[Valhalla 21340]

hey next level...i was toying with that idea, but scrapped it entirely (plan on selling the car by summer)...anyways, just an idea...raise the back of the hood to free up some room...remove the 4 bolts for the hood hinge, head over to a hardware store and pick up longer length bolts...pop the hood, remove the rear 2 bolts (left and right...) then put the new ones in (to keep the hood from falling forward and killing you) remove the other two, then place wood/or hard rubber bushings under the hinge rail...prob could raise the rear of the hood up to 4"...just an idea...just be careful not to bend the bottom of the hood brackets or the hood 'll never sit straight if you want to put it back...
good luck with that scoop though...maybe if you face the opening of the scoop backwards water wont be a problem...lemmie see pics!!!

 

[Valhalla 21340]

no prob man...i was thinking of running cone filters directly harnessed to the TB's (just like someone did on a Yahoo club...found a link on this site a while back)...then raising the back of the hood, and installing a small "scoop" on the back lip of the hood to direct air into hte compartment, to see how it will run with that setup...probably wont do anything at all, but its always fun to experiment...never know till you try


sidenote...my car never had that middle plastic thing, ive had it since 7k miles...dealer demo...

[ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: Valhalla 21340 ]