MIKESPOLARA
Well-Known Member
I'm a little confused. I was under the impression that a factory max wedge car came with hood scoops. I ask because of the recent new member that bought a 63 Savoy Max Wedge but is has flat hood. Did they or not?
I think 63 and 64 came with scoops not 62.I'm a little confused. I was under the impression that a factory max wedge car came with hood scoops. I ask because of the recent new member that bought a 63 Savoy Max Wedge but is has flat hood. Did they or not?
It needs to be a high compression engine to have a hood scoop. The standard max didn’t get a scoop.
I don't know that answer. I have had a maxwedge in my 62 with a slant six hood, but I never ran air cleaners on it, so I don't know if the bracing is a problem.After thinking about it, the need for hood clearance must be false if lower comp max's had no scoops. The big question then do the factory low comp max wedge cars have at least the bracing removed from under the hood, without scoops?
The best I have come up with in research is that the Max Wedge cars without scoops had the X braces hacked out. Nothing nice, just hacked out for hood clearance. My 62 hood is the best of 2 hoods, with fabrication to make it look factory. I say some fabrication, there is close to 300 hours in it.After thinking about it, the need for hood clearance must be false if lower comp max's had no scoops. The big question then do the factory low comp max wedge cars have at least the bracing removed from under the hood, without scoops?
All Max Wedge cars had the bracing removed for air cleaner clearanc. Stock hoods had the bracing designed to clear the single air cleaner whereas the bracing interfered with the dual offset air cleaners.After thinking about it, the need for hood clearance must be false if lower comp max's had no scoops. The big question then do the factory low comp max wedge cars have at least the bracing removed from under the hood, without scoops?
ThisThe 1963 factory low compression cars had the bracing removed from under the hood on cars with no scoop.
Thanks for sharing! So that was ordered a year in advance? Hard to make out the printing.not all 63s with hc motors had alloy fronts with scoops but in 64 the only way to get hc was the alloy front on max wedge cars here is my old steel nose hc stick car and the paper work when new and the build sheet
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1963's were already out by Nov. 1962. Traded in a Chevy; good choice. LOL.Thanks for sharing! So that was ordered a year in advance? Hard to make out the printing.
It says, to be delivered on or about, DEC 63.1963's were already out by Nov. 1962. Traded in a Chevy; good choice. LOL.
Thanks!the dealer made a mistake it should of said dec of 62