Thanks Nicki for the nice comments. Yes, Pete would fit right in with us .... LOL Actually, isn't that him over on the left? You'd know better than I would!
Ken, thank you for the comments!
Jamie; hang in there dude, as tomorrow is another day. I know what ya mean about the flying....... I wanna fly helicopters (actually I have a couple times) but it's sooooooo damn expensive........ I end up just going out to watch and have been invited along a few times. Unless I win the lottery, that's about as close as I'll get =(
By the way, BDubb bounced back.... I have faith, you'll do the same!
Tyler my man....... loooooong time no e-mail!
There is a scoop underneath the front bumper far left (hard to see cuz I powdercoated it black) that has qty 2 3" lines feeding the "coffee can" as Jamie calls it. The end of the "can" is open, and the filter is one that has an open end also (in case I hit a big puddle or something)
I went with a fiberglass hood cuz nobody made a metal one at the time. Now RKKustom sells 'em......... cowl type that is. At first I tried doing it myself via louvers I found from a Chrysler LaBaron and a 280Z, and when I put the hood back on the truck..... it looked terrible. (it looked like I took a Chrys louver and a Z louver and cut holes) So, it sat for well over a year. A new found friend that has a body shop asked WHY I wasn't using the spendy hood........ I explained and he said then "why don't you have louvers punched outa metal"? I told him I never thought of that........ I had a place punch the louvers in metal and his guys did the work!!
To punch the louvers in a metal hood.... either the top hood skin has to be removed, or the braces have to be cut out. Louvers can then be punched, then it has to be put together again. Bottom line, it's spendy no matter which way ya do it, but it's functional.
As for mine, I got exactly what I wanted....
hot air just cascades outa those louvers. I don't need to turn on defrosters in the wintertime :wink:
Remember Paul Schwab's lil C at the 2000 Nats? He had 18 louvers on each side of his stock hood, on the very outside of the hood. Also very spendy (about $1K) but very functional! Rich Le is in the process of having a louvered hood done for his Ty also. Thank you also for the nice comments, and was nice hearing from you. I'll add another pic to further explain visually, the scoop to airbox.
