The little scoops....

[rj35pj]

The little air scoops located just in front of the windshield what are they for and has anyone made them operational????
Thanks,
Bob

[Fluge]

Airflow into the cockpit. Yes some have made them operational with a vent flap for open/close positions. You may want to search this topic at the "other" site. Russ Thompson did it but his footbox is a little different than more recent coupes.

The trick is to deal with water coming into to scoop if it's raining. I may just leave mine blank just for show...not there yet.

[Tpa65cpe]

Yes they can be functional!! They are used for cold air intake for the foot-boxes. Check out Russ Thompson he is one of the vendors here and has a kit for this upgrade and some really cool other stuff!! HTH tpa65cpe

[rj35pj]

Yes they can be functional!! They are used for cold air intake for the foot-boxes. Check out Russ Thompson he is one of the vendors here and has a kit for this upgrade and some really cool other stuff!! HTH tpa65cpe
I have talked with Russ, he is in the process of designing a new foot box vent for the Gen 2 coupes. The newer coupes have modified footbox aluminum that require some changes from his original vent. I would like to be able to open and close the little ones. I'm not far enough in my build to worry about it just yet.

[Russ Thompson]

I did make the driver side small cowel vent functional. I have a blastgate so I can open and close it. It vents down to a can with a flap so I can direct the flow and it also has a drain hose incase I get caught in the rain. :-)

[Fluge]

Hi Russ

Some how I can't picture a can anywhere in your car...unless you went grocery shopping in the coupe.
Does it drain under the car as the water accumulates?

[rj35pj]

I did make the driver side small cowel vent functional. I have a blastgate so I can open and close it. It vents down to a can with a flap so I can direct the flow and it also has a drain hose incase I get caught in the rain. :-)
Russ,
Your setup sounds interesting. Did you use the same rivets that hold the scoop on to hold the can? And I know this sounds dumb but are you talking about something like a soup can? I don't want anyone asking if it was chicken noodle or cream of mushroom either. :o

[Hankl]

Some pictures from Russ Thompson's build.

http://www.winkflash.com/photo/imagew2.aspx?p=1&c=3946559&i=143320033&z=0

http://www.winkflash.com/photo/imagew2.aspx?p=1&c=3946559&i=143320039&z=0

http://www.winkflash.com/photo/imagew2.aspx?p=1&c=3946559&i=143320050&z=0

http://www.winkflash.com/photo/imagew2.aspx?p=1&c=3946559&i=143320483&z=0


Hank :cool:

[rj35pj]

Hank,
Great pictures! Where is the drain located and are the parts shown available or home made? Also was the gate, cable operated?

[Russ Thompson]

The blast gate and the air duct tubing are store bought. The flap and can were made from scratch and a tin box I had laying around. :-) I open and close the blast gate with a lever setup I made, I use a small clear hose attached to a threaded nipple off the can, runs down the frame to a hole drilled in the floor