Custom hood scoop question
So I just did a turbo swap. Long story short, I cut a hole in my hood to get to the TMIC. Should I put foam around the entire hole between the hood + IC or should I leave the front of it open so the clutch fan can get air to the IC as well?
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pic's?
i would put foam around the hole, or buy a TII hood...they are fairly cheap. |
Seal the entire hole.
If you leave the front open, at low vehicle speeds the fan will blow hot radiator discharge air into the intercooler, and at high speed a lot of the scoop air that should go into the intercooler would end up shooting down the hole and into the engine bay where it does nothing for performance. |
right, the stock TII hood has a nice thick seal that goes all the way around the TMIC, you would want to mimic that. are you going to add a scoop to the hole?
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Yeah if I could have found a TII hood before this weekend, I would have gotten it. But the 4 or so that I found either won't be shipped, want waaay too much for it, or won't reply to me. So I went w the DIY.
There will be a scoop over the hole as well. The TMIC got waaayyy too hot today when I was driving it after I just cut the hole. I figure that if it has one stock then I probably need it. |
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get a capri hood scoop from a wrecker, it's a bolt on affair
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I have a hole in my hood. Pounded out the top and pounded in the opening. I have the "opening" of the air hitting the intercooler. It doesn't get that hot, but pretty hot. Works well enough for me. I think I'm going to try to seal it better, or just go front mount and pound the hood reverse status.
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I was looking for an sti scoop but didn't want to pay almost $100 for one.
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Originally Posted by 84stock
(Post 9291653)
get a capri hood scoop from a wrecker, it's a bolt on affair
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Originally Posted by 84stock
(Post 9291653)
get a capri hood scoop from a wrecker, it's a bolt on affair
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