Fake Hood Scoop?

1slo_camaro · 05-15-2009, 07:17 AM

hey guys with the LT1 camaros? have you taken the fake hood scoops out of the hood and cut the back out so its an actual working hood scoop? i just finished mine. took me about 2 hours other then painting them. a dremel a file (round and flat)and sandpaper i shouldve laid some bondo over them first but i was planin on spraying the car soon before i blew the motor so they wouldve came off and been done right. im sorry i dont have pics i will try and get them posted today.

import_raper · 05-15-2009, 09:07 AM

How would the hood scoop be working?

hlaalu · 05-15-2009, 09:39 AM

by working i think he means they will throw in a good amount of air under the hood... same thing an ls1 ss scoop does.

snake_skinner93 · 05-15-2009, 10:15 AM

It still wouldn't direct the air in the needed places. The air intake is on the front of the driver side of the car. The only thing I can see you'd benefit by doing this is just allowing heat to actually escape.

mrburnout81 · 05-15-2009, 10:22 AM

98 WS6 · 05-15-2009, 10:24 AM

Oh c'mon you negative nancy's

I'm pretty sure he just means that it'll let hot air out/cool air in. Regardless of whether or not it's going RIGHT INTO THE AIR BOX, it's cool nonetheless

Rhedalert · 05-15-2009, 10:27 AM

It IS "Cool"

. Post pics!!!

Johnny-LT1-runner · 05-15-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by snake_skinner93

It still wouldn't direct the air in the needed places. The air intake is on the front of the driver side of the car. The only thing I can see you'd benefit by doing this is just allowing heat to actually escape.

You make it sound like he dosen't even know the layout of the engine! lol

They actually sell kits to replace the CAI and use a Scoop.
Sounds to me like it has no air routing on the hood since it was non functional to begin with.

OP, did you fab up a new intake to go with it?

1995blacktattop · 05-15-2009, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by snake_skinner93

It still wouldn't direct the air in the needed places. The air intake is on the front of the driver side of the car. The only thing I can see you'd benefit by doing this is just allowing heat to actually escape.

not with the correct airbox it's not. it's just like the LT1 WS6 airbox (well not quite as direct) where the filter sits behind the screens (with a baffle to keep water out)

import_raper · 05-15-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by hlaalu

by working i think he means they will throw in a good amount of air under the hood... same thing an ls1 ss scoop does.

Hey, my SS hood adds 20hp!!

And I also agree with

1slo_camaro · 05-16-2009, 11:23 AM

ok guys holy shit. im on my phone now. but headin to an internet cafe to post pics and defend myself lol hold on

1slo_camaro · 05-16-2009, 12:56 PM

HERE YA GO guys i know they are big but its kinda a timeline of how i did it.

whytryz28 · 05-16-2009, 02:04 PM

Nice i like it. Throw some stainless mesh behind it, i think it would look good on my black car.

1slo_camaro · 05-16-2009, 02:28 PM

i was afraid mesh wouldve made it importish. lol

Counted Out · 05-16-2009, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 1995blacktattop

not with the correct airbox it's not. it's just like the LT1 WS6 airbox (well not quite as direct) where the filter sits behind the screens (with a baffle to keep water out)

I see where your coming from, but the air vents on a stock Camaro hood would be to the sides of the air box. The airbox you posted is from a stock Camaro SS, so it would still need a functional SS Hood to have a functional Ram Air.

The OP's idea will help move hot air out of the engine bay, which will add some power, but not much. I think it looks good though, I always thought it was stupid to have fake holes.

z_speedfreak · 05-16-2009, 07:05 PM

I'm assuming your car doesn't see rain..?

1995blacktattop · 05-16-2009, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Counted Out

I see where your coming from, but the air vents on a stock Camaro hood would be to the sides of the air box. The airbox you posted is from a stock Camaro SS, so it would still need a functional SS Hood to have a functional Ram Air.

The OP's idea will help move hot air out of the engine bay, which will add some power, but not much. I think it looks good though, I always though it was stupid to have fake holes.

I misunderstood what the OP's post was about. i thought he was saying he had a non functional SS hood and wanted to make it functional and didn't realize that there was a box to do so.

Johnny-LT1-runner · 05-16-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 1995blacktattop

I misunderstood what the OP's post was about. i thought he was saying he had a non functional SS hood and wanted to make it functional and didn't realize that there was a box to do so.

I thought the exact same thing!!!

THANK GOD FOR PICS!!!

I have actually had this idea before, but was too scared of fucking it up. I'm glad someone finally did it.

Now that we know how to do this...I might actually do this tonight.
And if i do, i'll post some pics too.

1slo_camaro · 05-16-2009, 09:44 PM

hey Johnny its really simple man. i had a roto zip made the basic cut then took a dremel to smooth it out and actual found a sounding bit big enough and just used the to make the corners. i think it turned out pretty decent then obviously the basic sandpaper and again i would have used some bondo or glazing putty to smooth it out. but i just sprayed it.

Speed Freak i had the vents out of the car for about two weeks looking at them cause i really wanted to do it. but i was afraid of fucking it up and it saw LOTS of rain and no problem at all.

and to everyone about the performance and whatnot about it i did noticed a minor add just cause my motor ran about 20 degrees cooler and its pretty cool sitting at a red light watching all of the heat escape out of the hood. lol im glad i did it. but the shitty part is i snapped my crank about two weeks ago and i just got rid of the car yesterday so now any camaro i get thats gonna be ther first thing i do to it.

and to throw it out to anyone who is afraid to do it. send me the pieces 20 bucks and enough to cover shipping back to your door and i will do them in a weekend. paint and all and you can slap them on your car.

THE PROBLEMS::: the only problem i noticed is if you look at the one picture you can see where the brackets come down from the hood. i was thinking about just spraying them black or figuring out a different way to mount them to the hood

thankyou all for the feedback i loved it and would recommend it to everyone to do it.

Johnny-LT1-runner · 05-16-2009, 10:09 PM

wow, 20 degree difference. That's totally worth it right there, with these ol iron blocks runnin so hot.