Roof scoop by fredtoast
Started on : 08-16-2023 08:04 AM
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Last post by : fredtoast on 08-21-2023 01:30 AM
Aug 16th, 2023
fredtoast Member Posts: 1452 From: tennessee Registered: Jun 2023
Anyone know of a small roof scoop like this that could be fitted to a Fiero
I don't care for the big "snorkel" type scoops, but I really like this small one.
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08:04 AM
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Spadesluck Member Posts: 2123 From: Georgia Registered: Jul 2016
I don't think I have ever seen one like that, just the snorkel kind. If that is the look you are after you will probably need to make your own.
12:19 PM
Patrick Member Posts: 37245 From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Registered: Apr 99
quote Originally posted by fredtoast: Anyone know of a small roof scoop like this that could be fitted to a Fiero
Just curious... what would be the purpose for it?
04:11 PM
IMSA GT Member Posts: 10404 From: California Registered: Aug 2007
I had to really search for this one. When Fierofiberglass was in business, Jimmy sold a fiberglass panel to replace the sunroof. He also made a panel with a scoop.
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05:23 PM
Patrick Member Posts: 37245 From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Registered: Apr 99
quote Originally posted by IMSA GT: He also made a panel with a scoop.
Hmmm... that panel doesn't seem to follow the curvature of the roof.
05:34 PM
IMSA GT Member Posts: 10404 From: California Registered: Aug 2007
quote Originally posted by Patrick: Hmmm... that panel doesn't seem to follow the curvature of the roof.
None of them did, not even just the blank panel version. I have no idea why they made that so flat instead of curved.
06:47 PM
Patrick Member Posts: 37245 From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Registered: Apr 99
quote Originally posted by IMSA GT: None of them did, not even just the blank panel version.
Couldn't have helped sales any. Once the word got out that they didn't fit properly, who'd want to buy them? That's kind of weird.
07:03 PM
Aug 17th, 2023
fieroguru Member Posts: 12210 From: Champaign, IL Registered: Aug 2003
09:48 PM
fredtoast Member Posts: 1452 From: tennessee Registered: Jun 2023
quote Originally posted by Patrick: Just curious... what would be the purpose for it?
Prevent dome light overheating.
10:50 PM
Patrick Member Posts: 37245 From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Registered: Apr 99
quote Originally posted by fredtoast: Prevent dome light overheating.
I was serious though, what would be the purpose? There are simpler ways to bring air into the cab.
If any of those roof scoops pictured above are actually functional, I'd be interested to know how well rain water is kept
out of the cab.
11:22 PM
Aug 19th, 2023
fredtoast Member Posts: 1452 From: tennessee Registered: Jun 2023
quote Originally posted by Patrick: I was serious though, what would be the purpose? There are simpler ways to bring air into the cab. If any of those roof scoops pictured above are actually functional, I'd be interested to know how well rain water is kept out of the cab.
I found this
https://www.tuningblog.eu/e...t-roof-scoop-228130/ "Surely you have ever wondered why some rally cars have a small air scoop on the roof, a so-called Roof scoop, Among other things, this method is used to ventilate the interior, but that is not the main reason, otherwise any racing car used in circuit racing would have an air scoop on the roof, so that the driver wearing a helmet would be optimally equipped with cooling air and Oxygen is supplied. The real reason why rally vehicles wear a roof scoop is that the air pressure in the interior is slightly increased, which means that much less dust and sand from the rally route into the interior."
08:57 AM
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La fiera Member Posts: 2218 From: Mooresville, NC Registered: Jun 2008
11:02 AM
Spadesluck Member Posts: 2123 From: Georgia Registered: Jul 2016
quote Originally posted by La fiera:
Not going to lie, that actually looks pretty awesome. However, looking out the rear window is probably useless anymore. ha
01:08 PM
La fiera Member Posts: 2218 From: Mooresville, NC Registered: Jun 2008
quote Originally posted by Spadesluck: Not going to lie, that actually looks pretty awesome. However, looking out the rear window is probably useless anymore. ha
Well, I've never able to zee out of the rear view mirror anywayz. I'm going with a rear view camera inztead.
07:01 PM
Aug 20th, 2023
fredtoast Member Posts: 1452 From: tennessee Registered: Jun 2023
quote Originally posted by La fiera:
Please tell me you are going to put a wheel of intake blades in that thing so it looks like the front of a jet engine.
11:15 AM
La fiera Member Posts: 2218 From: Mooresville, NC Registered: Jun 2008
quote Originally posted by fredtoast: Please tell me you are going to put a wheel of intake blades in that thing so it looks like the front of a jet engine.
If you look inside, the air filter looks like a turbine propeller.
10:51 PM
Aug 21st, 2023
fredtoast Member Posts: 1452 From: tennessee Registered: Jun 2023