I have the CDC/Foose hood cut for the Shaker scoop. I do not have the factory hood mat or the lower part of the trim ring installed. I trimmed back the CDC Shaker plastic shroud and installed some weatherstriping to try and seal the engine compartment from water, but it is not tall enough to touch the hood, so water could get it. My problem is that the car is park outside during the summer months as I have no garage, but has a decent water resistant Covercraft cover that prevents most but not all water from getting onto the car.

Does anyone have any ideas what could be done to seal it better? I have looked for a taller weatherstriping than the one i have which is 1-1/16 tall, but cannot find anything.

Here is a picture of what I have

 

Sounds like getting and installing all the required parts would be a good start.
Sorry it had to be said.

 

sorry cannot happen with this hood.

 

and why would that be. I have had no issue with mine. I do have a 2012 and not a 2007. But the application and the parts are the same.

 

Also why do you still have the air feeder tube when you have a CIA.
remove that part of the system and your engine bay will be more pressurized while driving. It will help your CIA better.

 

I don't have a factory hood!

 

This is the hood the OP has -


and with the "stinger" the shaker trim doesn't fit as designed. It requires some modification to make it fit since it is designed for a flat hood.

Would it be possible to use some spacers to raise the shaker itself on your car Sean (saw it at Autorama by the way, very nice). I think that CDC came out with a new riser for the 2011+ that moves the shaker up higher so maybe that would work?

 

Never knew the CIA was under my hood!

 

That make sense and yes I am sure you can find longer riser spacers as long as it does not put the scoop to high up for hood closure. You have a tough trick to do there. Gonna take some finesse and luck. Maybe talk with a body shop. they may have Ideas.

 

It would require a whole new mounting method for the Shaker shroud. I would have to for-go the ball stud mount that is on the intake manifold and make something else up. If I am going to go that route, i might as well put back on the FRPP Intake Manifold and then make a mount for it. The FRPP intake manifold sits up a little higher than the stock manifold, so I will be a little further ahead, but still a few steps back from completing it.

 

how much too short is it? put some modelling clay around it and close it up to get some measurements...my shaker I made a 'gasket' from 3/8 sheet neoprene, I never did finish it up, has a small gap at the front near the raised part of the spear- I was going to tape the hood hole at the front with some aluminum tape, wax it, fill the gap to the neoprene with 3m windoweld urethane..hoping the stuff will pull away clean, worst case the tape should pull off. still on my list of things to do.

Ive got the fang shaker/hood, but bolted the hoodscoop to their blockoff plate- still functional as it blows thru the hood duct, but by not bolting it to the engine i should have room for a blower down the road...functional/looks like a shaker/dont shake... bad thing is my hood weighs a ton

anyways, I still think a flat gasket with urethane at the raised area gaps could be done and look clean- just cutting the rubber is a pain, and that windoweld stuff is messy messy messy...would need careful masking to keep from a cleanup nightmare

 

What I want to know is how does the shaker scoop able to keep rain water out. Is there anything to channel water somewhere else?

 

There is a riser for the cdc shaker on their website.

http://shop.classicdesignconcepts.co...-riser-2005-09

Hope this helps

 

That just raises the Shaker itself, which is smaller than the hood opening. I need the shroud around the Shaker to seal up against the hood.

 

the scoop itself should have water drains inside the ductwork- the scoop was designed to mount to a full engine cover- the engine cover has seal/water trough to control water that gets between scoop and hood hole...mines bolted to the hood on a modified Fang mach1 scoop blockoff plate, with a homemade seal/standoffs to leave just the scoop inlet open- all of it has a tray/drain molded into the blockoff plate, and I drilled small drain holes in the front/underside of my hood (tang hood has hollow duct molded into the hood) as I was worried about possible water/freeze cracking the front seam if it should ever puddle at the low point...

Fang has a big engine cover kinda like CDC, I didnt care much for it either, but rather than trim it, just bolted the scoop to a blockoff- made the hood quite heavy, but still functional- just doesnt 'shake'