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06-10-2009, 01:16 PM
#22
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The only thing opening up a hole in your hood does for you is give water an easier route, and give trash and dirt a clear shot to your motor.
Would be interesting to open the hood one day and see a bag of garbage sitting on my intake manifold.
06-10-2009, 01:19 PM
#23
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When I say trash I am talking about jackholes that see you cut a hole in your hood and use it for a dumpster lol.
06-10-2009, 01:52 PM
#24
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Unless you have the scoops at the front edge of the hood then you will get absolutely squat for 'ram air' effect. The best thing you could do with that hood is leave it alone but if you have a hard-on to do something with it then use the holes as heat extractors.
06-10-2009, 04:19 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by HOSS302
Do you know why that is? .. air doesnt even really go into that scoop. Not only is it not functional, the aerodynamics of a mustang are horrible and even it if was functional, the way they made the car air goes over it, not in it.
When I say trash I am talking about jackholes that see you cut a hole in your hood and use it for a dumpster lol.
When I say trash I am talking about jackholes that see you cut a hole in your hood and use it for a dumpster lol.
I've never even heard of someone doing that.
Originally Posted by mrsinister2424
@OP: On a serious note, I wouldn't even worry about opening up those scoops. I opened up my hood scoop only because the hood scoop I bought didn't come with a honeycomb grill. Mines a 99 so it didn't come with one, and I liked the 02+ GTs with them, so I put it on. I hated the idea of having a hood scoop that wasn't at least a "little' functional. So I opened it up, and the MOST it does is keep my upper plenum cool, which probably amounts to 0.dick horsepower gain. Not worth it unless you're just looking for **** to do.
06-10-2009, 04:38 PM
#28
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I have my scoop cut open and it does work very well as a cooling effect. My fuel system gets very hot and pressure starts to drop when I had the hole covered. Since I uncovered it again the rails stay very cool and I have no problem with my fuel getting hot. My engine never gets dirty or wet.
06-13-2009, 12:56 PM
#29
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: wisconsin
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ok so the mach 3 hood might not be a the most attractive to some, but its your car and if you like it, by all means do it, untill they start paying for the stuff on your car, who cares what they like. good luck with the ram air.
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