hood scoops, vents and drag

[aculda@cogeco.ca (Adrian C.)]

well ..
if u thikn about it ...
there is already air circulating under your car ...
if u lower it ..
there is just a tad less air moving under your car
so thats why u feel that a lowered car handles better at higher speeds ...
with this scopp i wont really make a huge differece as airdynamic drag but
there still isnt enough to push your front end up ...
but there will be some noticeble difference in engine bay temps
i didnt really feel a difference even when i was booting around on the EC
ROW ( highway ) at around 180Km/h ...
but i did see the EGT's fall about  150-200 Degrees !!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: hood scoops, vents and drag


> I've been seeing some rocco's w/hood scoops like adrian's recent pics and
I
> was starting to seriously consider adding one and have it blow air down
the
> back side of the engine to kinda cool the exhaust area.  But then I got to
> thinking, at almost any speed it adds drag but at higher speeds, wouldent
it
> create so much air flow that it could actually be pushing the front end up
a
> bit.  I don't ment some drastig ammount, but wouldn't it be enough to not
> want it?
>
> So then I looked around and Suberu uses small vents, I did some research
> into this and they actually allow the air flowing over the hood to pull
the
> heat out of the engine bay and to some extend, pull the front end down
much
> like a small air dam.  Once again, not a drastic ammount, but it could be
> nice.
>
> So what I'm really getting at it, what would truley be the better
solution,
> Vents or a Hood scoop?  The scoops definitly look much better, but I want
> some functionality in the Positive direction.  This is in no way knocking
> what anyone else has done, like I said, the scoop definitly looks great,
> especially that stang scoop that adrian used.
>
> William
>
>
>
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