HOODS ARE FOR LOSERS… that is all.

I mean.........the hood currently has a 2-0 record for events won..... ;)

I feel bad, because if you watched Kevins videos, when he was first trying to get the hood on, it didn't quite fit right. He ended up doing a shit load of work to drop the engine about 1 inch so that the hood would fit. I would keep the hood on just for that reason only!

Drives brick shaped cars on tracks, worries about wind tunnel performance. Classic Florida man.

Everyone clowning around in the wind tunnel *Kevin staring intently doing math in his head *

OG’s remember Leroy with the wing

Everyone: wow so cool Kevin: actually investigating how to Improve aero

“Glad you bought one with a body and paint job this time !” Huge roast on Cleetus 😂😂

The car looks way better with a hood on ! Can’t deny that

cleetus: "we're here purely for fun" kevin: "DATA!!!" 😎

"The difference between Leeroy and this car is... a car" That's gold

Cleetus - we don’t need a hood Kevin - actually if you look at this contract you signed 😂 small print gets you every time

Cleetus dislikes hoods so much that he didn’t know one purpose of a true cowl hood is to allow more airflow under the hood.😂😂😂 I love it lol

Who needs aero when you can just add Nitrous! Said James. Probably.

"The lift is astronomical." And absolutely no one was surprised by this.

See what Cleetus is saying is hood doesn't make a difference, but what I am hearing is that a hood adds 30 more hp! XD

Need to get the car running and Turbos spinning sucking air in and see how that changes that flow in front of them

James with the 800+ lbs of LIFT force 😂 “that explains everything”

That was amazing !

Kevin's like a kid in a candy store - if i wanted a drag car building, i'd go see Kevin.

The turbo turbulation would probably be a little different if the turbos were actually sucking air. The air was being compressed into static impellers

It's cool to see you guys return to the same wind tunnel that Leroy was in

James has the prefect down force. "FOR A AIRPLANE" that's why it's so fast,the nova becomes weightless after launch. Lol

Kevin - the only man that enters a wind tunnel with a base ball cap on and it stays on!

1st law of aerodynamics is: It doesn't matter how you split the air, it's how you put it back together that's important!

The hood isn't the problem, it's that sharp drop off after the cab to the bed. Need a fastback body design. Need to block off the grill like Tom Bailey, and get a chin splitter.

20hp James: "Thats a half pound of boost" I love it

That's a cute wind tunnel. We have a full size at work with dyno rolls and turn table (so you can got at any angle to the wind). Its powered by some old WWII bomber propellers! It looks impressive but I think it basically tops out at 150 km/h so not much faster than this one. It doesn't get used nearly enough these days because you can generally do CFD pretty reliably at those kind of speeds.

I love the highly technical aero efficiency videos like this, from a beginner in drag racing this is huge to anyone trying to crunch numbers after the 1/8th mile! wish I had the money to match what is taught here for my car lol

I was just at the zoo thinking there's no way a giraffe is aerodynamic and then I watch this video and I stand corrected.

Sorry but Mullet looks completely average with the hood off, hood on is so much cleaner.

"More bald eagles. Screw aerodynamics..." I love this guy. 😄

Kevin is like the cool Dad we have all wanted

"I Don't Need Down Force Where I'm Going" has to be JackStands new shirt with the Nova riding the rear bumper 😂

Pretty sure a cow is more aerodynamic than LeRoy especially with a little hair gel Say it ain’t so LeRoy is a “McFarland Aerodynamics” masterpiece 😅😂🤣

Kevin is going to learn so much from this day!! He will definitely incorporate some of this info into his builds....and figure out some kind of sensor to monitor it.

Cleetus: "Its always a BLAST visiting here" Me: "Its a wind tunnel" lol 🤣

someone's gotta put a dyno inside that tunnel. The turbos sucking air full rip will affect the air circulation for sure

Technically if you got a plexi-glass cowled "engine bay cover", it would be called the Eagle Saving Engine Viewer and anyone calling it a hood would be a liar!

I now catch my wife saying HELL YEAH BROTHER randomly throughout the day, she then glares at me 🤣 slowly getting cleetus into her head

That ElCamino is SAWEEEEEEET! I never got the 1/4 mile specs on it (e.t./mph, engine size, etc.)

Ruby in her next incarnation/rebuild needs that turbo/engine stuck back under the hood somehow. The wind tunnel got me curious, a stock, base model C6 has a 0.29 coefficient of drag(vs 0.57 for mullet). Might as well use all that time the GM engineers spent in the wind tunnel with the C6 to your advantage. I know its not the Cleetus way, but the current setup is leaving time on the table IMO.

Literally was just telling my girl about how nobody has posted in a full day and I was dying for a video. Hell yeah

Get those turbos under the hood line and pick up air in the grill. Install a plastic dam just behind the radiator to keep the air out from under the el camino, or put a splitter on. James needs that facia back and the same air dam mod as the el camino. Use tape to seal the cowl induction hood to the windshield. Get that air out from underneath the car! Some river vortex generators along the back of the roof would help the low pressure behind the rear windows on both cars too

Lose the hood, fit a topper.... hit the 6 seconds Freedom James does a backflip in the ‘Bradenton Brick’. DRAG racing with a whole new meaning. Great video guys. As good as the first wind tunnel affair

I think mullet needs a front air dam/spoiler and a roof spoiler too, just saying.

Kevin is my hero. That guy is just pure awesomeness.

I want these numbers with the engine running. It’s an air pump with turbos. That negative area in front of the turbos should disappear as it sucks the air in.

You’d think a wind tunnel for cars would have a bigger door

Clear body panels on Leroy. It's the only way.

