Reasons For Scoop On Roof

Due to its location the air enters clean with no dust and it contributes to keeping the temperature down as well as to keep positive pressure inside the cockpit preventing dust from entering by other car openings.

Reasons for scoop on roof.

The main reason for having a roof scoop on a rally car is to actually pressurise the interior of the car slightly. This condition can introduce carbon monoxide a colorless odorless poisonous gas in the building. A roof scoop consists of a small opening at the front of the roof designed to allow some fresh air to enter inside the car. Deep snow on a roof can bury a gas appliance flue causing the exhaust to enter the home.

Recognized by enthusiasts as a snorkel the roof scoop offered by mso is there to intake air going over top the vehicle to cool the engine faster so if you find yourself going to the track the roof scoop is perfect for you. Open hood scoops are enclosed on all but three sides and raised in order to catch additional air flow particularly at higher rates of speed. Also available separately from the roof scoop is the mclaren track telemetry option ready to record your every action. Excess snow on the roof can weaken and potentially collapse a structure particularly an older building with a shallow pitched roof.

The only other reasons for a roof scoop are to cool rear mounted heat exchangers radiators or to provide intake air for a rear or mid mounted engine. This small increase in pressure works wonders to keep out dust and sand from the rally stage.