I emailed Terry yesterday but he hasn't got back to me yet (i'm sure he's
busy). Any of you guys who talked to Terry about the hood know if he's going
to make a kit for the earlier daks. I have a '96 and would consider it. It
would goo along with the look and mods i'm trying to achieve.
Jeff Durling
'96 RC Sport
Richard A Pyburn wrote:
> Seemed high to me until I read the post in reply to using the stock hood
> and cutting a hole in it to accept the air scoop (without looking
> Trottmann-esque). I suppose with the cost of that "alien spaceship-
> looking" air scoop, the hood gaskets and the cutting and then the extra
> bracing that Terry spoke about, it might be a fair retail price. I'm
> surprised about the comments that the stock hood "fluttered around." I
> realize the hole removes some of the structural rigidity, but that stock
> hood is pretty stout ( at least on Gen's I & II).
>
> One is getting more than a hood here and right now it has no competition
> so both factors plus the additional labor will increase the price.
>
> Richard in SA
>
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:29:58 -0400 KURTZ ERIC <erics5.9@home.com> writes:
> >Is 750 a little steep? Im just asking since I have no idea what
> >aftermarket body parts run, it just seems pricey to me.
> >Eric
> >
> >Phil Jenkins wrote:
> >>
> >> I spoke to Terry Delong at the Mopar Nats. He told me
> >> the hood was 750.00 unpainted. I asked him if he would
> >> sell just the intake thinking I'd use my stock hood
> >> and cut a hole in it. His reply was that he tried
> >> using the stock hood and it fluttered in the breeze.
> >> He tried bracing it and that didn't work either. So
> >> there went my idea of getting the scoop at a swap meet
> >> and fabbing up the rest of it.
> >>
> >> --- Frank Johnson <frankwjohnson@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I have been following this discussion and even put
> >> > in my opinion that the
> >> > unit should be bigger. My opinion had no bearing on
> >> > the performance aspect
> >> > but only on the aesthetics (sp?) of the unit on the
> >> > hood of the Dak.
> >> > And someone mentioned painting a black outline on
> >> > the hood surrounding the
> >> > opening giving the appearance of being larger. That
> >> > sounds like it would
> >> > work.
> >> > Ok, done rambling,
> >> >
> >> > Frank WJ
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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