Purpose Of A Roof Scoop

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.

Purpose of a roof scoop.

For a normal street car it s just gives it look to make it look more aggressive. You ve probably noticed that if your car windows are open fresh air gets sucked in. Re read what i said its for the passenger area of the car. On a rally race car a small roof scoop creates positive pressure in the cabin pushing dust out of window.

So a car that has the engine in the front the purpose of the roof scoop is merely for looks. In almost every case a large naca duct will provide more than sufficient airflow without increasing drag raising the boundary air thickness or causing turbulent airflow. Getting back to aerodynamics today i explain how hood scoops and bonnet vents work for road and track. Anyone has idea.

Also on mid engined cars the roof scoop is the air intake. Just a quick video on how i installed my roof scoop and vent on my 2004 subaru sti thanks for watching. Any dust floating around the cabin will seriously inpeed the driver s vision and make it much harder for the co d. It cools off an appropriate spot when you start to get hot headed.

The main reason for having a roof scoop on a rally car is to actually pressurise the interior of the car slightly. This is because there s a negative pressure created by the vacuum bubble behind the trunk. For rallying in those cars such as the wrc cars they perform a function but i don t know what. I explain the basics of how the airflow works around.

What are roof scoops for. Deep 6 rally team merch and also random car sticker. This small increase in pressure works wonders to keep out dust and sand from the rally stage. I have no idea what good a roof scoop could do.