rollin82

ya i know you've all seen it at least at some point or another.....

Turbo II scoop on a 1st gen hood

i want it... i tried contacting mariah since they made one for the silver that silver GSL-SE turbo.... i even tried emailing the guy they made it for...

both of which i had no luck.....

ive seen atleast 5 different cars with this mod soo i know someone must have one to sell or will make it for me (i cant do body work worth a ****)

anyways id be reall nice if any of you guys could help me out

thanks

-shaun

79+80+84_rx-7

ummm Bern has the silver car with the hood you want... like my avatar


But , all I can suggest, is make one...... or pay some body shop too........ iiiick

rollin82

dammit i was afraid of that........ i dont like any of the local body shops here.................. plus just buyin one would be sooo much easier haha

Stepdaddy

there are tons of scoops on ebay that could be bought....cut your hood and fiberglass it or bondo it..the most work is going to have it painted

rollin82

ya i know i shoudl just do it but....
anyone else have any knowledge on this
or knows of someone who has done it

smile444

Why do you want the scoop so bad? Appearance? Or are there performance benefits?

79+80+84_rx-7

there arent any benifits that i can see, ask Manntis......

MikeLMR

The TII hood is designed to flow air through the standard top mount intercooler , no intercooler on the 1st gen so all your really doing is raising the pressure in the engine bay and therfor reducing the flow through the rad + it will add some drag

Narcisse91

I could see some potential cold air intake applications that would be good for performance. If it was designed right...

pvc

But if you wanted it for a cold air application, wouldn't it be better arrow-dynamic-ly to have an air duct? (Sorry can't spell very well). (I'm not good with grammer either)

Like the mariah hood. Plus I think that hood looks better than the turbo II hood. At least, on a FB anyways.

Narcisse91

I honestly don't know which would be better, overall. The aerodynamics would be better with an air duct, but the the benefits of the scoop might outweigh that.

There are air filters for carbs that are designed to just have the most possible air flow. But they suck hot air from the top of the engine. If you put a scoop above it, you would have all the air you need, plus it would be colder.

A lot of muscle cars get set up kinda like this, but when you're making 400 lbs of torque at 2000 RPM, drag isn't really a concern.

rollin82

wow i leave this post for a day and all these repsonces....

anyways i wanted to get the hood becuase i honestly like the way it looks..... plus im thinking about rebuilding a TurboII turbo and exhaust manifold i have and then running a turbo II port matched intake manifold and IC............ soooooooooooooooo if i had the turboII hood scoop it would work out perfect (even thought the stock IC fora TII isnt all that great

but im all about spending the least amount of money possible haha plus still being lazy

but whatever

-shaun

nosferatu595

I have the answer. Contact this guy at CPRACING. They are in the process of making an all glass 1st gen hood with the TII scoop already on it.

Christopher Campitelli, C.O.O
CP RACING & DESIGNS
19 Robb blvd Unit 3
Orangeville, Ontario
L9W 3L1
519-940-9225

Don

nosferatu595

update. They can ship you just the scoop to glass onto your hood for @75.00!!! I asked when I called them about my body kit today.

Bern

Shaun,
How's it going? I'm a little concerned here... you say you tried to contact me and Mariah on this and had no luck?!? I checked my e-mail and I didn't see an e-mail from you... when did you write?

As for Mariah, I checked with them and they did acknowledge recieving an e-mail from you on 02/09 and responding to you on 02/17, to the following e-mail address: rollerXXXX@hotmail.com. (Shaun C.)

My 7 has a OEM T-II scoop custom grafted onto the 1st gen hood. The hood was fabricated using both a OEM T-II hood scoop piece and a OEM 1st gen hood with a OEM style fiberglass inner-frame. The overall process took approximately 20- 25 hours of body work to accomplish. The hood was bonded, molded and riveted and then allowed to cure for a while. The rivets were then removed and final body finish was done. Anyone who has ever seen my hood can tell you that it looks OEM. It take time and effort to get it to look right. Also, if not done with care, the molding and bonding will begin to show through in very short time. The heat that a hood takes makes shoody body work apparent, very quick. Mariah can reproduce this hood, but it would probably cost approx. $800...

Hope this helps.

-Bern