I don't fancy all the water, flies etc having unrestricted access to my engine bay now that I've fitted a FMIC and am tempted to block off the scoop. My worry is the build up of air pressure in the scoop which has nowhere to go while on the move - will it be a problem? Some people also mention the change made to the airflow through the radiator and engine bay due to blocking off the scoop (I have refitted my undertray) but if the car didn't have the intercooler where it is then it wouldn't have the scoop anyway. I don't really fancy fitting a Sport bonnet and I definitely will not reverse the scoop... Anybody??

 

Just a thought, what about making some sort of scoop under the scoop to direct all the air onto the turbo??
Probably daft, but hey, so am I!!

 

Have an Oil Cooler under the scoop?

 

Pretty good suggestion Ron, one of the reasons not to remove the scoop anyway!! think of all that heat with nowhere to go..
Rob

 

I blocked all of it off apart from an area where the original undertray has slats to let air over the turbo. I have a 5" wide gap there. Tested at speed it is fine

 

Rather than making something to duct the air on the turbo have a look at the scoop from a old legacy turbo.

Its smaller and has the ducting to put the air just in the right place.

I doubt it would be a direct replacement without a bit of fiddling but you never know your luck.

Rich

 

Testing at Bruntingthorpe proved that charge air temperatures increase significantly if the scoop is either removed or blocked off, leave in place for maximum cooling effect on charge temperatures.

Bob

 

It will probably be best to rotate it at 180 degrees if u dont mind everyone knowing that u have a fmi?
U ll have less drag (check how bonnet lifts under high speed)and get rid of lots of engine bay heat.

Cheers

 

I mucked about with this a bit.
I didn't flip the scoop round, but blocking it off raised the temps, and additionally removing the ducting thingy (the bit with the squishy rubber thing to seal onto the ex-TMIC) seemed to reduce temps a little more. That's in general, rather than around the turbo, though (all oil temps).
There may be an Evo-style bonnet for the scoob around at some point in the future, which could be interesting

 

Thanks all. Looks like a nice hefty piece of mesh is the order of the day It's just as well that I asked this because I have a blank cut out ready to fit...

 

Does anyone know where you can buy the reverse scoops?? As the standard one doesnt fit if you just try and reverse it does it??