William Hatfield wrote:
>
> I think the hood scoop is more of a styling exercise as the air to the
> cooling system is through the grill and the deflector at the bottom of
> the radiator, however any fresh cool air into the engine is beneficial
> to performance. (ie check how race cars use ram air with ducts to the
> outside) Cool air is denser and fills the cylinders better.
> Bill
> 66&67 spls
The odd thing to me is that the scoop is partially opened.
I thought the one on my 69 was closed from the factory and that
someone had bent it down to get some air into the engine compartment.
Looking at others they all seem to look that way...
Weird.
Ktm
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