DueceDuster
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My question is, when was the first year this scoop was offered as a factory option? Also was it first available on the Dodge Demon? When did it become available on the Duster?
They look awesome on the Demon, or any year Duster in my opinion! Funny I just seen this post, last Friday I pulled into the local gas station to grab a few beers and 2 kids roll in, in a piece of crap early 90’s F250 with one of those scoops on it. I asked the guy driving where he got it and he said off a car at the junkyard! WTF I offered to buy it he said if he decides to get rid of it he’d call me , I gave him my number lol
Thank you so much for the information. I have an AAR scoop like that on my 72 Duster and a 76 Dart Sport. I also had a 74 Dart Sport 360 in 1975 that had that scoop from the factory.It was first offered on a 72 demon. Never on a Duster. The direct connection chassis manual recommends this scoop and the T/A challenger scoop as the best scoop for induction on a Bracket car. That is why you see them being used on different cars.
The 73 Dart Sport was also available with this same scoop. But the under side which unscrews is different then the Demon . This is the scoop that bolts on the Duster or any car with a ribbed hood without modification. The Demon scoop will only fit a flat hood as is.
Many cars back in the day had these scoops installed. Ford's , Chevy,s and other Mopars for a cool forced induction intake charge. It was on the big end where it would start to work but only if it was sealed to the air horn on the carb. Sort of like a low boost at high speed.
There was an article back then on how to seal it with factory mopar parts. using two air breather lids . I did a couple. Now because of the higher intake I just seal a made housing to the hood and use a filtered lid. the aluminum air cleaner housing in the pics. fits tight to the hood. It rubbed some paint off but with steel mounts it works good .
The other way was to mount the another lid to the hood with the center cut out. you would connect it with the trim from the interior in front of the rear door panel. You would seal it with mini van door rubber to the base mounted on the motor when you close the hood . This would allow rubber motor mounts. The white duster is how the engine part was . I don't have a pic of the hood . I do have the article somewhere . It does work on the big end. I ran it with and without it being sealed. There was a ET difference for the better. The faster the car went the more effect it had. Did very little in the 1/8 . But the 1/4 was a different story. Also cruising at High speeds there was a noticeable gain in power.
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I always liked em for the looks, glad to read that they are very effective like that. We used to call em the double demon scoop. Prob because of the 2 air intakes, and seeing them on demons back then. Didnt know that ford and chevy racers used em as well. Kinda figured anything mopar was shunned by those guys back then.
did you happen to go to the junkyard to check out what else might be there?
It was first offered on a 72 demon. Never on a Duster. The direct connection chassis manual recommends this scoop and the T/A challenger scoop as the best scoop for induction on a Bracket car. That is why you see them being used on different cars.y cars back in the day had these scoops installed. Ford's , Chevy,s and other Mopars for a cool forced induction intake charge. It was on the big end where it would start to work but only if it was sealed to the air horn on the carb. Sort of like a low boost at high speed. QUOTE
Back in the late 70's Tom Hoover (father of the hemi) had a 69 'cuda notch that was originally a factory 440 car. He converted it to a W2 headed smallblock and was a 12 second car in street trim. It was blue and had the Dart version of this scoop. It says a lot that he picked this scoop. The Ramchargers/Direct Connection engineers did their homework on this one.
There were 2 versions, one was profiled on the bottom to fit the ribbed Duster hood and the other fit the peaked hood 73-76 Darts. The Dart version also fits the beaked 69 Barracuda hood. I've seen both.
I too see them on non-Mopar cars and trucks and it looks weird to me.
They look cool for sure, but if you have a hole in the hood, it will let in some air and heat OUT especially if the carb is not sealed to the hood, right?? Might help some of the guys that are always crying about their engine runs hot!
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Thank you so much for the information. I have an AAR scoop like that on my 72 Duster and a 76 Dart Sport. I also had a 74 Dart Sport 360 in 1975 that had that scoop from the factory.
Kept the scoop and scraped the hoodI got lucky and found one on a c body hood. Guy was closing his shop and selling off a bunch of random stuff. Bought the whole hood for $40
I took the 67 GTX ones off my 66 Sat. Non functional. GrrrrrWow, now thats funny. Cool story. I'm looking for a dart sport one for my sons 69 barracuda. Never liked the formula S double fake scoops.
I took the 67 GTX ones off my 66 Sat. Non functional. Grrrrr