[Gunner]

I was looking at my turkey pan and had some of the same questions. I note that the hood scoop only loosely corresponds to the TP location. Simple edge seal would in fact block off the front from the scoop, which dumps onto the front of the intake manifold and not into the pan. You'd need an extended shelf, much like the one shown at the start of this topic, to actually seal the top of the pan to the scoop.

All this raises the question of how much good the pan does. Has anyone (on CC or elsewhere) ever done comparative tests, like a significant amount of back-to-back track time with and without the pan?

I assume most of us have TPs for looks and originality... but did they EVER provide a performance boost?