Favorite Aftermarket Hood Scoop?

[DynoDave]

That would be perhaps be the easiest way to go...to modify a factory piece meant to work with those scoops. But since none of this is factory, a full custom system might be easier (and less costly). THIS setup had an asking price of $700 4 years ago.

[jdcrawford]

Dec 4, 2021 9:11:43 GMT -5 DynoDave said:

That would be perhaps be the easiest way to go...to modify a factory piece meant to work with those scoops. But since none of this is factory, a full custom system might be easier (and less costly). THIS setup had an asking price of $700 4 years ago.

That's something I'll look into (because yes, I'm thinking of doing this on my flat-roof charger). I looked into the air grabber, and someone quoted $6000 (Canadian) for the full job, and I think that was after purchasing and installing the correct hood! That's a lot to get that little thingy popping up and down over a 383 with a perfectly good original hood.

I rather like the dual scoops. My charger has a 1970 engine and super bee decals, so it kinda-sorta makes sense to have 70-style superbee scoops with the right engine call-outs.

[Nacho-RT74]

Dec 4, 2021 9:11:43 GMT -5 DynoDave said:

That would be perhaps be the easiest way to go...to modify a factory piece meant to work with those scoops. But since none of this is factory, a full custom system might be easier (and less costly). THIS setup had an asking price of $700 4 years ago.

I bet those prices are long gone now. Will need also the air cleaner base which are available anyway. But I bet something similar could be made on fiberglass. Even using solenoids as actuators but vacuum actuators could be used to to make them work like originals with a switch, OR even by the manifold vacuum, just like the secondary inlet of the stock air cleaner ( or the bottom air trap used on some 340s and 440s ), where the vacuum makes them keep close and giving throttle the door will be released to be opened

[jeremy]

Dec 4, 2021 9:27:17 GMT -5 jdcrawford said:

I rather like the dual scoops. My charger has a 1970 engine and super bee decals, so it kinda-sorta makes sense to have 70-style superbee scoops with the right engine call-outs.

That's a one-or-the-other thing. Those two scoops are going to mess up the visual flow of the decal. Here's a scoop that would work well -



This guy has a similar stripe on his flat hood, flowing back nicely into the hood scoop.

Here is another scoop like the above, but taller and longer. I don't like this as much -



The 440 six pack scoop might work -







The e body scoop would be nice if it fits inside the decal -




Maybe it'd be o.k. if it goes outside the decal too.  

[DynoDave]

Dec 12, 2021 19:32:39 GMT -5 jeremy said:

I always liked that scoop.

[jeremy]

I really love the way it flows with the hood stripe on this road runner -



but it doesn't look like our snoopy is wide enough to flow around the E-body scoop.  The scoop may visually crowd the R/T or Super Bee logo in the snoopy too.   

[jeremy]

Here's a guy who went the twin scoop route - 

[DynoDave]

[jeremy]

Personally I don't like the blacked out hood treatment on the 3rd gen. The hood is too long for it.

[jeremy]

Check out the stripe and hood scoop on this one.