KEEP THE HOOD PLSSS car looks so much better with the hood

Hood on with winglets to direct flow into Turbos. WIN, Win right there. Also deflector over back window to eliminate the turbulence there. Same for tailgate area and side winglets to streamline rear turbulence. Turbulence = huge drag. No turbulence = Slipstreamed car.

it would be interesting to see the Elco with an air dam attached to the bumper, a tonneau with a bubble behind the back glass and some angle on the rear spoiler

I would love to just work with Kevin for a day, just observing and learning, the way he analyzes everything for data to convert into going fast down the track is rad

Cleeter and Motion should add a little tag to the hats for marketing purposes: "This hat has been officially tested in a wind tunnel and produces very little drag"

Kevin's Brain is working! I can't wait to see what he does with just what he seen the smoke do. That's a Mad Man!

Bro,!?!? That Wind Tunnel is Sick.... Mr. Cleeter you guys still do the fun stuff. Thanx for sharing.....

I must be a loser. Because I think the car looks way better with the hood.

James’ Nova is definitely my favorite nova ive seen. The history behind that car is cool asf

7:41 0.74 is crazy. A stock C5 corvette has a CD of 0.32 and most modern cars are under 0.30 10:12 if the front is producing lift at speed that is bad. It compromises the steering. You need to put a splitter on the front of the car and do something about the low pressure area behind the cab. Also mounting the Turbos lower and not having holes in the hood would help. 11:50 Nice to see Kevin paying attention 16:13 If somebody really wants to screw with A2 Wind Tunnels their wifi passwrod is right at this time code.

Your original trip to the wind tunnel was the first Cleetus video I ever saw. Now I'm hooked.

Seeing Kevin on faster with Finnegan and then right after seeing him on this channel is so awesome. Smart man!!!!

Seems like those turbos are in decent low pressure zone, as much as I like the turbski's popping out of the hood they might breath better if they sat a little bit lower inside the hood 😁

So happy to be able to say I'm officially a OG that was almost the exact time I started watching and I've been a LOYAL fan ever since

"that's pretty cool numbers" Soccer mom does 170 with half the horsepower

After seeing James lift number, I found what he needs besides more downforce, Controlling Wheelies with a Laser Ride Height Sensor. Cuts timing to keep him from going too high.

Great test of the cowl hood. That’s why Chevrolet designed it for the Z28 in 69. Plus it looks good.

This really brings me back! Thanks guys

We know ol Kev is geeking out majorly..this is right up his alley technical jargon

I feel like Kevin will truly cry if you take the hood off the El CO that's his master piece right there 🤣🤣

'do You have a fan we can turn on to get the exhaust out of here' 🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking how bad that must have been getting James' car in there with that spicy methanol

“Don’t worry about it, that smoke wand is broken” lol

Never gonna forget old Leroy in there with his cardboard panels ☠🤣

Cleetus: C'mon Kevin we gotta go, we got streetcar takeover to prepare for! Kevin: But muh data!

That shows why promods have the turbos mounted the way they do. Right between where the air gets sucked into the cowl and exits through the wheel arches. I bet it would improve ait's as well. Interesting. 👍

im so happy to know that this guy sees our comments.. thanks for your time guys!

James' Nova would hugely benefit from a front air dam and a rear drag spoiler. The air actually cuts down off the roof quite aggressively, so it would be quite functional. Also changing the hood and getting rid of the cowl would really help reduce the front lift. Boy I'd love to get my car in there.

Kevin is such a kid in the candy shop rn learning about his work and how it affects the car and you can see how happy he is when he is watching the smoke.

Hi cleetus my dad recently passed away and I just wanted say that he loved watching you guys and I love watching you guys. Keep up the good work

It would be cool to see a series with a bunch of different car that are commonly made into drag cars to see which one has the best stock aerodynamics.

Remember when he was considering putting cardboard as body panels for Leroy 😂

Man watching all you guys drag finally got me thinking 🤔 about my next build..

I know the 405 guys are super proud you have that ELCO!! So crazy bro I remember seeing you on the show. And now look you completely started you’re own masterpiece of McFarland Madness! Much love!

Garrett in the wind tunnel "look what I can do" like the adult baby from SNL 😂😂😂

It would be cool to see some turbos scoop's extending out toward the front like having ram air

"Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines." - Enzo Ferrari

the video of Leroy in the wind tunnel was the first video I saw from the channel. This was several years ago. What a journey!!!!

My favorite channel on youtube hands down.

The only thing that could have made this any better would have been the official lab coats...lol Hell Yeah Brother

NOW YOU KNOW the hats are good when there also incredibly arrow dynamic hahaha xD we love watching you guys!

James has a 5 head and a wheelie machine! LOL 😆 Cleetus will be a Hoodless Hoodlum again! 😆 Hell yeah brother!

I’m with Kevin. Leroy deserves SOME sort of aero at this point too. Not a full body, but some help.

The smoke testing at the rear of the cars shows why you need a parachute launcher!

Thank you so much Cleetus, vapor trial testing your HATS - cracked me up, & I'm with Anthony Nelson - those turbo would suck some air

To James' credit... his car is over 800 lbs lighter at the top end, so as long as he's hooked up, that means he goes faster.

I still love when that dude told cleet that he was driving a brick. Lol

I've got so used to hearing "month of freedom" that I got depressed after the intro

The Nova needs a sticker like "up, up and away" 😂😂

That was fascinating! Science in action. I thought losing the hood would wreak havoc with the aero, but no. Cool stuff.

“Hey man, did you know those guys over there went to a wind tunnel yesterday?” “The guys taking the hood off that el camino?” “Ye-wait, what?”