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speederfly
09-09-2006, 01:20 PM
I lazily searched through posts to see if this has been discussed allready and didn't find anything...plus its probly a stupid question but what is the purpose of a hood scoop on a non-turbo car? Looks? (they do look cool) The possibility to swap and not have to cut or buy a hood? Do they actually help cool the engine or supply intake air? It just makes sense in my small brain that hood scoop=intercooler. Were there certain years they did this in? I have found a few 97's this way.
JKirk
09-09-2006, 01:25 PM
Basically I want one because it looks cool. :lol: I've done some research and I don't think their are any other gains really. It's a lot of money for something most people don't even consider to be a mod but I love the look of them.
Wiscon_Mark
09-09-2006, 01:40 PM
They did it because:
A. It looks sweet, and they were marketing the GT as a hot-looking car
B. Because they had all sorts of turbos in Japan, and the hood scoops were already being made, likely there was an excess, and they turned it into a marketing ploy.
badbasser98
09-09-2006, 02:01 PM
Hopfully soon I will show you a use for a scoop on an non-turbo car :twisted:
Wiscon_Mark
09-09-2006, 02:10 PM
Hopfully soon I will show you a use for a scoop on an non-turbo car :twisted:

Yeah, you BE bitches have it easy with the MAP :evil:
badbasser98
09-09-2006, 02:14 PM
Yeah, you BE bitches have it easy with the MAP :evil:
TRADE! :cheers:
Wiscon_Mark
09-09-2006, 02:21 PM
Never!
bubaru21
09-09-2006, 06:15 PM
my car is running a little bit cooler after i put on my gt hood.
JKirk
09-09-2006, 07:04 PM
Hopfully soon I will show you a use for a scoop on an non-turbo car :twisted:

You got lots of stuff planned, huh? I can't wait to see your car after you get done with the STi muffler and hood scoop, both of those are on my list of future mods.
speederfly
09-09-2006, 08:40 PM
How does the MAP make a difference?
Wiscon_Mark
09-09-2006, 08:50 PM
How does the MAP make a difference?

Because the MAP is right on the throttle body, and the MAF is way the hell out by the airbox, so modification for RAM air on the hoodscoop is near impossible.
rougeben83
09-10-2006, 10:58 PM
yeah, well this BE bitch needs to find a friggin' baja turbo hood...

damn you BD guys with your builtin hoodscoop!
Plays_with_Toys
09-11-2006, 12:17 AM
Like was said, japan had turbo cars, they already had the hoods molded, so they just put them on the higher end american cars. Why not put a part you already have plenty of onto the cars kind of thing.