Fiberglass hood mods... crazy?

To reduce heat, you need a vent at the leading edge of your hood past the radiator. See Mitsubishi Evolutions as an example of this. Not to be critical, but your air intake is in one of the worst spots of the car, up high and next to the radiator, I know you don't have much to work with but, a cowl would work if you were to move the inlet to the firewall, I've seen this setup before on cowl hooded Mustangs with centrifugal blowers. If your trying to lower your intake charge by lowering your under hood temps, I think you have an uphill battle you'll never win without an intercooler or methanol injection.

Reducing heat is not my main concern; reducing the trapped air inside the engine compartment, IS...

I agree with you that the air intake is in a horrible place, but there's no room between the grille and the radiator for a filter, and I put this thing together in a hurry, and haven't yet, figured out exactly what to do about that, but you're right; it MUST be moved!

I do have a SnowPerformance BoostCooler alcohol injector, set to start apraying at 3 pounds of boost. That and an MSD BoostMaster, boost-referenced inition retard have kept me out of detonation so far... on av gas.

Not much woirried about the underhood temps, as this engine runs prety cool; never overheats.

I may try to move the intake to the cowl; that's a great idea!!!
Thanks for your comments!