Originally Posted by FirebaseD
No one seems to be into a hood scope, I'm talking ram air straight into the heads, no tubes, no hot air, and all high speed... but that would be a major look for the Crossfire hood... and maybe more money then it would be worth... hooah but then again the faster one would go the more ram air one would gain, sooner are later you would gain as much forced air induction as the turbo on the srt6.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
FirebaseD, I must be "old school" like you, because I think a true Sports/Muscle Car should have a hood scoop too. There's just one problem. For a scoop to attain any "Ram Air" effect, it must be placed high enough above the hood to actually recover the higher velocity "free stream" air that flows just above the low velocity "boundary layer", sometimes called "dead air".
Or it needs to be positioned well forward to "funnel" the wall of air that the car is punching a hole thru.
Some examples of cars with very "functional" ram air type hood scoops would be, Subaru's WRX STI, 69 440 6 Pac Road Runner, 70 Challenger T/A, 69 Rambler Scrambler. Or a forward position style like the 69/70 Hurst Olds, 70 Formula Firebird, or the last year Trans Am. Unfortunately, none of which (I think) would look very good on our Crossfires. Probably the most "unobtrusive" scoop design for the Crossfire hood would be the "Naca Duct" style used on the 69 Shelby Mustangs, and Viper GTS.
Most of the hood scoops used on the muscle cars of the past, had very little (if any) ram air capability because they were simply placed to low on the hood. Oh sure they enabled the engine to "inhale" cooler outside air, but that was about the extent of their performance contribution. Their aesthetic value was of course, "priceless", or "worthless", depending upon your own personal point of view.
For the last couple of months, I've been collecting the necessary materials needed to assemble a "retro style" hood scoop for my Crossfire. So far I've spent around $800, and that doesn't include the cost of labor the body shop is going to charge me for it's fabrication. When completed it's only going to be a cosmetic enhancement to my car, but I'm sure it could be made "functional" with a little more work. How beneficial would it be? I suspect marginal at best. But since I don't plan on making it that way, I guess I'll never know.
FirebaseD, I just wanted you to know, you weren't alone in your "hood scoop envy".