Muscle Car Crawl: Hood Scoop Comparison

[@marcosathens8140]

Growing up in the 1980's I had two duster 340, 4 speed cars. Wish I could show a pics. My 1971 I drove daily & the 1973 only came out of my garage for car shows. Both were sweet cars, miss them both.

[@CarputingYT]

Steve is such a great personality and presenter thank you for the great info I learn a lot from you!

[@sydrider6023]

Same here👍

[@Wireman273]

I had 69 Road Runner that had functional hood vents. There was a cable from under the dash to the vents that allowed the driver to open and close those vents. Great option for the time.

[@forthwithtx5852]

Minor correction: OUT of the boundary layer, which is stagnant.

[@kc-6837]

Thanks. I love the front end of the 71 Cuda.

[@Fony_turgeson]

i can barely read without messing up or forgetting something this man just seems like an endless amount of automotive(and much more) history and facts its so amazing how it rolls out of your mouth like you cant wait to share everything you know

[@mourning_ghost]

Steve should do a series where he travels to automobiles museums across the country like this.

[@danielmorgan4899]

Steve always reminds me of one of those people you see in life that you might discount based on his appearance then when you take the time to listen to them only to find out that they are brilliant..... And I’ve found them to be a good friend as well

[@MichaelandCathy1999]

Had a ‘72 Ford Maverick with the 5 liter/302 ci engine option, found a Grabber hood to throw on, simple enough job.

[@superduty4556]

72 Comet GT over here.

[@coolbreeze5561]

You da man Steve, always come up with something interesting

[@mynameis9057]

On my 72 Barracuda I had the same twin scoop fake hood,i cut out the 2 holes in the hood where the faux aluminum hood scoops went and then cut out the middles of those and was in the process of cobbling it together to create a working set of scoops. Unfortunately the 440 block cracked in September when a freak cold snap rolled into New England and overnight, the temps dropped from the daily 70s down to 20 something! I only had water in the block because I had just finished buttoning up the top end and was going to start it the next day. Figures Murphys law got me and I sold the car thoroughly disgusted a few days later without fixing the hood. Today I can luckily use a 3D printer to make up the rest of the internal pieces parts that Chrysler never made, to my knowledge atleast, for that type of a functioning hood scoop setup! Thanks again!

[@FireoftheGreeks]

Hey Steve, thanks for the inside scoop on hood scoops!

[@davesracingchannel9261]

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[@mgmnfld3109]

The "air grabber" is one of my favorite forced air induction setups ever. It's super cool to see a "scoop" raise out of a flat hood under full throttle.

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

I had a 68 442 with Ram Air and what I remember was that damn Ram Air would suck up all the garbage in the street like a vacuum cleaner. It wasn’t until years later that I read a tip on one of the hotrod magazines about putting a mesh screen right behind the snorkel that was just below the bumper ☹️

[@rickcentore2801]

Great stuff Steve! I believe the 1968 Ram Air GTO scoops were wide open but Pontiac fixed that with cable operated scoop doors in the 1969 GTO Judge.

[@mcnamarasgarage]

Great video!

[@barryphillips7327]

The Australian Ford Falcon GTHO phrase 3, had a ''Shaker'' on top of the air cleaner which came thru the bonnet, it was was called a Shaker because being part of the air cleaner it moved with the Cleveland 351 engine!

[@vettekid3326]

As I remember a lot of people modified those non functional snorkel hoods into functional ones by removing the block off plates and adding their own flexible ducting solutions. I personally liked cowl induction so I added a fiberglass L88 style hood to my !975 Camaro, the year you couldn't get a Z28 option, and made it functional.

[@markmatthys6368]

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[@paulwells4203]

Those cars in the showroom look brand new. I guess the faux started back in the 50s with the Buick portholes imitating the WW2 airplane engine exhaust stubs. An interesting look at the styling that sold muscle cars, I still like those hoods even if they don't do anything lol. Thanks Steve another good video.

[@raythackston1960]

The Challengers 70-74 did have a removeable plate in the hood scoops that you could remove and get fresh air into the air cleaner area. The funnel at the end there was a open area at the top close to the hood. Both my 1971 and 1973 had this openning and removeable plates.

[@davesracingchannel9261]

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[@Funsho97]

Cool info!!! I always loved the Mopar Shaker hood scoops and the Air Grabber scoops!!!

