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99-04 Mustang Hood Scoop
When did Ford change the non-functional hood scoops on the Mustang GT's
to functional ones (besides the Mach 1). |
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Never, the only functional scoops were on the Mach's. The '99 Mustang's did
not have a scoop at all, the '00 Spring Feature GT was the only Mustang to have a fake scoop that year, and the '01 - '04 GT's all had the fake scoop. -- Mike Silver 10th Anniversary Cobra Coupe --- RhB629 wrote: > When did Ford change the non-functional hood scoops on the Mustang > GT's to functional ones (besides the Mach 1). |
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"WraithCobra" > wrote in message ... > Never, the only functional scoops were on the Mach's. The '99 Mustang's > did > not have a scoop at all, That's odd. I just went into the garage and looked at my GF's 99 Mustang. It has a hood scoop. I'm not really interested enough to pop the hood to see if it's functional or now. Totally stock, by the way. |
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I thought the bullitt had a functional scoop as well. The '99 35th
anniversary edition had a scoop for sure, but it wasn't functional. Only the 35th anniversary special edition had the scoop, the regular 99s don't. Erik D. '94 white lightning '01 white GT |
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"Erik D." > wrote in message ... >I thought the bullitt had a functional scoop as well. The '99 35th >anniversary edition had a scoop for sure, but it wasn't functional. Only >the 35th anniversary special edition had the scoop, the regular 99s don't. It is a 35th Anniversary edition. Nice catch! > Erik D. > '94 white lightning > '01 white GT > |
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"WraithCobra" > wrote in message ... > Never, the only functional scoops were on the Mach's. The '99 Cobra good > scoop is functional. |
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I forgot about the '99 35th GT's and the Bullit's, but those were also non
functional. -- Mike Silver 10th Anniversary Cobra Coupe --- Erik D. wrote: > I thought the bullitt had a functional scoop as well. The '99 35th > anniversary edition had a scoop for sure, but it wasn't functional. > Only the 35th anniversary special edition had the scoop, the regular > 99s don't. > Erik D. > '94 white lightning > '01 white GT |
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The '99 Cobras had the nostrils that were open to the under hood area, not
functional to the intake. My '98 GT also had the holes in the hood that were open to the under hood area, and the Terminator Cobras have the open vents in the hood. The Mach's shaker scoop is only functional to a point anyway. It is routed to the filter area, but the snorkel from the filter area to the fender is also open which would negate any (if any) ram air effect. -- Mike Silver 10th Anniversary Cobra Coupe --- BK24 wrote: > "WraithCobra" > wrote in message > ... > Never, the only functional scoops were on the Mach's. >>The '99 Cobra good scoop is functional. |
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:07:20 -0500, "WraithCobra" >
wrote: >The '99 Cobras had the nostrils that were open to the under hood area, not >functional to the intake. My '98 GT also had the holes in the hood that were >open to the under hood area, and the Terminator Cobras have the open vents >in the hood. The Mach's shaker scoop is only functional to a point anyway. >It is routed to the filter area, but the snorkel from the filter area to the >fender is also open which would negate any (if any) ram air effect. Some useless engineering at work I guess. I think ram air doesn't even really make a difference until you're well over 100mph. I think they tested it on motorcycles. Even there it's probably more of use due to high revving engines. Remove NO-SPAM from email address when replying |
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The scoop was shown to improve 1/4 mile times and speeds from testing by
Ford engineers. The effect does not come into play until after 80mph or so. They tested by running with the scoop blocked and unblocked and measuring 1/4 mile runs. Source for this information - Scott Hoag, program manager for the Mach 1... Rein wrote: >On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:07:20 -0500, "WraithCobra" > >wrote: > > > >>The '99 Cobras had the nostrils that were open to the under hood area, not >>functional to the intake. My '98 GT also had the holes in the hood that were >>open to the under hood area, and the Terminator Cobras have the open vents >>in the hood. The Mach's shaker scoop is only functional to a point anyway. >>It is routed to the filter area, but the snorkel from the filter area to the >>fender is also open which would negate any (if any) ram air effect. >> >> > >Some useless engineering at work I guess. I think ram air doesn't even >really make a difference until you're well over 100mph. >I think they tested it on motorcycles. Even there it's probably more >of use due to high revving engines. > > >Remove NO-SPAM from email address when replying > > |
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