I agree the first picture looks the best IMO, thats the look I'm going for.

Nice pictures Rob, did you get any good shots of the hood pins?

 

No shots of the hood pins, I wish I would have......I will say this.....they seemed a lot smaller than I expected. I did twist them and they just seemed to turn and turn. I never felt them lock. They had some tension on them, but they never seemed to lock.
BTW......Phil called me today. A new shipment of hoods came in and they are sending my replacement hood as we speak. It will have the non-removable heat extractor vents, and a thicker top piece. Should be in by the first or middle of next week.

 

Lets hope it is worth the wait...
Anyone else still waitng for their's?
I have been waiting for 5 months.

 

If its as good as or better than the first release then it should be worth the wait.


Rob, you better post pic's

 

now i feel like a lab rat

 

Just checked Conway Freight's website..........The hood is due to be in OKC this morning and hopefully delivered to my door tomorrow............hoping and praying it arrives undamaged.

 

The new replacement hood arrived today. I wasn't expecting it until tomorrow or Friday. There are some differences from the original venom hood. Here are the differences.

1. The intake vents are narrower and the mesh grill is set back further. This makes the mesh a little stronger because there isn't as much surface area of mesh.

2. The heat extractor vents are permanent and the border around the vents is much smaller,

3. The entire top piece of the hood is absolutely thicker than the original.

4. There are drain holes in the back corners of the hood. (they must have seen Louie's pics)

5. The ram air duct is shaped different (see the underside pics). The new one has a straight line across the back of the chamber, where the older version was a wavy line across the back of the chamber. There is also a raised "rib" running the length of the hood in the center (I don't think my old one had this).

I really like the improvements so far. The only issue I have had so far is that I had to use the hardware that bolted the hood to the two pieces of wood in the shipping box. the rear most driver side mounting hole would not accept any of my stock hood/hinge bolts. The stock bolts fit in the other three holes with no problems.

 

Ok I was wrong about the rib in the middle.....here are pics of my first hood for comparison......the vents in the new hood are definitely smaller.

 

Well I like the narrower vents a LOT better. Subtle difference but a huge impact. Classy.

The integrated vents...I don't like those as much.

 

The smaller vents are much closer to the Shelby GT500KR hood.

One more thing.......the mesh on the new hood is a little more heavy duty and it is also a larger pattern. The original hood has a smaller diamond shape and the newer hood has a much larger diamond shape pattern.

 

I ordered the Super Snake Hood from the Shelby Performance catalogue, it's in transit now.
Was pretty expensive though $1100 (prepped version) + $200 for the aluminium vents. How is the fitting on the Trifuber?

 

I like this version better. My only problem is if I reorder now, what version will I get? They also have a carbon fiber version I noticed.

Thanks Mike

 

Rob,
It's hard to tell from your pics but from the underside, the extractors don't look parallel on the side closest to each other. I'm sure they are though.

Could you take one measurement? I need to know the GT500 stripes don't interfere with the extractors. Here are measurements of my striping: 1) The washer nozzles are ~10 1/4" from the back lip of the hood. The distance between the stripes at the nozzles is ~21 1/4". Is the distance between the extractors at this location at least 21 1/4"?

Willie

 

Wow! Almost makes me wish I had waited for version 2.0 but I'll continue to be happy with version 1.0

Great Job Phil and Truefiber.

 

I'm at work at the moment, but I can have the measurements for you by this evening.

 

Thanks Rob.

Willie

 

Now I want the 2.0. See the scrifices I had to make to help in getting the hood out.

 

Well it's always the hardest for the first guy in line to cut a swath through the jungle. The cool thing is your car is pasted on every TruFiber's dealer's websites.....

Willie

 

Well with the nightmare, my friend is having getting his Super Snake hood all worked out, I'm starting to think the KR Trufiber hood might have been a better product. I've got a SS hood on the way thanks to TWISTED so we'll see how it turns out. Also little FYI, the SS hoods are having issues with forcing too much ambient air into the MAF and causing the car to surge and die. Shelby has a restrictor plate that goes in now, but many have gotten their hoods without it.

 

Willie,

The vents are parallel and are 21 1/2 inches apart. My paint and body guy just measured them. Hope this helps.