[@bishopofrustyiron3101]

Steve I love the science-me details, so awesome, love to hear about all the fiddly bits that us car hobbyists dig, awesome 'inside crawl'.

[@bobcarr4757]

Love this comparison! Bravo, Steve!

[@Cstoreri]

Beautiful cars ….thanks Steve!

[@tremec6]

Thanks Steve. My 72 Buick GS functional hood scoop does has the similar dual nostrils as the Challenger RT. I’ve never actually appreciated it until you’ve just posted this Video. Thanks again.

[@enerrivers4392]

Steve's video or tv shows are always very interesting and informative. Gr8 job Steve!🇺🇸

[@kennethfillmoreCoolCatKen]

I really enjoyed this Video about all the different hood designs Steve

[@axelalex4980]

That dealership has a good variety of late 70's early 8's muscle cars...could look and talk about these works of functional art all day!!

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Go visit and they'll even throw in the undercoat protection free!

[@chadschneider6044]

I'm a Nova guy but I enjoy all cars. Keep up the good work Steve! Thanks for the good content.

[@fmrtprjmac7126]

Enjoyed this, Steve; thanks for the presentation. My 1971 Dart GT has functional hood scoops very similar to ones on Super Bees as did my 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340.

[@antoniovillanueva308]

There is an episode of Engine Masters that shows how much hot air destroys power. Far more than a hot engine or even a hot manifold.

[@my1vice]

What a great video..... Nicely done.

[@samholdsworth420]

Always a pleasure, thanks Steve

[@charlesdalton985]

If I recall correctly from Junk Yard Gold - Buick built the most cars with functional hood scoops. Strange, but true. Thank you Steve - love the content!

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man I remember so many of them in the 70s and early 80s, my cousin had back in early 70s a 1970 Chevelle ss 454 with the cowl induction hood! He’s was blue with the white stripes front to back, automatic though, with the h gate shifter. Man that car was a beast! Great video and information!👌😎👍

[@Ricks408]

Thanks for the excellent presentation, it's interesting to see the small differences through the era's and learn about them. Really glad I recently found your content 🇦🇺🍻

[@WaybackTECH]

Early 80's Thirdgen Firebird also had a similar system to the Z28 shown here.

[@lunarpking]

One of the best looking, and functional, hood scoops is the 61-63 Thunderbird. They're so sleek looking and add to the overall look of the car.

[@thunderbolt5354]

But they were Ford Dogs

[@mikestbird]

@@thunderbolt5354 bullsh.t

[@thunderbolt5354]

@@mikestbird Bub the Only cool T-Birds were the Baby Birds 55-57 !!

[@antoniovillanueva308]

@@thunderbolt5354 A Ford hater named Thunder Bolt? I can understand that, Snoopy419 was taken so I really had no choice.

[@thunderbolt5354]

@@antoniovillanueva308 what the hell You Talkin bout Bub 🤬👁️

[@BBBILLY86]

I had to cut a hole in the hood of my High School Nova to clear the intake. Put a boxy snorkle hood scoop on it. The style before the aeroscoops came out. Drove that car all year in upstate NY. After getting the distributor wet a few times I always stuffed my jean jacket or t-shirt in the scoop to keep the motor running in blizzards and hard rain.

[@lczed7970]

Amazing fact recall, without sounding boring Thank you

[@davesracingchannel9261]

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[@barryrussell4106]

Dress to impress love the scoops of golden era cars

[@countryroadautopartsusa6466]

1977-1981 Pontiac Trans Am "SHAKER" hood scoop were sealed but opening them made it fully functional.

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

The guys that lived below me in 1989 learned the hard way after cutting a hole in the hood of their 1978 Celica and putting a clothes dryer vent as the hood, rain, snow and whatever someone put in it scoop. Oh yeah, it went straight hydrolocked after a thunderstorm.

[@raytinsman7815]

Great job Steve

[@brucejones7389]

I had an 80 z28 with that hood and that 350 needed all the help it could get!

[@ericoswood1856]

I am the proud owner of a 1985 Camaro IROC-Z complete with black plastic non-functional louvers on the hood. I like them.

