hood scoop help!
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84 SE
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hood scoop help!
Greetings rotary friends,
I am getting my hood repainted because I hit a deer a while back. My painter told me that if I am considering a scoop, now is the time to do it. Yes, I do think hood scoops are cool despite the many who are against having them. I would like your help in picking out one. I saw a carbon fiber one on Ebay, but it was a bit pricey. There are the cheap plastic ones for about 25 bucks. I don't care at this point to have a real functional scoop, but I would like one that looks sort of real/stock. At this point, it is just for show. I just think our hoods are way too plain.
BTW---My 7 is an 84 GSL-SE
Thanks!
I am getting my hood repainted because I hit a deer a while back. My painter told me that if I am considering a scoop, now is the time to do it. Yes, I do think hood scoops are cool despite the many who are against having them. I would like your help in picking out one. I saw a carbon fiber one on Ebay, but it was a bit pricey. There are the cheap plastic ones for about 25 bucks. I don't care at this point to have a real functional scoop, but I would like one that looks sort of real/stock. At this point, it is just for show. I just think our hoods are way too plain.
BTW---My 7 is an 84 GSL-SE
Thanks!
#2
Sin City Rotary
#3
84 SE
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Thanks for the pic. As of right now, the scoop that I life the best is actually the TII scoop. Of course I would put is center on the hood. That offset always looked ridiculous to me, lol!
#4
Sin City Rotary
double check the website link I posted there is one similar to the TII there I believe
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Waffles - hmmm good
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I've seen the a subby hood scoop used before. Looks ok if you need/like that a scoop.
Check out Bad 83s scoop in his build thread.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/SSPX0292.jpg
https://www.rx7club.com/build-thread...3/#post9578677
Check out Bad 83s scoop in his build thread.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/SSPX0292.jpg
https://www.rx7club.com/build-thread...3/#post9578677
#7
84 SE
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ok thanks. What do you all think of the "shaker" style scoop used on old dodges? I think they were probably the nicest of all back in the day and still admired by many today.
http://www.moparponderosa.com/images/ppp6.jpg
http://www.moparponderosa.com/images/ppp6.jpg
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Wankel
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The template I made from poster board material.
Pardon the mess, I have yet to go back and clean up all the sealer so I can trim the underside of the hood in.
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Wankel
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If it was still an issue, you could take some aluminum/steel flat strap and bridge the cap in two places and rivet it down.
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common sense prevails....
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I did a STI Subaru scoop on my race car ONLY out of necessity. I did a TII swap and kept the top mount intercooler.
It worked great and served a purpose.
Without a purpose I would think adding a hood scoop is stupid and ugly and ruins the lines of the classic Mazda.
Think of it this way..... Pontiac Firebird decal looks perfect on a 1976 Firebird Hood..... Would that bird look good on a Bentley??
It worked great and served a purpose.
Without a purpose I would think adding a hood scoop is stupid and ugly and ruins the lines of the classic Mazda.
Think of it this way..... Pontiac Firebird decal looks perfect on a 1976 Firebird Hood..... Would that bird look good on a Bentley??
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