2016 Ram hood scoop

BIGMIKE27 · Jul 31, 2017

I want to get the Mopar cold air intake with hood scoop, but I have concerns about the hood scoop during car wash and rain conditions of water coming through the scoop and wetting intake.

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mohemipar · Jul 31, 2017

Which scoop are you talking about? Mopar doesnt have any functional intake hoods.

BIGMIKE27 · Jul 31, 2017

mopar makes an active ram air hood scoop for the sport hood

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huntergreen · Jul 31, 2017

I would be concerned also. Take a look at volant cai, they used to have an adapter for forced air through the grill area. Not sure if they still do or if it is a decent set up.

Tach_tech · Aug 1, 2017

BIGMIKE27 said:
I want to get the Mopar cold air intake with hood scoop, but I have concerns about the hood scoop during car wash and rain conditions of water coming through the scoop and wetting intake.

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Use a filter sock if you're concerned about water.

huntergreen · Aug 1, 2017

Tach_tech said:
Use a filter sock if you're concerned about water.

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the high flow filter?

mohemipar · Aug 1, 2017

BIGMIKE27 said:
mopar makes an active ram air hood scoop for the sport hood

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Wow never saw this before.

stimpy433 · Aug 1, 2017

Unless you sprayed a carwash wand into the hood scoop on purpose you aren't going to get water into it. I had functional scoops on my Challenger and I've never had a problem. People always way over think this and I'm sure MOPAR tested it and thought about the water problem when they designed it.

You also have to buy the MOPAR CAI for it to work. It's a lot of money for a little air intake and not worth it unless you just want to say you have a working hood scoop....

BIGMIKE27 · Aug 2, 2017

the Mopar CAI and hood scoop is very pricey, I started considering the hood scoop option thinking that the active grill shutters should cut off some of that air flow to a K&N cold air intake

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Tach_tech · Aug 2, 2017

huntergreen said:
Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the high flow filter?

No it wouldn't. The filter sock is usually less restrictive to airflow then the air filter. It's just meant to keep out water. I had one for my 2014 and it worked great.

DailyRam · Aug 2, 2017

Haven't there been people that have shown that there is actually a vacuum effect on those hood nostrils based on them being in a low pressure zone?

stimpy433 · Aug 2, 2017

DailyRam said:
Haven't there been people that have shown that there is actually a vacuum effect on those hood nostrils based on them being in a low pressure zone?

I know it's been shown over on the Challenger forum.... not sure about the Ram.

dstryr · Aug 2, 2017

stimpy433 said:
Unless you sprayed a carwash wand into the hood scoop on purpose you aren't going to get water into it. I had functional scoops on my Challenger and I've never had a problem. People always way over think this and I'm sure MOPAR tested it and thought about the water problem when they designed it.

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Back in the day the design group at Chrysler- John Wehrly, **** Maxwell, Tom Hoover among others had to prove to the brass that the huge lift-off hood scoop and air cleaner would not allow the '69 440 6bbl engine to be flooded out in a rain storm, etc... and it was proved with a hose running water into the scoop that the drains would move enough water to not flood the engine, thereby getting one stamp of approval on the design.

dstryr · Aug 2, 2017

DailyRam said:
Haven't there been people that have shown that there is actually a vacuum effect on those hood nostrils based on them being in a low pressure zone?

Same Chrysler guys came to the conclusion that the boundary layer effect coupled with a relatively short intake plenum length caused the GM/Pontiac Ram Air package to be largely ineffective and that's part of the reason why the lift-off hood scoop was so tall. I can tell you that when the center post is cracked out on a lift off hood the top of the scoop balloons up from catching fresh air big time. Yet I sold my 69 6bbl road runner and kept my '69 RAIII Judge...

KCaudill · Aug 2, 2017

I have both MOPAR pieces. the CAI and the scoop. I say i have never had a water problem with rain or car washes. However the CAI made a huge difference in performance. Just seat of the pants feel. When i added the scoop only difference was a sound difference, i could more clearly hear the engine suck in more air. didnt really feel anything performance wise. IF i had to do it again i would only buy the CAI.

tonys ram · Aug 2, 2017

KCaudill said:
I have both MOPAR pieces. the CAI and the scoop. I say i have never had a water problem with rain or car washes. However the CAI made a huge difference in performance. Just seat of the pants feel. When i added the scoop only difference was a sound difference, i could more clearly hear the engine suck in more air. didnt really feel anything performance wise. IF i had to do it again i would only buy the CAI.

I thought CAI was more for sound....but you are saying it made a huge difference. You got me thinking now. I like night and day difference in upgrades. Can you tell me more info? More horsepower, better gas mileage, better for what else?

BEAST19 · Aug 2, 2017

Got this good and took the inside cover off that directs the air to a typical K&n cold air intake ... So now it goes directly to the engine bay where it meets my vararam. Hoping to see some Gains once I get my long tubes installed and have Hemifever read my log and tune it ! What do u guys think??

69GWC · Aug 2, 2017

Awesome man ...

BIGMIKE27 · Aug 2, 2017

[email protected] said:
Got this good and took the inside cover off that directs the air to a typical K&n cold air intake ... So now it goes directly to the engine bay where it meets my vararam. Hoping to see some Gains once I get my long tubes installed and have Hemifever read my log and tune it ! What do u guys think??

that hood is bad ass, where did you get it

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69GWC · Aug 3, 2017

I know they sell them on e bay.

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