2 hood vent or not 2 hood vent

[My12SecRanger]

I would like both, I live in the desert and need all the help I can get

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[FM AZ]

Water intrusion could be of concern. My aunt had a Mercury Cougar with a functional hood scoop in the 80‘s. When I drove it through a rain storm, it started to miss and run like crap until it dried out. Granted that was long ago when we had distributors.

Otherwise, I’ll agree with the post that said an inch or so farther aft.

 

[TJC]

Water intrusion could be of concern. My aunt had a Mercury Cougar with a functional hood scoop in the 80‘s. When I drove it through a rain storm, it started to miss and run like crap until it dried out. Granted that was long ago when we had distributors.

Otherwise, I’ll agree with the post that said an inch or so farther aft.

I have driven through two very bad thunderstorms in rural SC at 2am and 3am. On both occasions, when I slowed to a stop at an intersection and then accelerated, the truck stumbled badly, taking a few seconds of hard lag to recover in the middle of the intersection.

I honestly thought the truck was going to stall.

I think it sucked water into the intake track where it pooled in the intercooler. When I throttled up that water was sucked into the engine intake.

Upon researching I found a fellow who lived in North Florida panhandle who sold his F150 3.5l Ecoboost due to this issue. That area gets a lot of rainfall, and he reported it to his dealer after it happened to him on multiple occasions while pulling a large horse trailer. Ford came back to him saying it was a known problem. He replied that he could not live with it as it increased his chances of an accident if he stalled at a busy intersection. He traded it in for a Ford F150 5.0 V8.

The short of it is that the ecoboost engines already don't handle hard rain storms well. I think letting more water in at the top of the engine adds another possible point of failure - the ignition system.

If the vents are for looks and don't require cutting go for it. But think carefully before cutting a hole above the engine, unless you have a way of diverting water away from the top of the engine.

 

[Cmar]

Yes I had a Ford Falcon Hardtop back in the early 1980's it also had a functional bonnet scoop which used to wet the air cleaner during thunderstorms. (Had a cold air intake rigged behind it).

In case you're wondering what an Australian Falcon Hardtop looked like here is a link.
https://www.drive.com.au/reviews/australian-modern-classic-1974-ford-falcon-xb-gt-hardtop/

Mine looked much like this one except mine being the Fairmont version had chrome instead of body coloured bumpers and full soft trim inside, and and auto instead of the 4 speed top loader box, and mine was canary yellow. It must have been someone's special order back in 74 because Fairmont trim GT's were uncommon.

 

[Msfitoy]

noooooo...don't do it...its all show and no go...fake hood scoops are for Tacos...

 

[OFC Ranger]

At one point I had looked into doing this, then realized quickly it was a dumb idea without water management being integrated like it would be from a factory component or possibly a full hood replacement from a company that knows what they are doing.

 

[JohnnyO]

Because of the aforementioned water issues I'd recommend against it and look into making the fender vents functional. I have seen police cars at my bud's body shop having hood vents installed but I can see that because they spend a lot of time idling and running at low speed.
On the other hand, you say you live in the desert so maybe rain isn't a big problem.

 

[Msfitoy]

At one point I had looked into doing this, then realized quickly it was a dumb idea without water management being integrated like it would be from a factory component or possibly a full hood replacement from a company that knows what they are doing.

Now, if it had "stars" that would make a big difference... ?

 

[Ninong]

Here is what I went with. Totally non-functional and strictly for looks, but hey, most of the OEM stuff is that way these days......

 

[My12SecRanger]

rain is not a concern here as we only get 2 inches of rain for the whole year lol

 

[jflogerzi]

honestly pass. cooling is not an issue with our 2.3s. plenty of room in th engine bay. also remembered our hoods are not aluminum so the risk is not reward. will also hurt resell value

 

[got3fords]

If these are just cosmetic, then they don't actually have to be cut out. Just glue them on top.

 

[My12SecRanger]

The vents are about one inch deep definitely have to cut

 

[Msfitoy]

This version doesn't require cutting the hood, super aerodynamic and cheap...and it's removable...

 

[NotBudule2]

Doubtful anyone could do a worse job of keeping water off the top of the engine than Ford already did with the Ranger, I likey !

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