roof scoop?
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roof scoop? can anyone tell me what a roof scoop is really for?
i know there has to be some sort of real use other than to look rally styleee.
i mean come on for real what does it do? for rear engines maybe?
no one has ever been able to give me a striaght answer.
i know there has to be some sort of real use other than to look rally styleee.
i mean come on for real what does it do? for rear engines maybe?
no one has ever been able to give me a striaght answer.
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Rep Power: 0 MR2 has ones on the sides (back of the doors) that are air inlets for the intake. its a mid engine though. roof scoops are just like hood scoops allowing air flow to the engine if you have a mid engine car i suppose. i can't think of any other cars that have functional roof scoops though.
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some roof scoops help push air into the cabin for breathing. I have only seen them in some rally cars and that is what I thought they were for. Other roof scoops push air to the engine like fletchman said.
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Rep Power: 0 here's some more info i found from www.highaltitudeimports.com: from SubeTek (owns a WRX) "The roof scoop is real and functional(STI)-not having any AC with a black car in the summer makes a nice toaster. You'd be amazed at how much cooler the interior temp is with the scoop open."
so i guess it works as a vent to let air in the car.
so i guess it works as a vent to let air in the car.
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cant those scoops be used for aerodynamics too?
cant those scoops be used for aerodynamics too?
The scoop is just for venting. All the air passes over the windshield, so it creates a high pressure zone on the roof. You put the vent there and it forces the air into the car to cool it. You'll see LeMans cars (closed ones) sometimes have them, and also holes in the mirrors on the doors with vent hoses to the cabin (another high pressure zone, but that one is useless to the car's road handling).
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Rep Power: 424 Right... so they could place the vents in high pressure zones. Some vents or holes in the body are unvoidable. Therefore you look for places to put them that are most beneficial and have the least effect on the sleakness of the shape of the car. Smoother the shape, the better the airflow. Any break in it causes turbulence and recirculation zones, which causes drag and slows you down. But if they weren't there, the aerodynamics would be better off.
Get a Fluid Mechanics book and read up.
Get a Fluid Mechanics book and read up.
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i just was wondering why people put them on there cars when there is obviously no function!
Because it was in Fast and the Furious... Duh!!!
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Yeah, any time you have a forward facing hole in the body work, you're hindering the aerodynamics because its more drag.
Yeah, any time you have a forward facing hole in the body work, you're hindering the aerodynamics because its more drag.
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Rep Power: 0 roof scoops help push in air to mix it with the nitrous and help inject it into the engine welds on the intake for the turbo or supercharger. That way the exhaust glows pink or neon green(which adds horsepower)
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Haha like the stupid fake hood AND brake scoops (on the sides) of Mustangs. Hahaha factory rice
Haha like the stupid fake hood AND brake scoops (on the sides) of Mustangs. Hahaha factory rice
The side scoops ARE functional (at least on 94-95s that I can say for sure), and the hood scoops can be made functional very easily on the GTs. In order to make the scoop functional, one only needs to remove the honeycomb grille...The ONLY reason it was not done from the factory was to make sure that the car was as silent as possible. A scoop on a hood is not even in the same league as adding a ROOF scoop to a non mid engine vehicle
lease:Secondly, isn't rice classified by *most* people as a car that LOOKS fast, and can't back it up? The 99+ GT with 260 hp stock is capable of high 13 second-low 14 second quarter mile times. How is that rice?
I'm sure you'll come up with some witty, anti "dumbestic" answer, but I've made my point. Last edited by Miss_Hatchy; Jan 19, 2004 at 12:37 AM.
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Rep Power: 0 Yes, because I am not delusional, and I know that in stock form a Mustang is intended to excel in straight line acceleration. I have seen some SICK handling ponies, but only after extensive suspension modifications...panhard bars, subframe connectors etc. I am talking about "backing up performance" so to speak, and I didn't really see how handling would justify a silly scoop
Personally I would take a 300ZX over another Mustang any day just because they hug the road sooo much better
Personally I would take a 300ZX over another Mustang any day just because they hug the road sooo much better
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Rep Power: 381 I've seen some great handling Mustangs too, being pushed around by an amazing driver,
Ofcourse this one isnt exactly sutible for street use.
I just find it funny that when ever people talk about the performance of a car they allways talk about how fast it is in the 1/4 mile...
as far as the hood scoop.... well that depends on what you built the car for.
This, OK.
as is this,
Ofcourse this one isnt exactly sutible for street use.
I just find it funny that when ever people talk about the performance of a car they allways talk about how fast it is in the 1/4 mile...
as far as the hood scoop.... well that depends on what you built the car for.
This, OK.
as is this,
The hood scoops are there to bring fresh air into the cabin!! Most rally cars have them. I saw a fake one on a 7thgen, and I didnt think it looked to bad!! I think I saw it on a T.V. comercial.
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Rep Power: 314 damn ms hatchy loves to argure. and she is still a noob to the site i wonder how it will be in a few months when she teams up with all the other 7thgen hotheads. j/k i really respect someone that has an opinon an voices it.
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Rep Power: 0 haha acid I really don't mean to be THAT argumentative , but like I've said in other posts, on import sites I find myself bombarded with so many misconceptions about domestics, and on domestic sites I have to defend my import against incorrect comments.
Don't get me wrong, if someone just doesn't LIKE either domestics or imports, that is cool with me. If that individual wants to deprive themselves of learning about all the cars out there, that is their freedom. But when the comment is actually wrong, I feel the need to open my big mouth and correct them.
You know there are domestic drivers out there that actually believe that Civics can't break the 12 second barrier?lease: No kidding...now those were some FUN discussions 
, but like I've said in other posts, on import sites I find myself bombarded with so many misconceptions about domestics, and on domestic sites I have to defend my import against incorrect comments. Don't get me wrong, if someone just doesn't LIKE either domestics or imports, that is cool with me. If that individual wants to deprive themselves of learning about all the cars out there, that is their freedom. But when the comment is actually wrong, I feel the need to open my big mouth and correct them.
You know there are domestic drivers out there that actually believe that Civics can't break the 12 second barrier?
lease: No kidding...now those were some FUN discussions Miss_Hatchy, we on this site are people who are willing to learn about cars and are not ignorent. Its just that we all agree that imports rule and domestics suck and break all the time. But you cant call us ignorent.
