dont you still get it throught he front grill?

 

I Think highway speeds would blow that glued element away and trow it inside the engine compartment for a ride.LOL

 

I think you would need to grab a piece of packing foam and trim it to fit in the scoop recess on the hood....with a small portrusion for the scoop hole facing the front.....then use lots of double sided tape to adhear it....maybe some emblem glue.

THis will only slow the water down so your entire engine doesn't get filthy.....keeps the mess manageable...

 

We use a white floor pad material on the 65. Go to a janitorial supply place, (yellow pages- Janitors Equipment and Supplies). Get a 13" or so white floor pad. These are the softest and most dense. Cut a piece to fit and stuff it in from under the hood. Works pretty good. I lay a couple of pieces on top of one another and stuff 'em in there.
Decided to leave it there after I forgot about it for a week after a rain storm and didn't notice a change in performance but noticed a cleaner engine compartment !
Going to do the same for the Clone Vert.

 

While setting my car up with the '65 shelby scoop and KNN X-treem air cleaner (the one with the pleats in the top), I gave a lot of thought to this one. I was going to use one of those square late model air filter elements. I was going to bond the scoop to the top of the hood, and just cut a square hole in the sheetmetal that was the same size as the late model air cleaner.

Problem is, instead I was able to install the scoop by wedging the flange on the scoop between the sheetmetal and metal frame of the hood. But to do so, I had to cut the crap out of the metal, so now my hole is huge, and I'm in the same boat as you. I was thinking of maybe finding some small C-channel, and bonding (?) it to the bottom side of the hood on each side of the scoop, then coming up with some sort of filter to slide into the channels.