hood scoops how high and which ones work.

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Originally Posted by pfordamx

I know for a large number of you guys hood scoops are illegal, but maybe some of you gt guys can chime in, what hood scoop designs have you found to be most effective. or is it basically just staying away from the top of the carb, we did a test last week and picked up a tenth and a half by running with out a hood. we have the traditional SS amx scoop on our car and its about 2 inch above the carb and the carb is sealed to the hood. we were considering having another one made that was 3 inchs taller but the same style to maintain the look kinda like the exaggerated max wedge scoops but i'm open to suggestions.

I would bet that alot of your ET gain without the hood came from less areo drag by not trapping air under the hood.
Dan