Originally Posted by Scotte28516

Hey guys! This is Scott, I am the one with the white/grey GT that is sponsored by TruFiber. I currently have the new GTS2 hood in the paint shop. It will be done by Friday, but I will not be posting any pictures on any forums until Sunday(9/23) night after it debuts at the Mustangs at the Queen Mary show in Long Beach, CA.
The hood fits perfect. It will not however work with hood pins due to the ram air routing for this style of hood. I had FRPP pins on my car with the 67' Shelby GT500 style hood that I am replacing with the new one, but I have removed them. And, yes, this hood will work with any and all twin screw blowers. I have an H.O. Whipple on my car and had no clearance issues with the stock hood, and the new hood has a relief similar to a cowl hood, but is completely finished underneath. It uses all of the factory hardware and is easy bolt-on, and I also use the Steeda hood struts with no issues at all.

Feel free to pm or email me with any specific questions. I'll do my best to keep up here in th eforum. I can regularly be reached on www.mustangforums.com.

Scott

Originally Posted by YaoNYC

HI Scott,
Is the GTS2 ram air routing the same as the GTS1 hood? Does that mean hood pins will not work with either?

thanks!

Originally Posted by JonCo

The hood is identical, minus the hard edges. I'd imagine the same would be for your hood. Hood pins wouldn't work

Originally Posted by Scotte28516

Ok guys, here's the latest. Today Phil got a call from the paint shop that is doing my hood(why they called him and not me, I have no idea!), andthey told him that the hood was going to take another 3 to 4 days to finish!! I took it to them last week, with them telling me that it would be done by the end of this week for the show. I called yesterday, and was told it was in the paint booth drying and would not be done with the final color sanding of the clear coat until Saturday afternoon. I said I was leaving for Long Beach Saturday afternoon, and needed it in the morning. I was going to have to drive the car there hoodless, bolt it on and haul ***. I am so friggin ****ed right now I can't see straight. There has been much hype about this hood debuting at the show, and no I feel like a turd in the lawn! Phil is mad as hell too, because the shop is supposed to become a new distributor for him, and already they screwed him. I have another body shop I usually deal with, and we decided to let this new shop do it due to the fact that they are a custom Stang shop and do some awsome work. We asked them if they could have it done in time, and they said "definitely"! God****it, I'm ready to go postal on someone right now.

I was told that it should be ready by the end of next week. I'm sorry to disappoint you guys, but I will post pics the minute I get the friggin thing back from paint and bolt it on.

Scott

Originally Posted by YaoNYC

hi jonco, thanks for this info.

i been so unclear about this for a long time.

phil from trufiber told me its to have hood pins.

hmmm.....i wonder why it cant fit. i have seen hoods with the pins very wide on near the edges.

trust me, i would rather not drill holes but i guess im worried about this hood flying off the car while im driving! haha

thanks again jonco...

Originally Posted by JonCo

When are we gonna see the finished product?

Originally Posted by Sandyman

If you told them the hood had to be ready for the show and they said it would, and now this, I would grab that hood and head elsewhere. NO WAY I would let them finish it. Pay em what they want and never look back. AZZholes

Originally Posted by ShowGT

Is there a reason the Trufiber hoods are all over eBay?

Originally Posted by ShowGT

Is there a reason the Trufiber hoods are all over eBay?

Originally Posted by Scotte28516

Ok guys, here's the latest. Today Phil got a call from the paint shop that is doing my hood(why they called him and not me, I have no idea!), andthey told him that the hood was going to take another 3 to 4 days to finish!! I took it to them last week, with them telling me that it would be done by the end of this week for the show. I called yesterday, and was told it was in the paint booth drying and would not be done with the final color sanding of the clear coat until Saturday afternoon. I said I was leaving for Long Beach Saturday afternoon, and needed it in the morning. I was going to have to drive the car there hoodless, bolt it on and haul ***. I am so friggin ****ed right now I can't see straight. There has been much hype about this hood debuting at the show, and no I feel like a turd in the lawn! Phil is mad as hell too, because the shop is supposed to become a new distributor for him, and already they screwed him. I have another body shop I usually deal with, and we decided to let this new shop do it due to the fact that they are a custom Stang shop and do some awsome work. We asked them if they could have it done in time, and they said "definitely"! God****it, I'm ready to go postal on someone right now.

I was told that it should be ready by the end of next week. I'm sorry to disappoint you guys, but I will post pics the minute I get the friggin thing back from paint and bolt it on.

Scott

Originally Posted by davids2toys

Scott was very particular where he wanted the pins according to Phil...you can have pins, just have the body shop make a tab to relocate the location...same as the Shelby GT.

Also, waiting for word back on taking deposits for our group buy. phil said the GT 500 hood will be available the very beginning of next year, he said he will not be making a lot of these at all, and they will be around 750-900 bucks a copy!!!

Originally Posted by Scotte28516

Ok guys, sorry I couldn't post earlier, but out cable got knocked out in our hood. I am picking up the hood and running for the hills! I've got somebody else to do it right! I'm not paying them sh#t! It's still uncertain if pins will in fact work. The shop doing the paint now is going to take a look at it/them. I am only particular about where they go since I don't want them going through the scoops! I am going to see if twist lock type of pins(like the original) can be put on. I promise I will post pics of the hood as soon as I get it and can bolt it on the car!

Rrobello: Don't know if you realize or not, but I was the one sitting and talking with you during that long drawn out trophy ceremony at the show. I was with Phil and Brandon from Trufiber as well as Ed Gomez all day.

Scott

Originally Posted by JonCo

Not sure I understood what you said/ment about the hood pins. Yeah, deff let us know about the deposit. Any word on how much we're looking at? Also whose taking the deposit money? Phil or the distributer?

Originally Posted by davids2toys

The distributer will be taking the money for sure!
I guess if you put the pins in the rad support you would come up thru the incoming air path thru the hood, but if you were to put tabs on the radiater support(like the Shelby GT) with the pin at the end of the tab and go up there, you might be clear of the built in air box in the hood, therefore relocating the pin in the hood!