I don’t have an intake yet 😂🤣 that’s on the list
Well, all internal combustion engines When they wind tunnel test cars they are made with a particular airflow in mind for aerodynamics. It manages the air, over the car, though the radiator for cooling, into the intake above the radiator. There are even around little flaps in front of each tire divert and eliminate the high pressure that can build up in front of the tire. Helps with MPG's. So cutting a hole in the hood will force air under the hood increasing the pressure where it most likely should be a negative pressure. This could reduce the amount of air flow through the radiator and negatively effect the cooling. I know the WRX has a hood scoop for the inter-cooler but the rest of the car was designed around it. Having said all that It's your car and you should do whatever makes you happy. Will putting a hood scoop on the car be extremely bad for it? Probably not but it may have some unintended consequences.
You make extremely valid points, I definitely don’t want unintended consequences I want my hood to look a little more aggressive, not sure how I would do that then, everyone has said why don’t you just buy a WRX but for what I paid for my car I got a heck of a lot more upgrades/options and lower miles than I would have with an WRXAll car's have intakes
DESCRIPTION: 2018-2020 Subaru Crosstrek Duraflex STI Look Hood - 1 Piece
Got any pictures Would love to here more about this front end conversion. I'm trying to figure out where to go with my hatch right now, money is not the problem.
Although the points you make are true, you would only ever see negative effects if you track these. At highway cruising speed (which, lets be honest, is what most of us drive 90% of the time) the engine sits at 2.2-2.8k RPM. The cooling system would definitely still be able to keep up and radiate the heat of the "beefy 152hp" we make, even with greatly reduced airflow. The cooling would be the least of my concern on these. I think the biggest downside you might see could be IAT's up 2-10 degrees F, and a couple lost MPG's. Other than that, you won't see any differences or negative effects on reliability. Additionally, there are Impreza/crosstrek guys that remove the weather stripping from the back of the hood by the windshield to help create an even greater negative pressure in the engine bay. I've actually considered running a top mount oil cooler under a WRX style hood scoop if I ever find one that's up to my standard... I think rumblehatch's solution is the best we have at the moment.All car's have intakes
if money isn't a problem.... Full VB WRX driveline swap LOL. FA24, transmission, diffs, hubs. We're on the global platform, so it would actually not require much custom fab work and very do-able.
I drove my 2019 back to back with my kids 2019 WRX Limited and it's night and day I'm kind of glad I don't have one. I'd have so many tickets I think putting a hoods coop on an Impreza would have the opposite effect. I had a 99RS with a scoop and big wing. Everyone and his brother wanted to race me, it was just a 2.5L NA motor and was not up to the task, unless it as snowing that is 