[@samholdsworth420]

Man those cars used to be a dime a dozen now I never see them anymore 😂

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

MY 73 Formula Firebird had the 2 big snorkels out front!! I had a 77 with Shaker 6.6L hood and the Stroker 83 Firbird homebuilt with the toggle switch on the electric actuator crossfire injection hood I could close if I wanted

[@andrewh9613]

Man I love the T/A and AAR hoods they really look the part

[@WayneB27]

In winter Carburettor icing was more of a problem than snow ingestion on the always open scoops.

[@Novaman66]

Great video, thanks Steve!

[@gordonborsboom7460]

One of the most iconic hoods was the 1970-2 Oldsmobile Cutlass / 442 W-25 Ram Air hood. I say this based on how many fibreglass Dodge/Ford/GM pickups sport this design on their aftermarket hoods. ICONIC in all caps.

[@davesracingchannel9261]

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[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you Steve Get well soon

[@hemiorange7210]

Great video Steve. I removed the caps and inserts on my V code 70 Challenger R/T hood to help reduce under hood air temps driving in the Las Vegas heat. It seemed to help a little.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Definitely!

[@storm4710]

always loved the dual scoops on Dodge Coronet's

[@russell11fitzgerald]

I’m glad you included the 80 and 81 Camaro Z 28 I had both years what with a turbo 350 the other with a four-speed I had an 81 four-speed hardtop Z 28 add that car was amazing

[@et76039]

My '71 Ranchero also had a hood scoop; it consisted of a grille with a backoff plate that was riveted on. The grille itself was quite easy to remove, but ductwork to feed the air cleaner was not there.

[@michaelmarusic8499]

👍🏻Great information Steve!!! Have a Good New Year!!!

[@zenoslayer9618]

Steve if you run across a 71 340 demon in butterscotch with black vinyl top 4 speed please post it

[@henrybourdon6712]

As car nut that wanted everything to work i cut out all of my non working hoods. Was it not popular to pay for a water injection or shall i say dribble into a carb when bad octane crapped out hot engines? No paper air filters allowed or else you were in trouble.

[@ronerrickson166]

You should go to this kick ass junkyard in Morrisville PA called -Junkyard Barbie’s pic a part a lot of classic’s sitting there ..& hard to find classics ....

[@j.t.cooper2963]

My 72 Nova SS had those ice tray hood scoops.

[@grahamm3559]

Great show Steve! If only there was a shaker there to show!

[@loualiberti4781]

Mopars Rule !!!!

[@70stunes71]

Five of my Mopars had functional hoods. Personally I love them but never drove them in the winter either, or really hard raining

[@robertgembala8532]

Great show

[@396TurboJet]

The twin scoops on the hoods of the 'Cuda and Challenger were called _Raisin Bran Hoods._ Two scoops. Get it?

[@tobiaswillson5900]

back in the day i took off the twin hood scoop trim plugs and used an open element air filter

[@richardhernandez3088]

Great job man keep up the good work. 🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯💯🔥💯🤙🏻

[@chisolm5]

I love this channel! I had an '81 Z/28 and I found appropriate sized rubber pieces and blocked my cowl induction open 100% of the time. Of course it made very little difference as it only had 175 HP :-( but you could definitely hear the hear the intake roar. Loved the car and Hated the motor.

[@zoltanliszkai2162]

My '82 crossfire Z28 that I used to have had air induction flaps that did injest water and when it did that it would turn the check engine light on, and it was a code 44 lean condition

[@midsouth2strokes185]

That 81 Z28 is beautiful 😍

[@davesracingchannel9261]

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[@markb9061]

what about the most famous one? the SHAKER

[@fasttoys99]

I would enjoy watching Steve play a piano. His fingers have a mind of their own. Steve could even be the next stevie wander in hiding.

[@9ALiTY]

They usually aren't functioning but they can usually look Awsome when designed right

[@Dd13200]

Awesome hoods

[@SuperRobbie1976]

i want that NOVA. I LOVE IT

[@tomtheplummer7322]

I had an 82 Z-28. It had hoods scoop air. Had to put aluminum foil over the air cleaner opening and the thumb screws to wash it. Water got in otherwise. Caused hydrolock no start, broke two starters and finally even with the air cleaner covered, enough water got in it and a WFO throttle sucked water in and hydrolocked and threw a rod thru the block. All for a whopping 165 hp😏🤷‍♂️

[@lunaticfringe8066]

Interesting information, thank you! It would seem more muscle cars came with faux scoops than functional ones.

