Well, that's a surprise--I've seen those kind of backward facing scoops
on other cars and thought they were performing the same function as the
two smaller vents on the LAT hood--exhausting hot air from the engine
compartment, not pulling cold air in.
Does this mean that the two smaller vents on the LAT hood would be
sucking in fresh air, rather than exhausting hot air from the engine
compartment?
Color me "confused".
Regards
David Sosna
Victor Hughes wrote:
>
> Veeseeoso@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I read somewhere Carroll Shelby found that reversing the hood scoop on the
> > Mustang based GT350 (placing the scoop opening toward the windshield)
> > resulted in positive fresh air flow into the carb at speed. It worked great
> > but looked stupid, so he placed it facing forward.
>
> Peter Brock Commodores in the 1980's used rear facing scoops to supply cold
>air
> to their Quadrajets.
> http://www.uq.net.au/~zznweber/commodore/hdt/vh/hdt-vh-gp3-main.html
>
> The scoop was complemented by a 'cold air tray' which fitted under the air
>filter
> and sealed against the bonnet (hood), thus excluding hot engine bay air.
>Later,
> the scoop was dropped and cold air sourced from just under the leading edge of
> the hood, in front of and above the radiator. These systems reputed to be
>worth
> up to extra 9% power.
>
> Vic
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