Imo Apita

Will be starting with the assembly of my 383 soon (ish).
Intend to use a taller intake plus a taller (maybe 3-4") filter.

Ideally would like the Twin Turbo hood but can't afford it. Or choose not to however you look at it. It's either a new hood or a 700R4 and I've chosen the transmission.
So I've been looking at hood scoops. I'm not a total idiot with fiberglass so I think I can get this done. Put a scoop on the original '79 hood and cut out a hole for the portion of the air filter which will stick above the original hood into the scoop. Fabricate some poor mans cold air intake.

Question is which scoop? I like too many; I like the:

• L-88
• Twin turbo
• Stinger hood scoop

Having a hard time making a choice.
Anybody any advise or pics for inspiration?


**** EDIT, finally scored a Twin Turbo Hood ****

U17

Several threads already in here.. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...od-scoops.html ... We just cut a hole for the cowl induction scoop on mine.. We did not have to trim,fit ect a whole new hood...

Tumarr

if your on a tight budget, the key words are.. "do it yourself".

Imo Apita

I know the plan is to do it myself.
Like the looks of this:



Can anybody identify what they are? It looks to me like a mini L-88 on top of something else, maybe a Dodge scoop?

kdf1986

When I saw the front two, the first thing I thought of was a 1971 Mustang Mach 1 Hood. Not the Shelby type hood with the shaker air scoop in the middle, but after they made the body style change to the longer bigger Mustang. Google a 1971 Mustang Mach 1 hood and it will be the same.

kdf

T Rush

I like this

Imo Apita

I'd like that too but I can't pay for both a new hood and a scoop.

The mach 1 hood



Does anybody know where I might be able to buy the little inverted scoops (NACA ducts) that you see in the picture left and right of the main bulge?
I'm curious as to how that would look left and right of the main bulge on a '79 hood with a stinger of mini L-88 on top

U17

http://www.wicksaircraft.com/catalog...FjYSBzY29vcA==

Imo Apita

Thanks...this company has some good stuff but the website is a mess.
http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/corvette.html

gbvette62

Did you check with Unlimited Products at www.up22.com. They have just about any scoop you could want, including NACA ducts and L-88 styles.

Imo Apita

Thanks for all the suggestions.
After looking for two years I finally scored this:





Anybody ever make these NACA ducts somewhat functional?
I'm thinking about rigging something up where either:

• both scoops feed an air box around the filter
• one scoop feeds the air box and the other feeds cooler air either on the carb or the intake manifold.

Some of the issues I can foresee:
I don't want air buffeting around the carb as that will screw up the mixture. So I need some sort of barrier or flow control.
I'm not sure if uneven cooling of the carb or intake is such a good idea.
How do you prevent rain water from reaching the filter and carb.
Steeper angle? Barrier?

johnmb

That thing looks like someone said "Gee, I wonder if I can take every hood scoop known to man and put them all on one panel...hmmmm"....

Imo Apita

Still I really like that car. It needs blacked out head lights instead of that gold and I'd remove that hood spoiler. Nice dark window tint that car would be evil.
Back on topic the TT hood

Imo Apita

I meant roof spoiler iso hood.

Imo Apita

Were these intakes actually used to cool the turbo housings?
I checked the Greenwood website but actually very little info on the workings of these hoods.