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Old 12-15-2011, 09:50 AM
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Christmas is coming.....wanna make a wager

The first time I drove in the rain I was on my way to Watkins Glen (250 miles)
I was worried my engine was getting wet/soaked...with the dizzy being right there I didn't want to get stranded on the NorthEast Extension etc.. So I pulled over to check (in a downpour) and the engine was dry as a bone. I would have never believed it myself. That is when I realized what was happening with the air flow.
Tape some yarn on the front edge of the scoop. They will stand straight up when driving, not hiding in the scoop


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Originally Posted by undy View Post
not necessarily true...

at least on my "non-sealed" hood scoop. I did a significant amount of testing on the subject. On an 80 degree day, car fully warmed up, driving down the road @ 45mph, I popped the hood and did some infrared temp scans on the top/sides of my air cleaner lid. It was dead on 80deg, the same as the outside temps. I tried it on several different days, temps and mphs. The same results were evident, ambient temps on the air cleaner cover.

For the OP, I never had any significant rain come in either.

Here's the setup I run.

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