Cowl - what does it do?
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Cowl - what does it do?
One of KITT's more distinctive stock features is the raised cowl on the driver's side of the hood. What is its real-world function? It's present on '82 Firebirds, but not on all third-generation F bodies, so what does it do?
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Hey I asked the same question in another thread...
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i think something to do with air flow going into the engine or to
let the hot air out.. i could be wrong.
in australia we have the famous gt falcon and they have a shaker hood scoop which meens that when the engine turns on the shaker shakes..
any way they have the holes pointing towards the front of the car..
to let cold air in but for the cowl ones i think its to let the hot air out.
i could be wrong though
let the hot air out.. i could be wrong.
in australia we have the famous gt falcon and they have a shaker hood scoop which meens that when the engine turns on the shaker shakes..
any way they have the holes pointing towards the front of the car..
to let cold air in but for the cowl ones i think its to let the hot air out.
i could be wrong though
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The tear drop scoop (KITT style) opens under excelleration and draws air into the injection system/carb. Air circulates in front of your windshield and that air is drawn in to provide the needed oxygen for your engine under higher RPM's. Front vented scoops are considered forced air (or Ram Air on some models)
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In this case, The hood on KITT is called Air Inductionknightdriver wrote:The tear drop scoop (KITT style) opens under excelleration and draws air into the injection system/carb. Air circulates in front of your windshield and that air is drawn in to provide the needed oxygen for your engine under higher RPM's. Front vented scoops are considered forced air (or Ram Air on some models)
They had the same idea on the 80-81 Camaro Z28
On my KITT car, I have the Air Induction hood working
off of a switch in my upper console. So I can open and
close it when ever I want to..
The neat thing is, when I open my air induction my pursuit
light comes on...
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Not sure if anyone knew this or not but this Hood was used on the second generation Trans Am's as well. It was used on the last of the second gen's and was carried over to the third generation KITT style cars because of the popular and good reactions of the earlier model. Just a neat little fact. The second Generation Trans Am's I have seen them on where always silver with a different accent color on the bottom. Blue or dark gold are two. and the eagles on the hood matched the accent colors. Yes, they used the big Firebird emblems on these hoods too. LOL...
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