So I just found out that my 2015 Challenger has functional hood air scoops. Now I am concerned about water getting in the engine compartment during heavy rains. Is this an issue or am I worried about nothing?? I had a 2012 Shelby GT500 with a heat extractor on the hood that let all kinds of crap (including water) into the engine compartment. Did not like that at all.
I raised this issue with the SRT engineers several years ago. They stated that this is not a problem. Nothing to be concerned about.
One of the first mods I did was functional hood scoops. My 2009 R/T came with the caps. I live in Washington State, so I would know if rain was getting in. No worries at all. I get more water under there from the sides while washing then driving in a downpour. Cheers!
I have a 2015 scatpack and those hood scoops are only open 1/3. I popped mine out and used my dremel and opened them up a little more than 2/3 and cut out a much wider opening in the firemat or whatever that black stuff is that's attached to the underside of the hood. Getting water into the engine compartment isn't a major concern since these engine bays were designed to survive very wet conditions. In my photo, the bottom one is the stock opening and the top one is wider opening i made.
