Funtional GT hood problems

fastangboi · Aug 8, 2006

Ok so a while back i thought it'd be a good idea to make my 2000 GT hood functional. Ive had problems ever since. wondering if anybody else with ram air style hoods has these poblems too.
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This is one of the spark plugs under water causing it to misfire. 5 and 7 were both drowning.

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this happened as i was getting to #8

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Here is a pic of my Motorcraft plug on the right and Denso on the left. Right has 83,000mi. notice the sweet uffset electrode

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Is there any cure for submersed plugs?
ps: this happened before i swapped to Densos and it acted like a plug had fouled thats why i got rid of the Motorcrafts. but then i found out that 5 and 8 did foul out. the pic of the old plug is #8, the worst one. i kept it as a souvoneer.

myponyrocks · Aug 8, 2006

If you want a functional scoop, this is why you get the CDC, KarKraft, or Banshee shaker systems... they drain. Sorry about your luck.

Kilgore Trout · Aug 8, 2006

Red2000GT · Aug 8, 2006

As always,Kilgore,another great contribution to the thread.

Kilgore Trout · Aug 8, 2006

He deserves what he gets for doing such a f'ked up thing to his Mustang

nwapache · Aug 8, 2006

lol, cut a hole in his hood?!

nwapache · Aug 8, 2006

I was thinking of making a sunroof on my car, what do I do after I cut the hole in the roof? i'm afraid of getting my seats wet

Mustang5L5 · Aug 8, 2006

No offense, but every time i see a "Make my GT scoop functional thread" i chime in with reasons against doing so.

The pics above are the reason why.

You'll have to replace all the above parts and then close up the hood to prevent it from happening again

96SCstang · Aug 8, 2006

wow....wut the hell were you thinking???? cant you use half a brain to figure out that when u cut a hole in your hood alot of stuff is going to go in that hole (ex. WATER!!!!! ) not only that but you didnt gain anything at all. Oh wait u did...problems. you need to buy another hood or fix the hole in yours and then you need to sell your mustang and buy a pinto or something. geeze

40th GT · Aug 8, 2006

fastangboi said:
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This plug on the left, do you know how many miles are on it?

fastangboi · Aug 8, 2006

40th GT said:
This plug on the left, do you know how many miles are on it?

83,000 miles

And to the other guys cutting a hole in my hood seemed like a good idea at the time. obviously i have my answer. this just pushes me to get another hood sooner. probably a 2.5" 2000 Cobra-R w/o louvers.

mity2 · Aug 8, 2006

this is like a bad case of self ownage

nwapache · Aug 8, 2006

Did you hear about the 2 russian guys drinking at a bar? there was an anti-tank mine out in the road and they bet each other that they couldnt jump on it hard enough to detonate it......they though it was a good idea at the time too....unfortunately they were wrong
This is like an automotive darwin award

FalconGuy016 · Aug 9, 2006

Yeah, I was going to say something about how that was a bad idea, but that's been covered I see. A functional hood has to have something to do with the airbox, btw, I don't know what you'd call a hole in your hood. I have been trying to convert my GT hood for a very long time though, KarKraft had a kit but no longer.

fastangboi · Aug 9, 2006

ya live, ya learn. The louvers on the 2000 Cobra-R look like they would do the same thing though

FalconGuy016 · Aug 9, 2006

Forgot to mention, you did a very nice job cutting that hole

hotmustang331 · Aug 9, 2006

Jeeze, you guys suck! LOL. This guy is having enough trouble and KNOWS it was a mistake....he doesnt need everyone bashing him for it. We have all thought of it at one time...but most of us went and asked on the forums (myself included, a long time ago)...this guy had the balls to try it BEFORE asking.
Heh, just a good reason to buy a new hood like you said man .

The 00 cobra R's louvers are NOT functional...but we changed that with mine
DONT WORRY GUYS WE TOOK PRECAUTIONS! No water (MAYBE a very small amount if you spray water directly into the slots) will get in from rain.

mity2 · Aug 9, 2006

FalconGuy016 said:
I don't know what you'd call a hole in your hood.

Hole in a hood is called hole in a hood, no matter how you look at it.
Where scoop is located, it really does nothing, even with hole if you ask me.

I like the idea of functional scoop, as thats like first thing ricer pick on me about - non-functional food scoop(never mind of their none functional big wing and implactical body kit), and thought about getting Saleen heat extracter hood, but I'm afraid of H2o dmg.

And I don't even drive my car in rain!

hotmustang331 · Aug 9, 2006

40th GT said:
This plug on the left, do you know how many miles are on it?

Yea that left plug thats supposed to be new, looks used

fastangboi · Aug 9, 2006

hotmustang331 said:
Yea that left plug thats supposed to be new, looks used

its been in for like 600 miles. a good three tank fulls or so

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