Wrx Sti Scoop On 850

[JHEIII874T5M]

At one time I was planning on building something like this. I even bought a spare hood to use it as a mold. But one of the members on our board needed it and now it's ruined.

While all these scoops and such are good and dandy, realistically, what kind of improvements do you guys think one would see?

[JESSEXC]

While all these scoops and such are good and dandy, realistically, what kind of improvements do you guys think one would see?

Cooling the turbo would be one, no?

[dancetheman]

At one time I was planning on building something like this. I even bought a spare hood to use it as a mold. But one of the members on our board needed it and now it's ruined.

that was what i was taking about

i could see this scoop working and looking hot too

i guess cooling the turbo would be the only benefit..

[the underlørd]

who thinks an STI wing would look great on a sedan? :ph34r:

[Guest DougK]

WOW,

eastern aerospace.... I dont think I have heard of them in years. Most of the current members probebley dont even know of that joke of a company.

for the scoops there is also an issue of air flow. Look at how flat the grille and lights of an 850 are. no look at how flat a bug gaurd is. (notice the simalirity) well in the same way a bug guard directs air over the car so the bugs will not hit the wind sheild, well the front of our cars does the same. a scoop mounted low, and far back would not really pull in much air because of this. now getting hot air out of the engine bay would be good.

Exactly. I think the best improvements you can make are in terms of managment of the air that is flowing through the grille into the engine bay. Instead of forcing it out underneath the car (creating lift) it'd be better imo to pull hot air out through the hood. I've seen numerous cases where improved cooling has been the result.

Jesse, if you look at how the EVO's hood vents are, you could easily fabricate something just as effective and still keep the engine bay fairly clean.

[JESSEXC]

Exactly. I think the best improvements you can make are in terms of managment of the air that is flowing through the grille into the engine bay. Instead of forcing it out underneath the car (creating lift) it'd be better imo to pull hot air out through the hood. I've seen numerous cases where improved cooling has been the result.

Jesse, if you look at how the EVO's hood vents are, you could easily fabricate something just as effective and still keep the engine bay fairly clean.

I guess something like this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v729/jes...18Image0025.jpg

[Deltablade]

Cosmetically, I think the only thing that would look good on an 850 would be something very shallow and subtle. The STi scoop is too tall and obnoxious.

As stated earlier, you're probably not going to gain much by forcing air into the engine bay but if you can vent the hot air under the hood you can improve your thermal efficiency by dumping waste heat at a lower temperature.

[larryo108]

Try the scoop off a new legacy GT. It's a lower profile and boxier, it'll look better with the lines of the car IMO.

I have had the same exact thought. Only turn it around to vent hot air out rather than try to force cold air in.