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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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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...
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