I3atR!ce

has anyone used one of those summit hood scoops. im looking at this one http://store.summitracing.com/partde...p;autoview=sku. im wanting to do an intake spacer when i put my cam in and i thought that this would be a cheaper alternative to buying an aftermarket hood (for now).

rmodel65

y not just get a 82ish gt scoop? would look a lot better that that! it definitely doesnt look like a mustang svo scoop?

wythors

Dude, that's a plastic, stick on scoop that's about as thick as a milk carton. It attaches with 3M tape fer chrissakes. It's not functional and would look like crap. Like the other poster said, get an early GT scoop if you want something that would look halfway decent. I had one on my car for a while. I didn't like it well enough to keep it, but at least it didn't blow off driving down the freeway.

rmodel65

the 99-04 gt hood scoopsuse double side tape modern adhesives are very strong some cars are even glued together[8D] and the bond is just as strong or stronger than a weld! the chevy apv van are all plastic and there glued together

wythors

As for your first point, ummmm...... no. http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/scoops.htm They are held on with plastic rivets..

As for your point about structural adhesives, apples and oranges here. We were talking about a piece of injection molded polystyrene plastic .050 inches thick stuck on a flexing steel hood with 3M tape. Not quite the same.

rmodel65

i just sold a 35th scoop it was put on with double sided tape! althoug it had two bolts on each side

Evil_F

The real way to do that scoop is with fibreglass and bondo. Plus cut the vent open and cut a hole in yur' hood. If done correctly, after you paint the hood. It will look great. But one probem with doing it that way is it can crack the bondo over time. This is a typical problem. So, like said above. You can rivet it on, and clean the edges with bondo. But those rivets will be difficult to conceal. I would suggest getting a bolt on one from summit. Then use bondo to mold it onto the hood. You can just stick/revit/bolt it on. But it will look cheap.

Evil_F

Summit makes fine scoops. If that is what your asking. But you have to know how to put it on so it will look good and work. That usually requires a body shop guy.

88blackgt

save the money and make it quicker

I3atR!ce

thanks guys for a all the in put... i think i'm going to keep an eye out for the 82ish scoop... it looks like what i was going for.