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Old 06-16-09, 04:08 PM
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Turbo II Hood Scoop not centered =O
I noticed a few days ago that the hood scoop on the T2 hood isn't centered...it had always looked slightly off but I thought it was just a trick of the light before.

Does anyone know if there is a purpose to this design, does the hood scoop being more to the left have any sort of effect as opposed to being in the centre?
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The effect is its over the intercooler
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Yep, the scoop is over the intercooler.


Lol, where's that old thread where that guy thought he got ripped off because the scoop was off center?
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Yep, the scoop is over the intercooler.


Lol, where's that old thread where that guy thought he got ripped off because the scoop was off center?
LOL!!
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ahh I see haha...well my car isnt the turbo version, I guess one of the previous owners just thought the T2 hood looked better
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ahh I see haha...well my car isnt the turbo version, I guess one of the previous owners just thought the T2 hood looked better
It does look better. And you won't have to get a new hood painted if you turbo the car at some point. But in the meantime, you have a fake hood scoop like all the mustangs, tacomas, celicas, etc...
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Originally Posted by RotaryRocket88
It does look better. And you won't have to get a new hood painted if you turbo the car at some point. But in the meantime, you have a fake hood scoop like all the mustangs, tacomas, celicas, etc...
lol great, thanks a lot
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Great spot to mount one of those Knight Rider LED lights...

I keed, I keed!!

When others ask why its there, tell them b/c the engine gets so much hotter than a piston engine.. you've added a cooling duct
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lol great, thanks a lot
Hah. It's alright, my convertible had a TII hood on it for about 7 years before it actually got the engine that used it.
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Originally Posted by RotaryRocket88
It does look better. And you won't have to get a new hood painted if you turbo the car at some point. But in the meantime, you have a fake hood scoop like all the mustangs, tacomas, celicas, etc...
20 lbs of weight off the front end ain't to shabby either.
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^^ They also make aluminum n/a hoods.
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^^ They also make aluminum n/a hoods.
Yep. I have an aluminum one and a steel one, the weight difference is astonishing!
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put an poil cooler under your hood scoop.
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I had heard a rumor that Mazda designed that hood scoop off center to avoid design copyright problems with the similar Subaru hoods, does anyone know if there is any truth to this?
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Originally Posted by 1SWEET7
I had heard a rumor that Mazda designed that hood scoop off center to avoid design copyright problems with the similar Subaru hoods, does anyone know if there is any truth to this?
I Doubt it. The intercooler is pushed to the side due to the design of the intake manifold, that's why the hood scoop is off-center.
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i highly doubt it.

wouldn't there be copyright problems for using a TMIC too?
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Then suby-roo would have a lawsuit against any manufacturer with a hood scoop.
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Then suby-roo would have a lawsuit against any manufacturer with a hood scoop.
even mid-late 60's mustang's? haha
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