Question about the large hood scoop on the SS cars
A couple of things here. We have all been driving down the road and have seen a bug or a leaf on our hood or windshield and it does not blow off….what your seeing is the “boundary layer. The car at speed is in a bubble of boundary layer or dead air and unless a hood scoop is above that it won’t grab any air.
Another reason for the big scoop is room for the carbs. Without the big scoop the carbs would not clear the hood and per class rules the carbs have to be in “stock location under the hood” so that means no hood scoop then no cross ram.
Another reason for the scoop is to let trapped air out of the engine compartment. Air goes in from under the car up into the engine compartment and gets trapped and the scoop lets it get out.
A couple of things here. We have all been driving down the road and have seen a bug or a leaf on our hood or windshield and it does not blow off….what your seeing is the “boundary layer. The car at speed is in a bubble of boundary layer or dead air and unless a hood scoop is above that it won’t grab any air.
Another reason for the big scoop is room for the carbs. Without the big scoop the carbs would not clear the hood and per class rules the carbs have to be in “stock location under the hood” so that means no hood scoop then no cross ram.
