I would wait until we see this hood on a car. Sometime we cant visualize it until on a car. Cervinis has on on a car but only one angle, does not tell the whole story.



just my
$.02

 

that is a good question.

it there is more space than the stock hood so my assumption is that it should.

 

I know the Whipple will require some modification around the hole where the air outlet meets the heat shield. The heat shield is really tall on the whipple (made of metal too). The Saleen supercharger also will not fit.

 

I am sure that this will fit the whipple becuase this hoos is high. From the look of the pix, it looks like its about 1 1/2 inch raise so shouldnt have any problem. Check out his guy hood, he is has a whipple and he is using the Trufiber SH-GT hood. I think the only modification that he did was cutting the hole where where the air come out to the filter...

 

Hey AFBLUE,

The Roadster hood that you have will not fit the Saleen Supercharger. A friend of mind install that hood and did not fit the Saleen Supercharge. It rub the hood a bit...appox 1/4 inch

 

I spoke with the owner of this car. He's the one that told me he had to modify his hood to get it to fit. Like you said, he had to cut away around that opening.

 

Hmm, good info. Not looking to pick up this hood (happy with my CS6) but was curious since I had to modify it for my Roushcharger. Mine has the same inside layer as stock however the hood overall is a bit thicker. I guess fiberglass hoods need to be a little thicker for structural support.

 

yes this is mine, unfortunately Im not a large company so finances are slowing this project down, I most likely wont be beating trufiber to the punch, I couldve had a one of a kind on my car though long ago, but then what would you guys be left with....lol

completely agree, thats what it was I was trying to figure out what was off with the hood.

 

So there's hope for those of us who are looking for the DCF style? I'm not in a rush, so I can surely wait for a quality product.

-danny

 

You are correct. They have to put 3-4 layers of fiberglass for it to be strong, otherwise if they are making it too thin, it will flex at high speed. I like your cs6 hood...where did you get that? and it it heat extractor?

 

I got mine from Hillbank Motorsports. You can also get it direct from Shelby. It's not functional though.

 

The TruFiber hood more closely mimics the 68 KR hood and is probably the closest we'll get to a retro KR hood. I will wait until I see one painted and installed before I decide on it or one like the DCF hood. The DCF hood was the the first style aftermarket hood I liked and still holds a warm spot considering that the design mimics both the 68 KR and added features that the current S197 hood has. Someone buy one of these TruFiber hoods and paint it torch red.

BB

Semper Fi

 

No, paint it a metallic color so we can see if the paint is far off of the metal fenders.... Maybe a nice Vista Blue....yeah, that's it, that's the ticket....

 

can't wait for this hood!!

group buy still on

 

i was gonna get this hood, till i read the posts above that it will not fit a whipple kit. *sigh*

 

are you talking about CS6, GTS, or the SH-GT hood.
The SH-GT and the GTS should be ok with the whipple. I dont think the CS6 will fit the whipple becuase the height is about the same as oe

 

Whats the update on this group buy? How many are signed up. And how many poeple beyond 5 would bring another reduction in price?

 

the replica hood that looks like the KR hood off the shelby

 

You shouldnt have problem witht that hood. Because we made that it is approx. 1 1/2 inch higher than the stock, therefore, you should not have any problem.....

 

thats my gut feeling..

if the supercharger fits stock hood...it should fit this hood cause it had more clearance....

thanks...