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A hood that is functional with a CAI

Old Sep 4, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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A hood that is functional with a CAI

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I wanted to show ya'll my hood that was made to be functional.I didn't really want a non functional air scoop, so Miller Performance of Orlando made the GTR type hood functional. Dave Miller made the hood functional by building a deflector under the hood that fit exactly on top of my Airaid CAI. He cut out the scoops on top and fiberglassed an enclosure that empties the out side air over the heat shield of the airaid, right into the filter. The first photo is my hood on my Redfire '05 GT. The second picture shows the underside with the air deflector opening (the rectangular box) facing the driver's side fender. With the hood closed the outlet seals against the rubber of the Airaid heat shield and dumps the outside air into the CAI. It works great and I love it. Dave used my hood after the initial construction to make a mold of the deflector to cut his fabrication man hours. As a consideration for my time without my hood, he paited the underside Redfire and it looks terrific.
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Old Sep 4, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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can this inlet be used with another cai or just the airraid??Either way that is awesome Do you have any full shots of the engine??
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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Miller Performance can adapt the outlet to any CAI, not just Airaid specific. I will post more photos tonite, if I am not working. I don't have them here now, on lunch break at work. Here is their web site: http://www.classictoyshop.org/
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:06 AM
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Very nice idea... It seems so much simpler than the Shaker scoop air ducting.
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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for another version cheak out my thread under the engine performance section . I did it with a California dreamin hood , and a Western Motorsports Cai kit
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Old Nov 27, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by fordcrazy
for another version cheak out my thread under the engine performance section . I did it with a California dreamin hood , and a Western Motorsports Cai kit
Here's the link: WMS Cold Air kit with Ram air hood
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Redfire05GT
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I wanted to show ya'll my hood that was made to be functional.I didn't really want a non functional air scoop, so Miller Performance of Orlando made the GTR type hood functional. Dave Miller made the hood functional by building a deflector under the hood that fit exactly on top of my Airaid CAI. He cut out the scoops on top and fiberglassed an enclosure that empties the out side air over the heat shield of the airaid, right into the filter. The first photo is my hood on my Redfire '05 GT. The second picture shows the underside with the air deflector opening (the rectangular box) facing the driver's side fender. With the hood closed the outlet seals against the rubber of the Airaid heat shield and dumps the outside air into the CAI. It works great and I love it. Dave used my hood after the initial construction to make a mold of the deflector to cut his fabrication man hours. As a consideration for my time without my hood, he paited the underside Redfire and it looks terrific.

Looks awesome. It would be great if someone would mass produce it. I'm sure that one-off creation was pretty expensive wasn't it?
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 09:49 PM
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Now that's service...sure it came with a price, but man, looks great.
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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This Hood is on Sale at mrbodykit for $685.
I have seen it on other sites too.

05-06 Mustang GTR Ram Air Hood

http://www.mrbodykit.com/bodykits/hoods05_06.htm
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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Love the hood and the fact that it is functional. Who is the manufacturer of the hood before it was modded? I really like the GTR ram air hood but everything I have ever read is that it is a P.O.S. as far as quality of construction goes.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by k3druid
This Hood is on Sale at mrbodykit for $685.
I have seen it on other sites too.

05-06 Mustang GTR Ram Air Hood

http://www.mrbodykit.com/bodykits/hoods05_06.htm
You're referring to the RKSport GTR Ram Air Hood which is different...it's already functional like their California Dream Hood is. Check the underside!

The hood that Redfire05GT has looks exactly like the "05-06 Shelby Style Hood" further up on that page for $449.99. Again, compare the underside.

It's very similar to the Maier Racing Shelby style hood but Maier's hood scoop looks shorter to me...
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