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User Rides / do you name your cars
I learned along time ago never name a car after a girlfriend or a wife. Sooner or later they might end up being an EX. Unless of course the car is a bitch and so is your ex
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User Rides / do you name your cars
Since I own Hillbilly Motorsports, I named the TBird Hillbilly Deluxe and the Bronco Hillbilly Heaven.

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Engine Tech / Header clearance?
Lose the header wrap if you want the headers to last. It causes mositure entrapment and the headers will rust. If you are worried about heat, coating are much more effective.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Has anyone tested cowl induction hoods?
Quote from: t3skidoo;214657
Hillbilly Deluxe,
 
The base of the windshield is a high pressure area so it's a good source of air for induction or cooling.
 
Contrast that with the factory 87-88 scoops, they're positioned in a low pressure area and not shaped optimally for air flow.

Yes this is true. The only correct way to run a cowl induction hood is to use a plate to seal off rest of engine compartment so that only the air goes to the air filter. If it is not then the air enters the engine compartment and is pushed against the firewall and follows it down and under the car. Since I am not running a carb with an air filter, but need the added height, a blocked cowl is better for me.
The factory hood scops are a re-styling of a true NACA duct had they used them then they would have been more efficient.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Has anyone tested cowl induction hoods?
Quote from: 1WLD BRD;214576
the one I built sucks water in when you drive in the rain, so yeah they work...
 
once you get up to about 60MPH and faster, the water starts getting sucked into the engine bay, instead of dripping off the lip.
That is interstesting to know. Not what I want happening. That means the air coming in has to go somewhere and that is under the car.