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Turbo hood scoop water block

Hi,
On the turbo Coupe model hoods, what does ford have in place to stop the water from rain or whatever from entering through the scoop holes. A picture would be great, so I could duplicate it onto my hood.
1985 Muscle Car V8 Thunderbird
tbirdregistry.com - #56919
Lorain, OH. Assembly #151041
811 TBirds followed Mine
1988 Thunderbird V6
tbirdregistry.com - #80084
Lorain, OH. Assembly #111106

Turbo hood scoop water block

Reply #1 –
They don't have anything to block water. When I used the TC hood on my V-8 car, I used to fab my own baffles that blocked the scoops. Bolt in style so no mods had to be done, but the ducting was removed from the bottom of the hood in order to work on a V-8 car.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Turbo hood scoop water block

Reply #2 –
There's a large plastic duct and boot that directed airflow(and water if raining) into the intercooler...

Turbo hood scoop water block

Reply #3 –
As mentioned, the scoops go to the intercooler, not the intake so blocking the water is not necessary.

1986 Mercury Cougar - 2.3T/T5 swap, TC brakes and suspension and rearend, 3" exhaust, 255 lph fuel pump, Stinger BOV, Gillis MBC @ 18 psi
2003 Chevy Suburban Z71 - Daily driver
2015 Chevy Volt - Wife's daily driver

Turbo hood scoop water block

Reply #4 –
Wow, Kind of think that allowing water to go to the intercooler wouldn't be so great since water could cause so many issues with rust and deterioration, Etc. But, in the picture above I can see the duct work is quite large and I imagine has drainage of some sort to remove moisture.
I installed a pair, but I moved them towards the center of the car more, instead of being closer to the front. I guess I will fab something to block them off in the winter time and open them up in the spring and summer for ventilation. Thanks Guys.
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1985 Muscle Car V8 Thunderbird
tbirdregistry.com - #56919
Lorain, OH. Assembly #151041
811 TBirds followed Mine
1988 Thunderbird V6
tbirdregistry.com - #80084
Lorain, OH. Assembly #111106

Turbo hood scoop water block

Reply #5 –
Interesting change

Go Fast the first time.  The tickets the same.
86 Thunderbird 5.0.  All original good weather driver. Tbird Reg #53035
86 Thunderbird TC.  All original good weather driver.  Tbird Reg # 58555
87 Thunderbird TC.  All original good weather daily driver.  Tbird Reg # 64647

Turbo hood scoop water block

Reply #6 –
Never blocked mine.  Always made sure to have the distributor boot Installed.  It's never been an issue....
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

Turbo hood scoop water block

Reply #7 –
It's not like the engine bay is waterproof.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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