, meaning no restrictions. I don't think the air would be colder because the stock inlet is just inches below where a proposed hood scoop would go, same air same location. I do think a scoop would look realy cool though on our cars. If I had anything even close to being called computer skills I would do a mock up to see what one would look like. I don't know how to do that stuff. The best this hillbilly can do is this.LOL.

 

[SHOdded]

Hood vents have definitely been done, bpd's SHO was probably the first for this Gen. Hood scoops, don't thing I have seen that, might not look so good with the power hoods these SHOs have.

 

[StealBlueSho]

I was thinking about vents as well...hmmm...

Unfortunate about there being no real performance gains from vents or hood scoop..

Still might be fun to mock one up...

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[StealBlueSho]

Not what I was thinking... just for fun!

 

[SHOdded]

I was thinking about vents as well...hmmm...

Unfortunate about there being no real performance gains from vents or hood scoop..

Still might be fun to mock one up...

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There is actually real-world gain from vents: keeps engine bay cooler, in turn improving performance and powertrain longevity along with aesthetics. Hood scoop should be able to achieve similar results if placed and routed properly.