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 Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2001 6:24 pm Post subject: Bonnetscoope --(James) |
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Hello
I have a new engine and I cleaned my radiator out and everything but it still seems to run very hot and I got a bonnet scoope off adam with the engine.. Will this scoope Cool down the car (I know it wont at idle) much??? cause thats the main reason id wack it on |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2001 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: Bonnetscoope --(Benjamin) |
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Is the thermostat the right temperature? One thing to remember when flushing Geminis is to take it for a run with the heater open that way you circulate the water around it as well. They can develop an airlock or cruddy water can stay in the heater core.
A bonnet scoop will not cool the engine. The only purpose of a scoop (apart from looking dicky on a Gem that doesn't have a V8 or a mutha of a 4) is to provide a fresh, cold air intake to the carby/inlet. To do it right you should seal around the filter so that ONLY air from the scoop enters the filter. This means maybe a rubber sealed metal plate under the filter to stop hot 'dirty' air from entering the carb.
What kinda scoop is it? I like what they call NACA ducts, which aren't scoops as such, but like the ones on Ferraris and the like, a little more aerodynamic than a wart sitting above bonnet. Don't get me wrong though, some scoops look pretty mad :)
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2001 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Bonnetscoope --(james) |
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| Its a hornet scoope its the lowest one they have |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2001 3:17 am Post subject: Re: Bonnetscoope --(Fish ) |
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i have one you wanna piuc?
the only scoops to get that help airflow are the vents like on wrx's or invert a pair of vk commo ones
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2001 4:02 am Post subject: Re: Bonnetscoope --(Pete) |
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| Where in sydney can you pick up wrx style vents? (not the scoop, the vents) how much approx are they worth? |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2001 4:16 am Post subject: Re: Bonnetscoope --(Fish) |
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try some of the wrx tuners or any body kit shop like say ssv?
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2001 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Bonnetscoope --(Paul) |
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It's not hard to make them yourself...have a look on the net for fibreglass fabrication and shit.
Paul
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