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Kiwi SRT10 said:
Lost my hood scoop at 110mph today. I found it not a scratch on it. Next project make some new resin posts to screw that sucker back on.
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I replaced mine last year. When I bought the truck, the scoop was cracked to hell and back. I bought a new one and the attach hardware from Th Viper Store, and had it match painted at a body shop. I added a strip of the 3M double sided tape on the fwd end of the scoop, to help make it stay on the hood better.
 
AMS3 said:
I replaced mine last year. When I bought the truck, the scoop was cracked to hell and back. I bought a new one and the attach hardware from Th Viper Store, and had it match painted at a body shop. I added a strip of the 3M double sided tape on the fwd end of the scoop, to help make it stay on the hood better.
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All fixed up now. Also fixed the hood insulation and the firewall fluff that didn't get blown off after I took the Volant dorky scoop out of the hood scoop, because the air doesn't go into the scoop...right? Sort of proves there was a shit load of air going in that NASA Duct style scoop and when the CAI was removed it destroyed the insulation. So the CAI dorky scoop thing is back on, even if it only stops the insulation getting tore up. I have a hunch it will do more than that at 130+mph. Next outing I shall plug the laptop in and watch the air intake temp. That is what that area between the seats is for, the laptop lol
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Went out of town for a change. Our roads are shit compared to US but still managed good fuel driving at the speed limit. Trip was approx 300 miles/500km
More than happy with the outcome

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I can't see me driving like that very often. Maybe only on long trip. If I ever get down the South Island the roads are straight and flat so it should do even better
 
That works out to 21 Imperial MPG, which is amazing.

I don't/can't use the Overhead Calculator myself as I've changed to a larger capacity fuel injector. Since doing so, the O/H claims I'm getting around 30 Imperial miles per gallon (not bloody likely).

On a road trip with plugs gapped at .040, I'm pretty consistent at 18 Imperial.

Rock On!!
 
rottenronnie said:
That works out to 21 Imperial MPG, which is amazing.

I don't/can't use the Overhead Calculator myself as I've changed to a larger capacity fuel injector. Since doing so, the O/H claims I'm getting around 30 Imperial miles per gallon (not bloody likely).

On a road trip with plugs gapped at .040, I'm pretty consistent at 18 Imperial.

Rock On!!
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Yeah I am stoked my tune and coils are paying for themselves everyday I go out. Be even better with an undrive pulley
I wonder if the exhaust cut out should be open or closed. I figured closed as the lower flow at low revs would need a better chimney effect.
Wow 18 is great with the internal work you have had done and gizzillion hp
I always figured you are getting things right when they can return good mpg....can

Hell post a pic of 30mpg off your O/H you win hahaha
I was getting 20 mpg out of my 68 Riviera I thought that was good
 
Kiwi SRT10 said:
I suppose you could always make a tube to fit the square hole and have that as your intake and cap the under hood contraption.
Maybe cut a bigger round hole to fit a standard sized pipe. Certainly be no drama about low pressure or hot air or having it block the hood scoop that let's the hot air out. To me it seems like an easy solution to the many posts on the issues of Volant CAI's
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Kiwi, did you remove the hood scoop duct? And another question, does the box mate to the factory rectangle cutout that is common to the right hand fender well? Any info will be welcomed.
 
AMS3 said:
Kiwi, did you remove the hood scoop duct? And another question, does the box mate to the factory rectangle cutout that is common to the right hand fender well? Any info will be welcomed.
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Yes I did remove the scoop duct. But after all the under hood insulation and firewall insulation was ripped off I put it back on. Also a place to store it on the trip down. Proved to me how much air was being pushed through there at 140mph. Yes the hole in the inner guard matches the box hole. Mine also has hole in behind grill
 
Kiwi SRT10 said:
Yes I did remove the scoop duct. But after all the under hood insulation and firewall insulation was ripped off I put it back on. Also a place to store it on the trip down. Proved to me how much air was being pushed through there at 140mph. Yes the hole in the inner guard matches the box hole. Mine also has hole in behind grill
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Went for a blast today just because I could. Thought this is a nice road so going back and planted foot and easily cracked 150mph with exhaust closed running on 95RON
Will be interesting with exhaust open and 100+ RON and the better tune....stay tuned....tuned hahaha get it!
 
Kiwi SRT10 said:
Went for a blast today just because I could. Thought this is a nice road so going back and planted foot and easily cracked 150mph with exhaust closed running on 95RON
Will be interesting with exhaust open and 100+ RON and the better tune....stay tuned....tuned hahaha get it!
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What do you mean exhaust closed? You have electric cutouts?
 
rottenronnie said:
That's why pot is legal in Canada now: The Federal government can make sweeping changes when they're high without being accountable for them. :)

Thank Christ the Liberals no longer have a majority government.

It's interesting to watch who gets major breaks and why. For example:

  • Cement is the source of a whopping 8 percent of the world's CO2 emissions (who knew?), yet a large French-Canadian concrete company was given Federal grants and a green-light to build a huge plant in Eastern Canada. (Eastern Canada has the voting population numbers).

  • Alberta's oil-patch was decimated under the guise of "saving the planet" yet we produce LESS THAN TWO percent of the world's CO2 emissions and continue to buy overseas oil.

Kiwi: No offense taken on comments. It's a public forum and we're drifting away from truck stuff but the current and unprecedented world-wide issue can make us tend to veer off course. We get to learn interesting things about the members here for the first time, ever.

SRT-10 questions still get answered and info gets exchanged.
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Looking through this old thread and had to laugh at this post! Lol - Post Hos!! Hahahaha
 
Kiwi SRT10 said:
Lost my hood scoop at 110mph today. I found it not a scratch on it. Next project make some new resin posts to screw that sucker back on.
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Mine didn’t fair so well after bouncing off the windshield and shattering into so many pieces I couldn’t find .. and was only going at around 60 mph at the time .. cheap ass plastic ..
 
Kiwi SRT10 said:
All fixed up now. Also fixed the hood insulation and the firewall fluff that didn't get blown off after I took the Volant dorky scoop out of the hood scoop, because the air doesn't go into the scoop...right? Sort of proves there was a shit load of air going in that NASA Duct style scoop and when the CAI was removed it destroyed the insulation. So the CAI dorky scoop thing is back on, even if it only stops the insulation getting tore up. I have a hunch it will do more than that at 130+mph. Next outing I shall plug the laptop in and watch the air intake temp. That is what that area between the seats is for, the laptop lol
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I removed mine , makes for a cleaner look ..

The plastic part under it question .. do they all look like they’re falling off or is that the way they came from the factory ?
 
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