| The power in the engine of a vehicle is generated by | | | | of the hood scoop is that the air which gets in is cool |
| the combustion of the mix of air and fuel. A continuous | | | | air. Cold air is beneficial for full combustion as the air |
| supply of air is necessary for the engine to function. | | | | inside the engine compartment gets heated which is |
| Instead of pumping air into the engine advantage is | | | | not conducive to full utilization of the fuel. If the car |
| taken of the fact that the vehicle itself moves at some | | | | moves at great speed and the scoop is properly |
| speed. Scoop is a sort of funnel or vent in the bonnet | | | | shaped the air would rush in with high pressure which |
| of a car, with its opening in the direction in which the | | | | would further help combustion. These are therefore |
| vehicle is moving. As the car moves forward the air | | | | very useful in racing cars. High pressure cool air means |
| rushes in the vent in the opposite direction. The air is | | | | that more of air is compressed in a given space and |
| carried to the engine through a tube or as an additional | | | | hence combustion of fuel is better. |
| feature an air intake is installed for this purpose. | | | | Hood scoops are a simple vent which help improve |
| Sometimes advantage is taken of a high pressure | | | | engine efficiency. They cost very little as no moving |
| area created near the windshield and the opening of | | | | parts or high engineering is involved in making it. |
| the scoop faces the windshield that is in a direction | | | | Sometimes instead of making the scoop a part of the |
| opposite to that of a normal scoop. | | | | hood, it is a part of the air cleaner in the engine and it |
| The car owners have the scoop installed in the bonnet | | | | juts out through a hole in the hood. Whether it is an |
| to get the benefit of better utilization of fuel. It also | | | | ordinary car or a racing car a simple hood scoop is |
| serves as a cool looking feature. Another advantage | | | | helps improve car performance. |