I just completed a conversion job to make my hood scoop functional. I am curious if anyone has any suggestions as to getting the air to the air box. I have seen a 4runner with piping from the scoop to the box, but I am thinking of just letting the air come in and cool the entire engine compartment. Any Ideas?

thanks

 

No ideas for you, but was it Joe's rig?
In my sig file below, click the link for Rad Toy's and look for Joe's Y2K.
He did the hose mod on his a few years back.

 

is there any danger to letting the air just come in like that??? Because otherwise that sounds like a good idea.

 

I think someone said that not enough air comes in that way to make a diff, and rain also might be a factor.

The deckplate mod coupled with an Amsoil air filter would be what I'd do if I had a 3rd gen.

Maybe try contacting Joe and see if his thoughts on it.
http://www.geocities.com/sailbop/

His scoop pics are under the pics section.
I have a feeling though his site will shutdown with all the hits it's about to get.
Geocities is famous for that unless you have their premium account and ante up some $$$.

 

My thinking was the air will just circulate and cool the engine compartment, which I understand is where the air drawn from anyway.....

 

The Sunbeam Tiger used an open hood scoop to provide extra cooling to the Ford 289 that was prone to overheating in the small engine bay.

I imagine it would have a similar effect for the 4Runner and as I understand it a cooler engine is more efficient.