JohnTheLuck
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Facts? Numbers?
Hood scoop question
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Facts? Numbers?
e60ral
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source? galileo, newton, lord rayleigh, your high school physics teacher, etc...
JohnTheLuck
Member
A rack, LED bar, tent, container, lift, all affect much more the drag than the little tiny scoop. I would like to see wind tunel air flow lines above the hood to confirm what I believe. I suspect that the air deflected by the front bumper goes up and reach the top of the windshield and the scoop resides in an area where there is not such flow like a dead spot. In this case, its presence or not would not impact the drag coefficient.
e60ral
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watch your hood in a rainstorm, wind hits your hood
this is all a silly argument, of course the impact is tiny, but he wasn't wrong so your "source, numbers" response was silly
JohnTheLuck
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Friggin Idiot
Senior Member
Jealous.... the Mazda3 has a functional hood scoop that's bigger than our fake one!
sport2004
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lol...
sport2004
Member
just get out...LOL
Roccoeight
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It looks great but does not seem to do anything but fill with snow.
Hoods
I have to agree with John The Luck. The hood 'scoop/bulge' does little to help or hinder air flow. The '15 Wrangler JKU I traded in on the 4R had only two hefty rubber bands to hold it down. They didn't, and the hood used to vibrate like a sob at any highway speed, so I had the dealer install a not inexpensive hood lock. Not much better. I'll take the bulge on the 4r hood, for what it is/not worth any day. - Ted
I have to agree with John The Luck. The hood 'scoop/bulge' does little to help or hinder air flow. The '15 Wrangler JKU I traded in on the 4R had only two hefty rubber bands to hold it down. They didn't, and the hood used to vibrate like a sob at any highway speed, so I had the dealer install a not inexpensive hood lock. Not much better. I'll take the bulge on the 4r hood, for what it is/not worth any day. - Ted
Paragon1
Member
Patience... and read ALL the build threads. I put the trucks needs before wants... it's 4 years old and I'm finally getting around to the wants. Get it out and figure out what you need. You'll get there... and you'll love it even more.
Does that mean you installed a supercharger? :biggrin1::biggrin1:
KalynSS999
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Non-functional Hood Scoop Patent
Toyota actually has a patent on "non-functional hood scoops"
https://www.google.com/patents/US8678482
There was a video where the guy had explained that making the scoops functional on their particular vehicles would disrupt the air flow around the engine, in turn the cooling of the engine bay.
Toyota actually has a patent on "non-functional hood scoops"
https://www.google.com/patents/US8678482
There was a video where the guy had explained that making the scoops functional on their particular vehicles would disrupt the air flow around the engine, in turn the cooling of the engine bay.
