Sealed Up Carb to Scoop....

I whipped up an air pan to seal the Carb to the hood. It seals up real nice. I even blocked off the back of the scoop, so the only place the air can go is down the carb. Anyone see anything that may cause me problems?

Also, I ran a string from the front of hood to the roof to see where the scoop opening lies, it's above that line, if that means anything.

Looks like it'll work nice... I see you did the old
string trick

Looks nice and should be very effective

Nice work there. I don't know how effective it would be, but will offer a couple of thoughts. You might see some difference if the back of the scoop was unplugged. It all depends on whether the scoop is above the boundary layer coming off the front of the car, and if the air entry is smooth enough for max air flow. The back block off could be run open, holes in it, or screened, to modify the way the air moves around inside the scoop , hopefully to make it as calm as the airflow can be. I used an air cleaner base riveted to the air pan to help this. I also have a very large air filter made out of door screen to keep the bigger rocks out, and maybe keep the turbulence down around the carb inlet. One way to find out how effective your system is would be to build a system for testing that would run without the hood, but incorporate what ever you figure may improve or help air flow. air bell, taller scoop, 14x 6 inch K&N filter, (I just bought one, going on shortly!)
By the way, K&N makes a pretty big rectangular 2 1/2 inch tall filter that just might fit inside your scoop. It has 180 square inches of filter area, which is supposed to flow enough to take care of about 800 hp. They have a formula on their web sight to figure it out.

My scoop was turbulent crazy like till I put some teardrop holes in the back and it`s a 6-pack scoop sealed and is definately pullin in air cos it`s trying to rip it off even at slow 45 mph speeds. I did the string deal also and ideally they say you want the opening ABOVE the string but mines a bit less than 1/2 way..........

Looks real nice!

Nice work as always Steff

Gotta be worth a least 3 or 4 tenths

Don't overlook connecting the bowl vents with a piece of tubing.

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Don't overlook connecting the bowl vents with a piece of tubing.

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Good point.............