01KnightRiderGT has a functional scoop with no issues (it's secured down though). Pretty sure all it does is increases lift on the hood and lowers the temp of your throttle body. Regardless, I plan on doing it one day

 

Your engine will also end up being dirty all day everyday.

 

You could rig some kind of air filter or mesh to help with rain and dirt huh? :dunno

 

haha forgot about that...

 

not to mention all the weather that will get in when it rains and ****. I think if you want a function hood scoop its a good idea to just get a mach one.

 

if you do it you will absolutely NEED to brace it somehow. There is also 2 holes that need to be filled where the grille part attach to the hood. I say waste of time/money.

 

Dont they have a shaker kit for the gts?

 

for a pretty penny

 

How did you guys make it functional? I'm curious about this... Probably cuz I'm just sitting here w/ nothing to do today

 

You cut the hood underneath the scoop, remove the grill thing on the front and bolt the scoop down. Id say just get a new hood without a scoop if a non functioning scoop bothers you.

 

Seems like too much work for no real gains IMO. Cool in concept but not so much in reality. lol

 

waste of time IMO

 

Waste of the hour it takes? That fake honeycomb BS is so much of a pain when washing/detailing the car anyway. You can plumb the hole in the hood to route water away from the engine anyhow.

 

^ only a waste of time if you never done it, I can tell you its not a waste of time, I've driven to the track on on 90 degree days and open the hood and the plenum is much cooler then before the mod, and after two years with my scoop open the dirt is not that bad and rain water never get in !

This is a pic when I was almost done the mod, drilled out the grill and I glued the scoop down with RTV silicone, its been tested to 130.

 

^See my scoop is completely bolted down (can't tell if yours is lol). You think if I do this mod, and add some loctite to the threads where it bolts down, I'd be ok? Also when you said you drilled out the grille, you mean the "fake" holes in the honeycomb you drilled out?

 

Yes my scoop is factory so it is bolted down, I did not used any loctite on the treads that hold down the scoop and the bolts are nice and tight, and yes I drilled out the honeycomb !

If you plan on doing it, get a dremel tool, remove the scoop, tape off the hood where you plan on cutting and have at it, and like I said I used RTV silicone around the scoop then carefully placed the scoop on the hood and bolted it down !

 

I could not find my black so in stead of driving to the store with a big hole in my hood I ended up using red, I was just extra careful not to make a mess !

 

Ok cool. Thanks for the tips. You thinking adding Loctite to the threads that holds the scoop on would be a good idea for extra insurance?

 

^ If its going to make you feel better do it because its a little scary the first time you go 100mph, the whole time your going to be thinking the bitch is going to fly off, but for me it has been just fine with tons of 1/4mile passes !

 

heres what i did. without the brace in mine, the middle of the scoop wanted to raise up while driving

 

Is that brace already there behind the honeycomb or did you put that in yourself

 

i always wanted to make mind functional with the blower. But i want the air going in the scoop to go straight to the blower.

 

I had to make it

 

Had mine opened for about a year and got tired of it raising while driving 70-80 down the highway. I put the honey comb back in it and closed it off.

The side of the scoop started to rip also.

The only functional use I saw from it was, I was ablw to cool my motor at the track without raising the hood.

 

how dirty does your motor get. not that mine is ever clean, i just worry about water getting in there and shorting stuff out

 

it doesnt, just put a garbage bag over your engine while you wash your car.

 

well sure i guess for heat escape purposes it would be "functional", but most functional hood scoops actually push air into the intake

looks cooler though

guess i better make my side scoops functional as well to cool down my brakes for all the drifting i do too

 

 

What are the strings supposed to do?

 

Show airflow.

 

F8L GT

I was thinking about removing the honeycomb, what did you use for bracing and could you post up a pic of the underside, thanks !

 

I dont have any underside pics of the scoop at the moment. I formed a pc of 5/16 aluminum rod to the contour of the scoop. I measured the distance from the hood to the bottom of the scoop and cut another pc of aluminum rod, drilled and tapped it and then welded it in the middle of the first pc that i made. I screwed the brace to the hood using the screw from the honeycomb. I put 3M VHB tape on the bottom side of the scoop and set it in place. I then pulled sthe scoop back off and applied more tape to the bottom side of the brace sandwiching it between the two layers of VHB tape

 

^ cool thanks !