Air flow through hood scoop

[pequa joe]

Not scientific but:
After tightening the screws on my 750 DP front accel. pump, because of a slight drip, Placed a paper towel(the folded type from a despenser) under the front fuel bowl to make sure no other problems (Vic Jr. manifold). The following week in haste for an early morning cruise forgot to remove it. Sixty miles later at speeds, opened the hood, paper towel still there. I'm running a 9" K&N so it's not like anything was shrouding the towel. My opinion the scoop does nothing, good thing I guess, don't know what would have happened if it landed on the headers.
Joe

[Aussie Mike]

I just fitted an Edelbrock Victor Manifold to my motor and a 1000CFM 4bbl Throttle body. I picked up this oval air cleaner from Summit Racing that I reckon might work OK. It's an airflow top style but it's narrow enough that it will fit through the scoop opening (after a bit of surgery on the hood).

The air cleaner is about 12" long and 8" or 9" wide with a 2" high element.



Here's the hood scoop opening and you can see where I've got to widen it a bit.



Cheers