And sadly for WJ, his performance calculations didn’t equate to real life MPH gains. Still today, the MPH is not where it should be for a Pro Stock car factoring in the average gains across the last decade before the scoops were eliminated. Plus, the cars look stupid with that flat hood, and since they aren’t any faster, bring back the hood scoop AND carbs.
That's probably a sign the decade before the switch was focused on things not induction related but rather ring packs, suspension, and transmissions. I'd imagine those items are all but optimized at this point.
I get their reasons for the switch, those same reasons don't seem consistent with the rest of their program though. However that's another thread for another day.