[@mrkemblegilstrap]

I had opened the hood vents on my Challenger and I had a dash mounted on/off switch for a bright light for night time tuning. sometimes I forgot to turn it off and was riding around with illuminated nostrils, lol

[@ripvanrevs]

The guys today would leave them on on purpose and have different colors.

[@mrkemblegilstrap]

@@ripvanrevs right! I guess I was ahead of my time, lol

[@samholdsworth420]

Bro you know you did that on purpose it's okay

[@mrkemblegilstrap]

@@samholdsworth420 🤣👍Excellent, my friend!!

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Those were the coolest! Also the lights down on the ladder bars!

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Haha yeah I remember messing around with a buddy's 67 GTO and we made the scoop functional,good times.

[@garryhatchett775]

Don’t forget the air grabber option on 70-71 road runner that had a vacuum operated scoop you could open with the flip of a switch.

[@thunderbolt5354]

@ Steve Magnante The Formula Firebirds of 73 -75 Had very Cool looking Optional Fresh air Scoops !

[@jacobmoses3712]

In the early 1970s, noise regulations meant that some ram air type cars didn't happen as they were too noisy to meet the requirements. I wouldn't consider a large V8 inhaling lots of air through a hood scoop a noise, more like music :)

[@tonyfisher2014]

Steve, Oldsmobile, Pontiac,an Buick all had functioning Ram Air systems available.on the 1968,1972 A body's

[@5jr.racing982]

I had a 70 Dodge Super Bee with twin hood scoops that functioned....kept that 440 big block full of air...

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yeah, that's a nice big snorkel hood!

[@AtZero138]

Thanks Steve

[@robbovius]

OMG! I live about 5 miles from Hi-Octane classics! I pass by it regularly on my way to the Airgas welding supply retail store! Steve,when were you there?

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Go Buy there now man!!

[@CORVAIRWILD]

2nd view from Columbia SC. 65f. I just drove from Ohio

[@darrininverarity4297]

It would make sense if a aftermarket company( or make it yourself) could invent some sort of plenum/ductwork via air filter/carburetor retro fit,so as to make the cuda nostrils hood become actual ram air (vacuum or electric operation) ,it could give some power and it would be cool to make the four barrels sounds.

[@todddenio3200]

Its NEVER to cold for a junkyard crawl

[@totalyep]

Great video. Would have been cool to do 442 and GS hoods

[@bs23rob48]

68 Hemi A body was my favorite even over my 70 Shaker🐮

[@ericbrandt829]

The 69 ZL-2 Cowl Induction Camaro hood had a flap door with electric solenoid....In fact this same flap door was used on the 70 SSChevelle hood and many don't know this....but, the later 73 and up L-82 Corvette hood for weather protection. I want to know why it seemed the T/A Challenger Hood was seen on 6BBL and HEMI Challengers....Was it actually a legitimate option? Lots of 1971 NHRA Stock & SS Challengers sporting that hood....Also like the 68-69 Road Runner cold air hoods....Very intricate design as were the Shakers and Air Grabbers that came on later B body Mopars....This wasn't long enough...Then there were other manufaturers Even "Nash" had cold air stuff....The most outrageous being the 1969 Hurst SC/Rambler....My buddy had a 69 Cutlass Ram Rod W-31 and used to crack his below the bumper scoops at a fast rate...They were around $37/each in the middle 70's for replacement...You could do a 2 hour show on Muscle Car Era cold air induction systems...Such a great era!

[@Sir.VicsMasher]

Not a hood but one of my favorite air induction's was GM's [Cowl pleneum ducted air cleaner] that was an over the counter option for Camaro's, Chevelle's and full size's from 67-69. If you can find one they're gonna cost more than the whole car was when new.

[@sirswerve2493]

Do side vents and rear wings next.

[@RC-cc4rv]

Get well Steve!!......

[@mountaincat2001]

Love the channel steve.ty

[@bobs152]

My 1969 Z28 had fully function cowl induction with closing flap.

[@phillipmaj8480]

Had a 1971 Ford Torino 500 fastback with a GT hood on it. Took the inserts out was great until it rained out. Water on the distributor cap. Ran like garbage. The fix? Fox body rubber distributor cap cover.

[@McClellan71]

We need a Shaker hood represented👍