Purpose Of A Roof Scoop

You ve probably noticed that if your car windows are open fresh air gets sucked in.

Purpose of a roof scoop.

To flush out the. I explain the basics of how the airflow works around. This small increase in pressure works wonders to keep out dust and sand from the rally stage. Re read what i said its for the passenger area of the car.

For a normal street car it s just gives it look to make it look more aggressive. The main reason for having a roof scoop on a rally car is to actually pressurise the interior of the car slightly. If the car was a rear engined air cooled engine car like an old vw bug it could be used to force cooling air over the motor. Any dust floating around the cabin will seriously inpeed the driver s vision and make it much harder for the co d.

Also on mid engined cars the roof scoop is the air intake. So a car that has the engine in the front the purpose of the roof scoop is merely for looks. Just a quick video on how i installed my roof scoop and vent on my 2004 subaru sti thanks for watching. The only other reasons for a roof scoop are to cool rear mounted heat exchangers radiators or to provide intake air for a rear or mid mounted engine.

It cools off an appropriate spot when you start to get hot headed. Getting back to aerodynamics today i explain how hood scoops and bonnet vents work for road and track. Anyone has idea. Deep 6 rally team merch and also random car sticker.

Hood scoops are for cooling the engine or engine components. This is because there s a negative pressure created by the vacuum bubble behind the trunk. I have no idea what good a roof scoop could do. On a rally race car a small roof scoop creates positive pressure in the cabin pushing dust out of window.