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Originally Posted by carbuff (Post 476365)

Thanx guys!

Stephen, very little work was done to the VFN hood. Jake at JRS painted and installed it, but from the pictures that I have of the work being done, there were just a few little touch-up spots on it. Nothing was really done along the edges to work on gaps or fitment. All things considered, I think it's fit great!

The only issues with it are that it's not strong enough to force the shaker scoop seal 'down'. By that I mean, the seal is pretty stiff, and if it sits up high at all (which mine did before), the hood isn't going to flatten it out. My hood bulged a little in the middle because of it. And thus my need to find a drop shaker base...

I am going with a flat hood so I shouldn't have any problems. I want to do some hood mods.

Car's looking really good. The engine bay and gauge layout are super clean and mean business. Looks killer

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Originally Posted by srh3trinity (Post 476426)

I am going with a flat hood so I shouldn't have any problems. I want to do some hood mods.

I think you'll find it a good starting point then. The only word of caution is that there isn't any real support in the middle of the hood, so you need to be careful about adding a lot of weight to it. It's pretty flexible through the center area, with just a support around the boundary for the hood latch (which I'm not using) and the hinge mounts.

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Originally Posted by gerno (Post 476427)

Car's looking really good. The engine bay and gauge layout are super clean and mean business. Looks killer

Thanx! Come a long way in a couple of weeks. :)

OK here is what I got.. from the bottom of the base.. to the top of where the carb mates to base.. 1 3/8...

here are pics is this what you needed??

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6d8d4667.jpg

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb9f050c3.jpg

Just one more measurement if you can...

On the outside of the base, the distance from the bottom to the lip where the shaker attaches. I think from the WFO pictures that this is where he gets the actual drop from.

Thanx!

That is 1 3/4 in

Let me know if you need anything else..

Kevin

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Originally Posted by carbuff (Post 476524)

Kevin,

That is what I needed! Thanx!

Unfortunately, the WFO base doesn't drop quite as much as I had hoped. Given your two measurements, the shaker ring is 3/8" higher than the carb base. I was hoping it would actually be at the same height, or preferably even lower...

On my current setup, the shaker ring is 1" higher than the carb base, and I had hoped to get that down to even, if not even lower.

From an old email that I received from PTFB, their dimension from the carb base to the bottom (your first measurement) is 2", but their side height (second measurement) is minimum of 2.5" (they have 3 different heights available). So their setup puts the shaker right about 1/8" higher than the WFO.

It almost sounds like I need to buy the PTFB and cut 1/2 - 3/4" out of it to reposition the shaker ring down to where I need it to be. Since it has more drop, I will have more clearance on the air cleaner to shaker at the top side this way...

Thanx again for the help, I'll update here once i figure out the right solution!

Kevin,

One more question. Looking at the bottom of your WFO, what are all of those nuts or screws I see? It almost looks like it's 2 or 3 pieces that are attached in some way. I'm wondering if I could disassemble it and modify it in some way? Hmm...

They are just sheetmetal screws.. It looks like it could be taken apart

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Originally Posted by carbuff (Post 476541)