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Originally Posted by KirkEvil
Damn Curt, no turning back now  . Do the dezus fasteners need to be welded in? Basically, could the position of the hood be changed to match body panels after the rails are installed?
My hood is bolt on. My bumper support is gone, and the underside of front bumper cover is trimmed underneath. The only thing that would block a box ducting would be the "V" shape support of the hood latch assembly. I was thinking of cutting the V supports and mocking up a serious ram air box...I'll have to start looking for sheet metal.
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yeah, no turning back. car will be twin turbo w/ A.C. and me deleting the latch assembly & other stuff I cutout, will help me do several things:
1.move radiator and conderser where I want them
2.room for me to make a cold air panel up & over the rad support and under the turbos which will then wrap behind the turbos to block heat from the engine and supply cold air to the filters while cooling the turbos a bit @ the same time.
as for hood & dzus fastenersL:
you need to fit hood & adjust as best as possible. than make little brackets like picture (1) below, when installing the brackets oblong the mounting holes, this will allow you to move the mounting plate (catch) of the dzus clip.
the clips in the hood itself can be rivetted in, screwed or epoxyd. once installed you can clean them up/sand finish & paint the hood all 1 shot. very clean look when your done.
any final adjustments can be done with the mounting plates that are attached to fender wells.
i believe you want to use whats called a oval barrel dzus. that is pic (2)