first of all, i am an american. i am thinking of buying an exige which just came out in america but the roof scoop is nonfunctional. it has what looks like a grill at the entrance of the scoop but when up close you see that there are no holes and air can’t get in. my question is are they nonfunctional in europe too? i think it looks really bad for an exotic car like this to have fake parts that make the car look like it is made for looks, not speed
Mines functional, on the supercharged cars the roof scoop feeds cool air to the intercooler, but I don’t think were sending you any of good cars
On non SC cars the scoop is indeed fake…
Must remember to bollock Lamborghini for putting those fake chrome tailpipes on my exhaust…
Scoop works perfectly fine on the S1 cars…
first of all, i am an american. i am thinking of buying an exige which just came out in america but the roof scoop is nonfunctional. it has what looks like a grill at the entrance of the scoop but when up close you see that there are no holes and air can’t get in. my question is are they nonfunctional in europe too? i think it looks really bad for an exotic car like this to have fake parts that make the car look like it is made for looks, not speed
Some are, some aren’t. It is used though on the SC cars.
Try a search, it was debated when the S2 first came out.
Ian
Rememeber reading that the engine bay remains cooler with the roof scoop blocked off due to the air flow
Rememeber reading that the engine bay remains cooler with the roof scoop blocked off due to the air flow
please explain as i uncovered mine as i felt somewhat cheated to discover it was blocked!
marc.
The S2 engine cover does an excellent job of removing heat from the engine bay. Lotus tested with the scoop open and closed with the scoop open it disturbed the airflow. The engine bay ambient temp went up with the scoop open.
Also Lotus tested a larger air scoop for the 240R but found any improvement in airflow to the intercooler was negated by the extra drag. (there had been talk of the intercooler being effected by heat sink)
I have had an idea which would be to use a slightly lager air scoop and hook it up to the induction system. Try to produce a ram effect super bike style!
The 3 venturi underneath the car on the belly pan will be helping the most with the engine cooling. Cool air drawn in from the bottom, hot air expelled from the top through the chicken wire. Even if the roof scoop were open what would it cool??
Also Lotus tested a larger air scoop for the 240R but found any improvement in airflow to the intercooler was negated by the extra drag. (there had been talk of the intercooler being effected by heat sink)
But it looks like they fitted it to the 220S anyway.
Ian
Even bigger