Thanks and I am not in love with it either. Thinking this AM, I don't need an air filter at Bonneville (as I am told by all of the racers there), so the bulge can be quite a bit narrower and shorter. May cut it down and look at it. Currently there is a 14" filter under there. I like the Thunderbolt scoops (not technically a scoop) and it would extract hot air from under the hood. I will have to see how tall I need it without the filter and see if there is one with enough height.
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I am not sure how I feel about the upcoming results. On one hand it has been a year for this to be this bad. I dont want to be cut and fused if I can help it, but something has to give. What I will not do it bandaid **** to prolong this if surgery is inevitable. My max out of pocket for insurance will be close soon, get it done now vs starting it all over again next year.
Wishing you the best outcome..............
My wife is going through this now. surgery has been recommended, but she keeps trying different pain management therapies to hold it off. I think the surgery is inevitable, but she has to come to that decision.
Thanks. I do not want to be cut if possible, but absolutely will before just prolonging everything. I delt with my shoulder issue way too long. Months of chiropractic and physical therapy only to need surgery anyway. I got to where I needed to lift my right arm up to my desk with my left just to use the computer. Wont do that again. I will be sure to let everyone know what they say, what the plan is and go from there. If surgery is recommended, then I want to put it off to mid/late Sept. Enjoy the summer and the salt even if not taking my car. Then spend the fall concentrating on getting fixed up.
It is mostly about critical speed for me. The rpm at which the harmonics will destroy itself. It is rpm and length based. This is also rated at 1200hp for future plans.I went 3.5" steel... i think it will hold up to my beastly 318
I think if you could make the sides of the scoop a gentle slope and then meld into the hood it would look better, and like 2" lower
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the DC manual had some talk about scoops on Darts vs. Barracuda's (67-9). the short was that a Barracuda got more air with a forward opening scoop while a Dart would be fine with cowl induced air intake. windshield angle was the deciding factor. granted, this was 20 plus years ago so minds might have changed ...Just curious.. if front opening is better why do nascar guys use the low pressure cowl area at 200mph?
something like this
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I've been working on the firewall duct the last few days. Today I made up the lower horizontal piece and fitted the side units up. Got the top and side pieces tacked together. Are you planning to weld the flange to the firewall or seam seal it or?
ah fair enough... so the trick way would be to make a forward leaning windshield and funnel it into a cowl intake
