1964 ram air hood

[A/FX]

My Cyclone never had a rubber seal stapled to the core support. Although I have seen them on other cars. It may have been a difference between assembly plants. ????
I fabricated a panel to fill the area between the grill and core support, having the panel in place might be one reason my Comet cools so well. Forcing the air into a hi flow radiator, having a shroud, a good mechanical fan, and a performance thermostat, all work together to make it run cool.
Jim

[barbee6043]

Rubber seal at front of hod,to help airflow thru radiator, seal at back of hood to help keep water out from getting on firewall? I can see the ram air hood catching a lot of air at front of hood. The hemi hood scoop hey say really has to be tall to catch air flow there.

[SASSY]

My Cyclone never had a rubber seal stapled to the core support. Although I have seen them on other cars. It may have been a difference between assembly plants. ????
I fabricated a panel to fill the area between the grill and core support, having the panel in place might be one reason my Comet cools so well. Forcing the air into a hi flow radiator, having a shroud, a good mechanical fan, and a performance thermostat, all work together to make it run cool.
Jim

The fill panel is very tidy with the beading. Great idea on the prop rod!

[Joe Travers]

My Cyclone never had a rubber seal stapled to the core support. Although I have seen them on other cars. It may have been a difference between assembly plants. ????

That's a good question. No evidence of a seal ever installed on my radiator support as well. Have also seen both.
Ford parts vendors stock them under factory part # C4DZ-16A238-A.

Joe

[Lou's Comet]

The fill panel is very tidy with the beading. Great idea on the prop rod!

I agree looks real nice! Plus no hood latch cleans it up even more.

Love looking at pictures of Jim's car.

Lou

[A/FX]

I appreciate the compliments! I spent many sleepless nights thinking about the details during the build, it’s rewarding when someone notices and pays a compliment.
Jim

[poboyjo65]

Interesting article ;
https://www.onallcylinders.com/2015/08/ ... echnology/

[SASSY]

Guess part of the reason I was never a real competitive racer,,,, dozed off reading that,,,, no pictures! Lol

[Joe Travers]

Interesting article ;
https://www.onallcylinders.com/2015/08/ ... echnology/

This part of the article is what I was referring to, in regards to 'ramming' air, John-

“The amount of pressurization produced by a hood scoop varies as a function of the square of the speed of the vehicle. The formula for calculating pressure is:

0.0000176 x air speed in mph² = ram pressure increase in pounds per square inch (psi).

“If you plug in the numbers, you’ll find an increase in inlet air pressure of .142 psi at 90 miles-per-hour. Standard atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi, so this represents an increase of just under 1 percent. If the air/fuel ratio is adjusted to compensate for the increased pressure, there should be a corresponding 1-percent increase in horsepower. For a 1,200-horsepower Pro Stock engine, that’s a gain of 12 horsepower. Hood scoop pressurization increases dramatically at faster speeds: It’s 2 percent at approximately 130 miles-per-hour, and 3 percent at 158 miles-per-hour. At the magical 200 mile-per-hour mark, the theoretical pressure increase is .704 psi, or 4.8 percent. That equals 56 “free” horsepower."

Joe- retired geek

[Boss/Cyclone]

My Cyclone never had a rubber seal stapled to the core support. Although I have seen them on other cars. It may have been a difference between assembly plants. ????

I have a 67 mustang built in San Jose that has the rubber seal and my dad has a 67 mustang built in Dearborn that does not have it. Could possibly be a assembly plant thing. Like Metchen plant early mustangs usually have the buck tags in tact while other plants rarely have them.