keithcampbell

so im in nor cal and its raining good here and wanted to know how much water geting in my hood and intake and if water does get in there is there ways to stop it or run another intake in the winter and this in the summer

ahritchie

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Lol....don't worry about it. GM designed the cars to be driven in the rain...never had any issue driving through torrential rain in my Firehawk which has the least restrictive ram-air setup.

BadBirdie

i've wondered about this too when considering doing a lid conversion for my lt1 trans am. (has a aftermarket ws6 hood with cutouts)

94LT1TA6spd

I wonder in there is a difference between ram-air and cowl hoods in the rain??

Never really thought about this before...

keithcampbell

yeah i forgot the last time to ask but then again im sure they thought about it when they made it... i just try not to get that close to anyone when its raining makes it seam okay in my mind haha thanks tho guys

ks my ss

There are baffles in the stock ss hoods. They direct water around the air filter to channels in the hood and it dumps it near the front of the hood. There are a few small holes near the hood latch area.

I cut all the baffles out of mine and got caught in the rain. Never had a problem.

ahritchie

iTrader: (1)

Lol, I can answer that too because my lt1 car has one....also no issues whatsoever...the top of the cowl hangs covers engine bay enough there's never water under the hood

SS RRR

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If that hood is not your original you may want to take a look in the scoop to make sure the baffles are there. Some crazies thought they were impeding flow so they cut them out, only to post later what a mistake it was.
According to the Car and Driver article when the 1996 SS made it's debut, SLP allegedly drove the car through deep water at certain speeds to ensure water would not get through the scoop into the intake. I've driven mine through torrential downpours when it was stock and it never missed a beat. Most of that can be credited to the fact that the intake in the scoop is located in an extremely dead spot on the hood when it comes to air flow.

keithcampbell

is it worth cutting the hood or dose it really matter

SS RRR

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No. It's not.

93M6Formula

I've never had a problem with my Ram-Air hood so far and it's been in some heavy rain. Which is kinda weird cuz I have to change my air filter every year just because it's always filthy just from highway driving and full of bugs! haha

keithcampbell

yeah thats how mine was so i got a k&n just so its easier but we will see how that works lol