I wanted to get a good amount of fresh air to the open cone filter. Many of the aftermarket scoops I didn`t like, were cheap looking, and over priced.

Then I remembered that scoop on a 80's Yugo, always thought that thing might come in handy one day, hehehe.

They run $7 to $14, fits the area, looks & works great!

Scoop Shot 1

Scoop Shot 2

The cone filter is directly under the openings (21 holes / 3 down 7 across) and you can REALLY hear it suck going down the road or even when your just standing outside the vehicle while at idle.

That scoop has studs in the rear, but only sliding clips in the front where it slid into the Yugo hood first, then you bolted down the studs in the rear from the factory.

I didn`t like that too much (hoaky) so I shaved off the little tabs and drilled holes through the same area of the scoop. Then cut into the sides carefully so the stainless steel bolts would fit flush for a tapered factory finish.

The only other tricky part was going through the double layered sections of the hood, some being on an angle. That second layer I drilled out a larger hole to get a socket on the nut to tighten it down on the flush part of the hood. Finished off the holes with a file to smooth the edges.

It is much more secure being bolted down on all 4 corners instead of just the 2 rear studs.

Anyways, figured it was worth sharing it with you all. Thought somebody else might like the idea as well.

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ya man, that does look pretty sweet, but that side view will take some getting used too.... Nice work!

Here's what i did to get more air to the filter




It's got a perfect direct shot from the side air flow opening in the bumper

 

Thanks!

It turned out pretty well.

That opening is only about 1/4 of an inch away from the filter, so no long tunnel or passage for the air to travel thru.

And I like the look of the scoop, seperates my hood from the others.

V12~SC

 

Nice job... The other day I was walking around with my friend at a junk yard and we see a yugo. I also get the idea that I should get the hood scoop for my 323. So I asked the guy and he said since the hood is good and if someone came in and wanted to buy it(yea right) they'd have to find a scoop somewhere else. So he said $20 for it, and if the hood was damaged $15, I was like yea right for a little piece of plastic like that. I was thinking something around $5 tops for that.

Im going to have to go to somemore yards and look around.

Hey V12~SC(seven at my forum) how did you get paint to match the blue so well, because I too have the same color 323.

 

Practice

Seriously.......

Paint that is exposed to the elements for over a decade tend to change slightly depending on how well it's was taken care of.

So a color match will never be perfect, but you can get it very close. Depending on lighting conditions and angles, sometimes it will match better than others.

They do not make that blue in the Car Color selection, every other BUT that color....... figures. So I picked out a color that matched my 13 year old paint as close as possible. Was some mid to late 80's GM color.

The practice comes in where you have spray-bombed (spray-can) items for a long time.

Just good preperation, good application, and about 5-7 coats of clear.