There seems to be no shortage of opinions of whether "air scoops" or the like actually inhibit or encourage the cooling of the engine. I don't have enough technical knowledge to offer what the bottom line is but in my experience they are dawg ugly (especially on a split) and _usually_ entail drilling holes into the bus to secure them, which in my book is reason enough to to seriously debate whether to install them. FWIW my by _used_ to have scoops on the cooling vents, i removed them and don't appear to be suffering any ill affects (other than the 8 or ten little holes in the bus that were drilled on either side to secure the bus) michael
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