[05-BLACK-ZX5]

2001 ZTS,Dec 30 2005, 08:43 PM Wrote:The reverse hood scoop will be nothing but trouble unless the intention is to create a "show car" and not one that actually works. They are OK if you run just a dozen days a year and have a unlimited team of scientists/mechanics/climatologists on your payroll but in real life you have opened up a lot of problems.

For one thing have a spare alterntor in hand, it takes not much more than a few rain drops to F up.
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Well, good thing my boyfriend is a mechanic then.

The car is not going to be winter driven, and the alternator is not close enough to the scoop, for it to be in harms way. I am not concerned about water induction. Everything is shielded appropriately from the factory anyway. The alternator is already subjected to some moisture due to the fact that there is no splash guards under the engine.

The Duratec engine is flipped 180 degrees.