ATTN: All those with hood scoops.

[foxmustangman]

Hey. So I just got a '79 hood scoop for my Mustang. For those of them who have them on thier fox's. How far back are they from the back of the hood?

 

[woodyy24]

good question. i want to get one of those as well.

 

[5.0Droptop]

The scoop is shaped to match the hood curve. Set it where it matches the best.
I had a scoop on my 91 to cover the hole in the hood for the systemax intake.

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[5.0Droptop]

here it is when it was flat black. Looks like I had it about 2 inches from the rear of hood. The front corners met rightnear the taper of the hood cowl.

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[foxmustangman]

PERFECT! That's exactly what I'm doing. Thanks for the input guys!

 

[ryan218]

i think i may do a 83 GT hood scoop on my car

 

[foxmustangman]

The "cowl induction" ones?

 

[Snake1]

I've got mine 1/8th of an inch from the back of the hood,looks like it's starting to catch on,I put mine on around 7 yrs ago.
Did Have it working but patched the hole in the hood and made the scoop a dummy 'cause it was getting the engine wet and dusty and I got tired of cleaning the engine all the time.

More pics in my sig 88 5 0 Mustang Album,Do the slideshow it'll give you fullsize pics.
http://picasaweb.google.com/snake8188/1988MustangGT

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Mine is in the stock/OEM location...which for what it's worth has a lot to do with making good engine clearance, especially if you're using a carb with a good size breather. I'll go out today and get some measurements/pics for ya.

 

[foxmustangman]

Cool thanks. Yeah EFI...but if I had a carb I'd probably turn it into ram air somehow!

 

[stykthyn]

why not make a duct from the scoop to your filter? then you will have ram air.that's how they did the 03-04 mach 1's anyway.

 

[wythors]

I mounted mine about a 1/4 inch forward of the trailing edge of the hood. I hated it the minute I finished the install. I ended up getting a Cervini's Air Extractor hood to replace it.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

They look a lot different on the '79-82 hoods because the cown panel was narrower and as such the cowl that the hood has is narrower in the back to match, so the scoop itself flows better with the older hoods, but i do like them a lot on the aero cars.

Here's a dead on shot so you get what i mean about the hood/cowl thing:
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Here's a pic of the factory stamped opening on my hood. It's pretty huge...takes up almost the whole space under the scoop. It's little things like this that make my car weigh only 2840lbs. I don't know what the idea was behind the shape of the opening...maybe to fit the single snorkle air breathers they used back then.
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As for measurements, mine is 1 1/8 inch from the back of the hood in the dead center of the scoop.

 

[brown86]

Personally, I like the 83 GT hood scoop.
It's designed to fit the contours of an 83-93 hood.
The 79-82 scoop is designed to fit the hood of those years,
and does not line up with the lines & shape of the later model ones.

 

[foxmustangman]

Personally, I like the 83 GT hood scoop.
It's designed to fit the contours of an 83-93 hood.
The 79-82 scoop is designed to fit the hood of those years,
and does not line up with the lines & shape of the later model ones.

That's why I like it. Of course I also don't like the 'cowl induction' of the 83-84's scoop. But that's just me.

Hey Wythors...I love your car...you know why? Almost anything I want to do to mine, I can see how it looks by looking @ your car. Thanks man!