|Bijan|

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Wet turbo's werent meant to be....

Whats the worse possible thing that could happen? The air filter is in the fender (cai)..

luigi'smax

UMM never thought about rain...i would like to hear an answer to this !! cool !!

luigi

Big_E-Dog

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well i dont kno my car hasnt flooded yet but had it for like a year through the winter i, think youll be ok, we got the same scoop..

snair2

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Ok well, since we are on the topic, I was wondering the same thing, but on a different vehicle. On the Evo 8, the hoodscoop is flat on the hood, and water can easily get into the engine, correct? And upon quick inspection, the alternator didn't seem like it was really protected from the water, now I'm not sure of waterproof alternators, but I always thought it was risky business getting your alternator wet, but how do they avoid this on the Evo??

Big_E-Dog

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i think that there is some sort of cloth on the scoop and its directly on the intake plentium.

nadir_s

water would probably quickly evaporate as the engine can get pretty hot ...

luigi'smax

^^ ummm true...

snair2

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Ok lets say the Evo was sitting parked for three days during a snow storm and accumulated alot of snow on the hood and hoodscoop, can't be good for the car, primarily alternator, can it?

|Bijan|

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Dude forget the EVO.........

snair2

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Sorry to jack the thread, but its boggling my mind how it works... Fine I'll stop, back to the maxima :-p. sorry.

gsumax

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bijan whos car is that?

Zog

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Many of them (stock ones) have a rubber baffle on the inside that will let some air in, but keeps most of the water out. I'm not sure how it works on ram-air type setups though.

2 Da Max

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waters healthy for the engine, sometime the motor gets thirsty


i wouldnt really worry about the rain too much, my boy has a fiberglass one on his corrollas hood, and he has side draft carbs with no filters on it and he hasnt had a problem. especially your cold air so its not like the scoop is by the intake. i think it would be a problem if buckets of water start comming through the hood, either than that you shouldnt worry, most aftermarket filters withstand small amount of water too.

kpr10is

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yeah, maybe you can make a pipe so water that goes into a hood scoop can shoot out the exhaust

FieldzGood

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2 Da Max

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lol i hate you you bastard!!

tripleGmax

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u first said the air filter from the cai is in the fender, how does this hood scoop even become functional, its then not getting any cold air to the intake really. or are you talkin pop charger where the scoop directs the air to the filter?

either way, i dont think manufacturers forgot about this idea when designing a hood scoop for a car. u should be ok

sean05

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why is there a hood scoop on a maxima anyways?

2 Da Max

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HLH turbo homie

|Bijan|

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PFI turbo kit

The scoop is there and functional to cool off the turbo.

|Bijan|

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Choray911 - lives in TN.

bladerunr

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Hood scoops aren't effective or functional until you exceed 100mph anyway. That particular scoop is so small that a minimal amount of water would be sucked in and even then would be dissapated by the air filter.

MrGone

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source ?

bigEL

I don't see how a hood scoop is any different than any other opening you have in the front of you car. If anything, your grill will probably let more water into your engine compartment, especially if you are driving down the highway in the rain. My 2 cents.

MDeezy

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Chris91SE

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cool...i'll go right ahead and put a plain hood my wrx now...

Synki

w3rd.

You know, since the hoodscoop is totally useless on our WRXs and all...

liqidvenom

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i say a hood scoop on the trucks show on spike tv and it was built in a way that it feed air into a box on the passeneger side of the car and the water didnt follow

Chris91SE

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bladerunr

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Don't shoot the messenger, sparky. Maybe I wasn't clear enough, the hood scoop will let in plenty of fresh air, but will not have a ram air effect until you exceed 100 mph. By the way, the source is either Car & Driver or Road & Track, I can't remember.

Anyway, I guess you've never heard of a car company doing something more for looks than function.

jesse

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the stock hoodscoop on imprezas, or evo's isnt even made for a "ram air effect". its obviously just to keep the engine/turbo a bit cooler, by letting more air in...no one has even mentioned ram air, its a completely different thing! saying all hood scoops are pointless unless your going over 100 is ridiculous

SDot82

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Correct me if I am wrong, but the hoodscoop on the wrx and sti's are for their intercoolers (since they are place ontop of the engine) and not to keep there engine/turbo cooler.

bladerunr

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I never said "all hood scoops are pointless". The original post asked about water getting into the engine compartment which could be taken as the scoop is used as a direct air inlet, not just for cooling. If it is used for cooling then it wouldn't matter how much water the scoop sucked in. But, if it were used as a "ram air" scoop, then it might matter if water gets sucked in.

I'm not knocking Evo, Impreza or WRX hood scoops or their owners. I like those cars' performance, very impressive. But, one has to wonder if scoops work so well for cooling or whatever, why don't more car car companies use them?

Like I said before, I'm just passing on what I read in Car & Driver.

Maximus_95

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No need to correct you because you are right. The intercooler is on the top of the motor and the hoodscoop helps the intercooler get a lot of air through it.

and for the others.....all the water that comes from the rain through the hoodscoop is directed to a safe place where the motor will not be damaged by the water.
It will be pointless for us to have one since the hoodscoop is so small, i doubt it'll make any difference.

slimer

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i would think that some foam (like the WR or HKS Style intakes) would keep most of the water out of the engine.

HenryNYC1

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On a side note. It also gives the ability for hot air to exit the engine bay a little better since hot air rises. With any type of opening, It will help regardless of how much. Something is better then nothing.

Wheelie King

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Ok. So that huge F-ing monster of a hood scoop on the front of an STI is not just for looks. Its actually allowing cool air from outside the engine compartment to flow to the intercooler, which cools the air running through the turbo to the engine? So, what's the effect of the hoodscoop in HP?

If the 300 hp STI/WRX/Evo gains less than 3 HP from the scoop then I agree with Bladerunr when he says that all hood scoops are just for looks. If the STI/WRX/EVO gains 10 HP from the scoop then Bladerunr is wrong; hoodscoops are not "for wimps."