So do you guys drive your cars in the rain when you have a hood scoop of some sort? Will the water get into the air filters and some how ruin the engine? Just curious. Because I just figured that the the more air you get in the filter, the more horsepower you will get in your car.

I used to do it almost every time it rained. My 72 demon with a snorkel scoop was my daily driver for a couple years. As long as you don't get the distributor wet on the inside you should be fine I think.

if the air filter gets wet, it will run like crap. I had a heater hose blow and the open air cleaner I had got soaked, and the engine almost quite before I got stopped.

rain, no problem. you wont get nearly as much rain/water into the air filter as when a heater hose breaks next to it.

you might be down some on power from all the humidity, but it'll run fine.

I've slowly poured water down the intake before on a running engine as part of a "steam clean the top end" strategy. I was careful to not pour the water so fast that it hydro locked, and had all kinds of steam and gunk coming out the tail pipe.

I guarantee that you won't get THAT much rain water while driving, unless maybe it's a monsoon.

never seemed to bother my old 440 or 340 cars

Didn't Ma Mopar build these cars with open working scoops from the factory and they are still around and running?

Never an issue with any of the cars I have had over the past 28 years and yes most of them had open scoops..

I have never had a issue with driving in the rain with the six pack hood on my coronet, i used to drive my car daily for a year and a half here in Seattle.

No problems with my Duster. I might get a few drops on my air cleaner lid.

I drive my 65 with a old pro stock scoop.My kid drives his 62 300 with one also.Rain never bothers either one.Rocky