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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 03:57 PM
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hood scoop

Does it exist a scoop that can be glued or screwed on the stock FB hood to create an intake that works. I know rotorhead.ca sells one, but i think it must be molded in the stock hood, i don't wanna mold it and repaint the hole thing.

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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 04:02 PM
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Screw in or glued? That'd look like crap! Plus the areas where the screws are will rust, slowly eating up your hood... A friend of mine used some glue-on scoop for his lightning (if I remember correctly)--I don't think he liked it very much (don't know why).

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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 08:53 PM
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I'm going to try and use a WRX hood scoop. Big enough to be center mounted and has a duct for cooling the turbo area. I got one off ebay for $72 with the mount assembly, though I don't know if I'll use it all.

Looks like I'll have to fab up some kind of a baffle to maintain flow to the TMIC. Scoop is same inlet cross section vertically but several inches wider.



I think it will mount up OK, but have to get the engine in first. Prolly several months away at this point.
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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 09:25 PM
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I think i'll buy the TII hood scoop from rotorhead.ca and i'll mold it to my stock hood. I got a quotation of 350$ CDN for the molding and paint.
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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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why dont you buy a fiberglass hood that allready has a scoop molded as part of the hood? 350 cdn plus the cost of the scoop? did the cdn drop agin to the usd? fiberglass hood with scoop aprox 175usd do a search there are a few guys here doing these hoods.
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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 10:00 PM
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the hood scoop is 75$ USD. 350$ CDN is around 240$ USD.
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Old Aug 25, 2003 | 11:50 PM
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v i racing in rosemead cali sells hood scoops. A replica of the TII hood scoop sells for appx $75. im heading up there this weekend for my RX-3.
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