[pfcnguyen]

anyone had problems with water comning into the raised hood scoop when it raining? Its starting to rain here now and im worried that too rain much comming throught the bigger hood scoop would not be good for the motor.

 

[Seven-Of-Nine]

Nothing to worrie about IMHO, had the C-one C.F. hood scoop on for well over a year and no problems over here.

 

[Blue Bomber]

Nothing under the scoop will be damaged by rain.

 

[Gas-n-Grease]

Even if u've taken off the valve cover plastic? I'm worried about the injectors.

 

[Ugly Pete]

nothing will happen...

 

[oONoGoAutoOo]

eh, dont worry about it. ive had my scoop for a while now, and no problems at all.

 

[hi ho silver]

i dont think the water will even touch your injectors.. maybe just the coilpacks. but thats not even an issue. only issue for me is my valve cover is polished and i get sooo many damn water spots on it.

 

[Blue Bomber]

Everything is completely sealed off from the elements around that area. You don't think a ton of water already comes in through the stock scoop? My strut bar only gets filthy in the area near the scoop. All water spots and stuff.

 

[pfcnguyen]

good.. im very happy with these answers. Thanks

 

[sleepy celica]

Originally posted by pfcnguyen
good.. im very happy with these answers. Thanks

thank god! same here :gap:

 

[jamester]

OT...

So really, why do cars without forced induction have hood scoops at all? To look cool, I guess? But then, doesn't that make it more 'uncool' looking for those of us in the know? I'll never understand this...

That being said, I think those raised scoops look tight on the Celi. =)

 

[Another_Ricer]

after a raining day and i opened my hood, everything in the engine bay was pretty damp and had no problems..

 

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by jamester
OT...

So really, why do cars without forced induction have hood scoops at all? To look cool, I guess?

Mostly. Though not all FI cars have scoops.

 

[jlitman]

Originally posted by jamester
OT...

So really, why do cars without forced induction have hood scoops at all? To look cool, I guess? But then, doesn't that make it more 'uncool' looking for those of us in the know? I'll never understand this...

That being said, I think those raised scoops look tight on the Celi. =)

Doesn't the scoop help ventilate the engine bay, and thus lower the temperature under the hood -- or not enough to make any difference?

-jl-

 

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by jlitman
Doesn't the scoop help ventilate the engine bay, and thus lower the temperature under the hood -- or not enough to make any difference?

-jl-

On our cars, it cools the firewall down since our header is right next to it. The reverse scoops that Trans Ams and Camaros have are functional, removing heat from the engine bay, but there really aren't many other NA cars out there with functional scoops, or scoops at all. The previous gen Mustangs, it's purely cosmetic (Mustangs' are sealed off, completely non-functional :thumbdown ).

 

[jlitman]

Originally posted by Blue Bomber
The reverse scoops that Trans Ams and Camaros have are functional, removing heat from the engine bay, but there really aren't many other NA cars out there with functional scoops, or scoops at all.

Interesting! Well then, would it be worth having a reverse scoop on our cars too? Or, put another way, how could one fabricate/relocate/reposition a hood scoop to make it more of a performance mod?

Relatedly, why does a forward scoop fail to remove heat from under the hood? Is it because the force of the air stream generated while driving prevents the hot air from escaping?
(Hmmm ... this is a physics problem, dammit :chuckles: )

-jl-

 

[jamester]

very interesting! I've learned something today... =)