Functional Hood Scoop?

Yeah there’s a thread about if there’s a function for the hood scoop on the sports and pros. Doesn’t take the smartest people to know that it's not functional. But I have a better question. Has anyone made the hood scoop functional? That’s something I would love to hear about. Or even getting a completely different functional hood scoop. Im curious. Also I ordered the TRD Pro shift knob for my manual. Yeah kind of waste of $90 but YOLO

 

There are guys putting light bars in there that are pretty sweet

 

You'd have your answer if you actually read that thread.

 

Check out spartanxcustoms on Instagram, I’m saving up to buy one of his scoop light bar kits

 

Okay, I meant performance wise. Not lights

 

It depends what you call functional. I mentioned my 'functional mod' in the thread. Here's a couple pics:





Since, I used some touch up to paint that orange clip in the middle black, though it was hardly noticeable.


At any rate, after automatic car washes, wet snow, or even decently heavy rain, I was getting a trail of soap along the hood or large splashes on the windshield right in my line of sight. So, I removed the skewp and trimmed the back of the lower unpainted section. Now, none of that stuff happens. Minor change for a bit of satisfaction.

It was noted in the other thread, with no reference, that Toyota studied a functional skewp and it degraded engine cooling. Up here in the PNW, we don't have to worry about that.

 

[QUOTE="It was noted in the other thread, with no reference, that Toyota studied a functional skewp and it degraded engine cooling.[/QUOTE]
Isn't the intention of the scoop to provide better combustion-air flow. Air for engine breathing, not cooling. Think of it as a flat snorkel. Horrible for off-road / water crossing use, but great for high-performance street / paved track racing.

I agree that an opening in the hood would be derogatory to proper Cooling Air flow. The baffles, cowl flaps, diverters, etc. are all specifically designed to direct the air where it's needed most. Shouldn't want to alter that design.

 

A hood scoop makes your penis bigger.

 

The negative affects of a slight loss in cooling way up here is of no consequence as I noted. The benefit for me outweighs the possible negative. For any mod whether to something you own or something covered by a certification, it is up the the installer to consider all impacts.

Beyond that, we don't know what was studied. If it was the current skewp, the 2nd Gen, or a completely different design.

The OP wanted to know about non-light skewp mods, I believe that you will agree that I delivered just the facts.

 

Agreed, this isn't the 60 and 70's any longer. Cars are designed to run at a higher operating temperature and are engineered with proper air flow in the engine bay for cooling.

You are going to create turbulence in the engine bay by opening the scoop to make it functional...I can't see any benefit of doing that.

 

I agree you delivered the facts. I only wanted to comment on the "Toyota findings" and then expounded the purpose of the hood scoop. Didn't intend to take anything away from your post.

 

Do you happen to have any reference about this from the Toyota side?

 

its pointless as all fuck cause there's a dead zone pretty much right where the scoop is so air just goes over it not through it, Tacoma aerodynamics my guy

 

Sorry from another aero, but that doesn't explain what I was experiencing?

 

Your whole front end design is to allow all that cold air flow over the engine, it’s already a high performance front end (functional). The faster you drive in VA, the more volume of cool VA air flow feeds the engine intake. By opening the scoop you’re allowing all that cold air out of your engine compartment and you can starve that TRD CAI you are looking at.

 

regarding that picture, unless you were washing your truck in your garage, wouldn't the water droplets been blown clean off right near the scoop? if there wasn't a dead zone and airflow moved smoothly over the hood instead of up and over?

 

Theres a video floating around from a few years ago, when the third gen was being released, where one of Toyotas lead engineers specifically says they can maintain lower engine bay temps without the hood scoop. A functional scoop actually messes up the airflow through the engine bay.

 

Pressurizing the engine compartment behind the radiator with a forward facing scoop makes ZERO sense, which is why cars with functional scoops either have the scoop facing backwards, or the scoop is gasketed/isolated from the greater engine bay and fed right into an inlet body or intercooler assembly.

An open scoop on a Tacoma sport is just a way to get more dirt, dust, leaves, water, and other garbage into your engine bay, while reducing cooling efficiency and making your truck noisier.

No more or less panties will drop as a result, so I vote no......but I don’t really have a dog in this fight anyways.....do what you will.

 

Basically exactly what the Toyota Engineer I mentioned in my comment was saying.

 

Here are Is the only functional hood with a scoop I know.
https://www.rksport.com/product-p/53012060.htm
https://www.rksport.com/2016-Tacoma-Hood-p/53012000.htm
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