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cowl scoop placement #2077902 05/21/16 09:56 PM 05/21/16 09:56 PM
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 44 Youngstown Vincenzo OP member
Vincenzo OP member Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 44 Youngstown	I'm putting a new glass hood on the valiant (drag only). And trying to find the optimum distance from the windshield for performance. Woodruff Carburetor Specialties 330-799-9479

Re: cowl scoop placement [Re: Vincenzo] #2078105 05/22/16 04:18 AM 05/22/16 04:18 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa rebel master
rebel master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa	mine is 2 1/4" off the screen. we did a test with some paper ribbons to see how much air was going that way, at 140mph they got ripped off. Better tape might have helped but we prooved our point & saw the air did indeed get sucked in the cowl & our system was working.

Re: cowl scoop placement [Re: Vincenzo] #2078106 05/22/16 04:20 AM 05/22/16 04:20 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa rebel master
rebel master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa	another angle

Re: cowl scoop placement [Re: rebel] #2078717 05/23/16 10:52 AM 05/23/16 10:52 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,376 Marion, South Carolina [><] an8sec70cuda I Live Here
an8sec70cuda I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,376 Marion, South Carolina [><]	I think mine is only about 1.25" off the windshield. It does pull air in...did the ribbon taped to the hood trick. The cowl hood NOT sealed to the carb versus a sealed 6 pack hood = no difference in performance. CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75 '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax

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