Hood Scoop opinions?

Post by **BaliLover** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

I'm looking at putting a hoodscoop on my 240 but I've run into some problems. There are NONE that I can find in sheetmetal and I hate fiberglass, and 2 I can't seem to be able to decide on dimensions.

I love the RX-7 Turbo 2s and I think they are a similar body style to the 240 and the hoods are almost identical in shape. On the RX-7 hoods the scoop is not centered, but maybe a few inches offcenter. ( http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...84849 )I don't really like that so my plan was to cut the scoop from an RX-7 hood and weld it onto the 240s hood, then cut the opening from underneath. Well, to my dismay the RX-7 hood is aluminum and you can't weld aluminum to steel with a spot welder.

I'm pretty good with sheetmetal so I'm sure I can make something that looks very similar from steel and weld it on, but I want to hear other opinions on this. I think the scoop would look good, but thats just me. I'm also curious as to what dimensions everyone thinks would be good. I know I don't want it too high, maybe 2-2.5"s but I'm not sure how long or wide would look best.

Let me hear em, opinions, thoughts, ideas, flames.

Post by **4felix20** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

we need someone with photoshop skillz...

Post by **Silent Drifter** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

yea dont get one

Post by **BaliLover** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

Any photoshoppers out there wanna help?

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

i think that would look real nice, Go to the junkyard and get a new hood to try it though, then you aren't stuck

Post by **driftaholic** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

here's a white one. what color is your car?

Post by **BaliLover** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

Sweet. My car is white at the moment but I'm probably going silver.

Post by **droptopsilvia** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

I was gonna photoshop somethin but It looks like i got beat to the job.....nicely done driftaholic, gotta love adobe...clone tool and soft brush? or cut, paste, blend? only took a second huh...

Post by **Dano** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

<----not a fan.

-Dan

Post by **TopStreet240** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

im getting a hood scoop put on my car as we speak. The turbo was a little big... whoops!!! i will post pics as soon as its done.

Post by **Onizuka** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

what is it going to cool, valve cover???

Post by **driftaholic** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

cut, paste, desaturate, color balance, blend (it was from the red FC on bomex's site)

Post by **Turb0wned** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

i dont really like hood scoop i dont think u should get one but its ur car

Post by **BaliLover** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

J-Spec Tuner wrote:what is it going to cool, valve cover???

The entire engine bay and my oil cooler.

Any hood scoop is going to have a slight affect on underhood temps, even if its just because heat can escape through them or cooler outside air is being forced through the engine bay.

Post by **Onizuka** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

just vent, you get better results.

Post by **prigo** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

Anyone done a WRX style hood scoop on a 240? lol

Post by **TopStreet240** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

i would think that the wrx hoop scoop would just look wierd, the wrx has a much more boxy look that the 240. I think that scoop needs to be longer and more smooth than the wrx box.

Post by **Onizuka** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

i think a scoop would be pointless, thats what the giant opening in the 240sx's front bumper is for. If you actually want to modify your hood so that it cools without adding air drag and bad looks, vent it right imbetween the radiator and engine so that hot air is draw strait from the radiator out of the car.

Post by **driftaholic** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

like signal's cars

Post by **Bubba1** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

Unless you need it for clearance for something you've done to your motor, I would advise against it. Besides looking cheap and tacky, it really serves no other purpose other than to identify you as a teenaged boy. Does the same thing as an oversized wing, whcih is cosmetic only. If you have an overheating problem in your stock car, then you have a mechanical problem. And adding an aftermarket hood vent is not going to fix it.

Post by **Silent Drifter** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

240's dont need additional cooling the huge vent up front does enough. When I wrecked my old 240 i broke the radiator cap off an drove with out a front bumper an never had an overheating problem.

Post by **BaliLover** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

Well, first of all, I'm not running stock, I'm running an SR. Second, I'm doing an oilcooler but I don't really have room for it up front with my intercooler, AC condensor, and radiator being there already and I don't want to put it flat under the car and risk something on the road ripping it up, so I'm going to mount it above the valve cover, directly under the hood scoop. This will minimize the amount of oil line I have to run, give a direct blast of cooler air into the cooler, and since fluids run down hill, it will make it easier to drain all of the oil out of the system when doing an oil change.

Post by **AREITU** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

I've seen a WRX with an FMIC. They put the oil cooler right under the hoodscoop and it looks funky, but it works. ANyway, you might want to consider using a small vent off to the side like the older 300Z rather than an entire hood scoop.

Post by **Silent Drifter** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

well if you put it there have fun changing spark plugs.

Post by **BaliLover** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

Its not like i'm going to weld it there, I'm going to have mounting brackets. I mean, I don't go out and change my plugs every weekend so I wouldn't exactly call it a major PITA just becasue I'd have to move the cooler out of the way.

Post by **Bubba1** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

BaliLover wrote:Well, first of all, I'm not running stock, I'm running an SR. Second, I'm doing an oilcooler but I don't really have room for it up front with my intercooler, AC condensor, and radiator being there already and I don't want to put it flat under the car and risk something on the road ripping it up, so I'm going to mount it above the valve cover, directly under the hood scoop. This will minimize the amount of oil line I have to run, give a direct blast of cooler air into the cooler, and since fluids run down hill, it will make it easier to drain all of the oil out of the system when doing an oil change.

Didn't know you weren't stock. Sorry. That makes more sense. I'm sure there are other NICO guys that have added an oil cooler when they did an SR swap. Have they shared where they located theirs?

Post by **Charlie240sxt** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

prigo wrote:Anyone done a WRX style hood scoop on a 240? lol

Yea thay have

http://www.cardomain.com/membe...240SX

Post by **Onizuka** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

that car doesnt have a hood scoop, it has a airbrake (A.K.A. cosmetic non-functional hood rice scoop)

Post by **Onizuka** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

Bubba1 wrote:. I'm sure there are other NICO guys that have added an oil cooler when they did an SR swap. Have they shared where they located theirs?

yup, nils did and he mounted it on the left side right behind the bumper.

Post by **driftaholic** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:53 pm

drifter x's car

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