Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread
That bulge scoop looks a tad wider than 28" at the front which is what the Duster hood's "rise" is which also gets progressively wider and shallower the farther back on the hood you go. The angles on the leading edge look very similar to my cowl scoop which are off an inch or two from the Dusters flatter angle. Definitely has potential and I wish I had included it in my research before purchasing my current scoop. Of course an original Mopar scoop assy would probably cost the equivalent of a small yacht. I'll have to make that cowl scoop look good and be functional at the same time or it will go bye bye.
I took some measurements of the "rise" on my '74 Duster and the "indent" on hood of my '71 Satellite Sebring Plus. Seems to me like someone re-used the measurements from the SSP when they did the Duster, because they're almost
identical. The raised section on the '73+ Dusters is 25" from corner to corner on the nose, 29" wide at the end of the hood, and 45" from the cowl to the "nose" of the rise. The indented section on the Satellite/Roadrunner hood is 24.25" from corner to corner on the nose, 29" wide just before the hood vent, and 45" from the "nose" to just in front of the hood vents.
The only thing you'd have to deal with is the diminishing height of the air grabber bulge, because I think the Satellite/Roadrunner hood has a little more curve to it over the length of the hood. Other than that, it seems like it would be almost perfect.
Too bad that even the reproduction air-grabber bubble's are so much money. If it weren't almost 500 bones, I might have to get one to see how it would work. If I were more sold on how they looked on the Satellite I'd buy one and check it, but I kinda like the hood on the satellite the way it is...
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