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Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: jamie_eaton on January 19, 2005, 05:38:24 PM

Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: jamie_eaton on January 19, 2005, 05:38:24 PM
Right guys a few people have said to me why dont i get a roof scoop, i said no way at first but after thinking about it for some time the idea is playing on me!.
Has any one done this?? does any one have any pics of an rx7 with a roof scoop, should i avoid trying to do this any help guys? cheers!!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: Dan Norton on January 19, 2005, 05:45:47 PM
Avoid like the plague jamie!!!!!!!!!!!!

:(



Dan!!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: jamie_eaton on January 22, 2005, 12:17:36 AM
lol!!!! ha ha ha that much hey!! any more views on this??
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: J4P RX on January 22, 2005, 12:44:30 AM
I think it will be a bit crap too :rollin

Especially if it doesnt actually let air into the car or do anything and is just a stuck on scoop
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: Dan Norton on January 22, 2005, 05:42:26 AM
Totally agreed!

The rx7 has one of the best roof lines on any car ever made, dont ruin it dude :)


Dan!!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: Jin Kazama on January 22, 2005, 12:48:03 PM
I think this is in the realms of l.e.d windscreen washer nozzles, stick on bonnet vents or something really class I\'ve seen recently is the shark fin with l.e.d (below), just stick it on your roof and away you go..amazing!!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: John Yorke on January 22, 2005, 02:01:50 PM
Why have an air scoop [on the roof] when you have full air con :( I could understand if you were making an out and out track /rally car and losing the air con ect.
Besides one of the nicest lines on the rex is the roof with its gentle dip and you are proposing putting a scoop on .......... you should be banned from ownership:reallymad  [grin]
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: Steve Burnett on January 22, 2005, 02:37:04 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by John Yorke
Why have an air scoop [on the roof] when you have full air con :( I could understand if you were making an out and out track /rally car and losing the air con ect.
Besides one of the nicest lines on the rex is the roof with its gentle dip and you are proposing putting a scoop on .......... you should be banned from ownership:reallymad  [grin]

So your not sure if you like them then! :p
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: mikeeech on January 22, 2005, 03:17:19 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by John Yorke
Why have an air scoop [on the roof] when you have full air con :( I could understand if you were making an out and out track /rally car and losing the air con ect.
Besides one of the nicest lines on the rex is the roof with its gentle dip and you are proposing putting a scoop on .......... you should be banned from ownership:reallymad  [grin]

I couldn\'t agree more. Don\'t spoile the roof for somehting that has no purpose.
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: mikeeech on January 22, 2005, 03:19:25 PM
All the right letters are there... Just a little mixed up...

To quote the great Eddie Izzard "There would be a moral in this but since I\'m dyslexic it is in fact a marble!!"
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: jamie_eaton on January 22, 2005, 04:03:08 PM
hmmm so you guys dont think so then?? lol yeah ya having a chat with a few more mates of mine about it they say the same!!! you comments have deterred me away from the idea!!!!!!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: Dan Norton on January 22, 2005, 05:05:55 PM
Good lad jamie :D

The only roof scoop i have on an rx7, is on need for speed, and would you believe....it adds style points:rollin :rollin :rollin


Dan!!
Title: Dare i say it...
Post by: mazda bait on January 22, 2005, 05:51:40 PM
Had a quick browse on the internet and it has been done, and worst of all i think it looks not too bad......
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: Dan Norton on January 22, 2005, 06:22:26 PM
That car needs shooting......:flamed

Dan!!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: jamie_eaton on January 23, 2005, 01:54:50 AM
oh tits on toast!!!!!  i have to admitt i quite like the look of that but i have just got in and rather drunk so i would maybe say no when i see it in the morning!!!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: jamie_eaton on January 23, 2005, 12:09:14 PM
my mate just sent me this picture he added one to my car, but nah i,ve gone of the idea now!
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: mikeeech on January 23, 2005, 07:47:29 PM
Love the bonnet. Does anyone know who makes it?
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: Tintin on February 04, 2005, 08:05:05 PM
I sorry guys but I\'ve been thinking about this since I got my 7 and I liked the one in the pic , would have to be really smoothed in though and functional , only thing thats putting me off at the mo is having to cut up the head linning to fit the vents and the fact that the drip tray may overflow

this is way down on my to do list so I will probably never get round to it anyway
Title: Rx7 with roof scoop????
Post by: brooksie on February 05, 2005, 12:32:27 AM
The Veilside drag cars all use roof scoops .... but they are there to push cold air onto the relocated rad which is in the boot .. basically with all their rwd cars they move anything heavy to the boot area to aid with traction ... although they don\'t run an FD drag car their Supra drag car has this along with Drag R1 ..

I\'ve often thought about how effective it would be .. roof scoop on the FD with the Rad in the boot