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Post by gdouaire on Aug 6, 2015 15:52:40 GMT -6
In your opinion, how about this modification? Driver side would be a functional cold air intake.
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Post by RCA1186 on Aug 7, 2015 6:03:41 GMT -6
My vote goes to no, unless they were actually recessed in the hood.
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Post by Marc on Aug 7, 2015 6:55:09 GMT -6
If you could find hood scoops similar to the hood scoops on the 1970-72 W-25 & W-30, that would be much better.
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Post by gdouaire on Aug 7, 2015 7:28:15 GMT -6
They would be recessed.
Looking into the scoops as an alternative...
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Post by tigger on Aug 7, 2015 18:24:50 GMT -6
Well, I don't think it suits the Aurora. I do like that you're planing on making at least one of them functional though.
Ultimately, your car, your choice. Do what you like!
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Post by kbpickle on Aug 7, 2015 20:14:35 GMT -6
I like Marc's idea, because it is echoing Oldsmobile's heritage. I think the forward dual hood scoops appeared on the 442 and the W-cars in 1970, 1971, and 1972. Not sure about later models.
More along the lines of your first picture, I think some form of the hood vents further back on the hood appeared on some Cutlasses, 442s, and W-cars beginning in 1967 and lasting on one Cutalss-based model or another up through 1974. The vents are much less aggressive looking, but still could be an interesting mod for the Aurora, imo.
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Post by Oldsnut on Aug 8, 2015 11:03:46 GMT -6
I personally think that the lines on the W-30 hoods are to sharp for the Rora. The 2004-05 GTO hood scoops are better suited for the 2nd gens and could easily be morphed in to the stock hood.
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Post by plato442 on Aug 14, 2015 0:00:22 GMT -6
My 71 cutlass had hood louvers, but I always wanted a w-25 hood for sure! I think Oldsnut is right, those lines from a new GTO would look good. There used to be a picture of an intrigue made to look like a Hurst Olds with the white and gold. That hood looked sick
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Post by RCA1186 on Aug 14, 2015 6:10:19 GMT -6
There used to be a picture of an intrigue made to look like a Hurst Olds with the white and gold. That hood looked sick This one?
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Post by Oldsnut on Aug 14, 2015 23:10:37 GMT -6
You can buy it now for 39K and it is right in your backyard Rob. Midwest Auto Exchange has it for sale in Alsip.
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Post by plato442 on Aug 26, 2015 21:30:41 GMT -6
Hahaha yeah that's the one!!! Different pic, but yeah that's it! That thing looks sweet
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Post by tigger on Aug 26, 2015 22:53:45 GMT -6
Ad says it can't be titled.. I would beg to differ.
I'd never drop 40k on it though, lol!
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Post by ejohnson03 on Aug 27, 2015 9:45:42 GMT -6
I have always been curious as to how water is kept from pouring in through the opening?
Seems like water is going to go places that it shouldn't.
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Post by Marc on Aug 27, 2015 10:21:40 GMT -6
I have always been curious as to how water is kept from pouring in through the opening? It wasn't. Before I had my Aurora, I had a 1972 442 W-25 455 with the hood scoops. I didn't like the fact the moisture was getting into the scoops, so after I owned that car for about 5 years, I changed the hood scoop for the bumper scoops that Olds used on the 442 in 1968 & '69. Result: no more water getting in. Pic...................
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Post by RCA1186 on Aug 27, 2015 11:42:03 GMT -6
You can buy it now for 39K and it is right in your backyard Rob. Midwest Auto Exchange has it for sale in Alsip. Dang! It literally is probably less than a mile from my house! Crazy. www.midwestcarexchange.com/viewInventory.cfm?invID=679That thing is nuts, has the 4.6 Northstar and everything. I almost would want it....not at that price though haha.
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Post by msaurora on May 21, 2019 10:47:51 GMT -6
The older my car gets with the aluminum engine the harder it is to keep that engine cool I think this will be great but what about rain and winter months?
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Post by Marc on May 21, 2019 15:16:32 GMT -6
The older my car gets with the aluminum engine the harder it is to keep that engine cool All you have to do is have the cooling system backflushed once a year, and cooling will be no problem. Be sure to add fresh antifreeze and a new thermostat when that job is done.
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Post by gdouaire on May 21, 2019 18:53:47 GMT -6
The older my car gets with the aluminum engine the harder it is to keep that engine cool I think this will be great but what about rain and winter months? There are ways to do that. I ran my S80 Volvo with custom hood vents for a couple of years under all weather conditions, as long as there's some form of deflector under thee hood; you can get the benefit of improved heat dissipation and intake growl while making sure no water gets in your air intake...
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Post by gdouaire on May 21, 2019 18:57:15 GMT -6
This is what it looked like on my Volvo. A bit grungy, but a simple aluminium shield worked well, both for water projections (from the top, attached to the mushroom air filter) and heat protection (as a vertical "barrier")
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Post by quixote on May 22, 2019 15:02:07 GMT -6
Personally, on clear days, I was removing the rear hood seal (3-4 feet long), & putting it in the trunk. It's just my goofy idea, certainly unwise in the rain, with all the electricals on the engine side of the firewall. I keep toying with the idea of a hood modification, raising the rear end of the hood (maybe just in the middle), for better airflow. Without actually figuring out a solution for rain, I keep seeing references/stories of how what I have in mind, shouldn't work. Aerodynamically, the windshield area is supposed to be a high pressure point, at speed. So, the idea would have been that since the radiator is a high pressure point --I'd want extra venting at a low pressure point, to improve flow-through. From there, the ideas of low-pressure spots to put a vent become so odd, removing the hood seal starts to seem normal. The best variation seems like a functional "Buick-style" vent (although those are fake exhaust ports). I'm suspicious it wouldn't work, and/or it would take too much out of the unibody. (It might also be crazy hard to do.) The hoodscoop idea is a totally different approach, of course. You are looking to spread more front-end pressure over the radiator, by increasing the intake area. ---or the volvo in the picture looks to just be a cold air intake, for the engine itself. You can also relocate the front license plate, but that's another thing I can't quite see how to do, without it spoiling the look and lines of the car. (I'd really want to get a tiny motorcycle-size license plate. I have no idea if that would be legal.) It's odd to me that, in the 1990s, they thought the future of cars was to eliminate the front grills & take air in from under the bumper. I guess it was supposed to be more aerodynamic. What they seem to have gotten rid of is the chrome on the grills (which is a pollution/electroplating thing) ----and grills are smaller but still there, with people looking for more cooling.
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Post by Paulaurora on May 24, 2019 8:52:30 GMT -6
Nice volvo
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