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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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Hood scoops

Will removing my fake hood scoop vents Aid in cooling? Or is it a waste of time I just hate having stuff serve no purpose.
Old Sep 14, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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Re: Hood scoops

no because the hood is solid all the way through. you would have to take out the plastic cap pieces then cut into your hood. not even worth it.
Old Sep 14, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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Re: Hood scoops

i have removed the plastic pieces, i also drilled out all the lil fake holes in the scoop screen thing to make it look more stock. It actually helped out a lil bit in keeping the engine cool when i was moving, also it let the heat escape easier when the car was parked. IT made end up fading your plastic since you will aslo have to cut the heat shield around the bottom of the hood. It was worth it to me, and original for around here...but toookk a long time
Old Sep 14, 2004 | 10:15 PM
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Re: Hood scoops

Originally Posted by Riddlerlt1
i have removed the plastic pieces, i also drilled out all the lil fake holes in the scoop screen thing to make it look more stock. It actually helped out a lil bit in keeping the engine cool when i was moving, also it let the heat escape easier when the car was parked. IT made end up fading your plastic since you will aslo have to cut the heat shield around the bottom of the hood. It was worth it to me, and original for around here...but toookk a long time
Got any pics of the work? Like to see what it look like.
Old Sep 14, 2004 | 11:02 PM
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Re: Hood scoops

Nope sorry i dont, i traded the car in on a 00 SS. I can tell you though that you would have had to be looking for it to be different to notice it. It looked the exact same (from the outside) except the holes were drilled out. Its really easy to do, just time consuming if decide to drill the holes out and keep the scoop screen.I would suggest that though, it looks really funny with them not there!
Old Sep 15, 2004 | 05:54 AM
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Re: Hood scoops

Originally Posted by fought70
no because the hood is solid all the way through. you would have to take out the plastic cap pieces then cut into your hood. not even worth it.
Not so..
If you take the fake plastic scoops out there are large holes in the hood where they were..
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