Are you planning on doing it yourself? If so, and you arent that skilled with tools, well do your cutting with the hood closed. A 6" holes saw with a 12" depth would be helpfull, but in my case I didnt use it. It does come with templates, but I since have thrown mine away.
Doing body work as a trade for several years I just used a air saw, 1 long 3/8 drill bit, a die grinder, and a cut off wheel. I didnt use the templates either, I just went to hacking away. Its really not that hard just start cutting and fitting and you will get it in no time!
Are you planning on doing it yourself? If so, and you arent that skilled with tools, well do your cutting with the hood closed. A 6" holes saw with a 12" depth would be helpfull, but in my case I didnt use it. It does come with templates, but I since have thrown mine away.
Doing body work as a trade for several years I just used a air saw, 1 long 3/8 drill bit, a die grinder, and a cut off wheel. I didnt use the templates either, I just went to hacking away. Its really not that hard just start cutting and fitting and you will get it in no time!
Mike
Iam fairly adept with tools... but not as good as my Boeing employee aero space buddy though...
I have a big dremel with the bit that makes cutting sideways an easy thing to do... I just don't like to start cutting before knowing exactly how it should look when its done... Iam sure you know what I mean...
Thanks for the imformation... going through the license plate area sounds a whole lot easier than going through from the engine side...
Start at the license plate area, and cutt the largest portion you can out of it. That will help you with the room you need to cut the rebar. And do remember you will need to cut alittle bit of the xbrace connecting the 2 frame rails.
What I found making the job easier is start drilling holes like they said through the front plate area into the radiator shroud until it looks like a clint eastwood job. Then take a reciprocating saw and go to work just cutting away---basically its pretty simple until its time to run the air duct up the newly formed hole---so make sure you don't leave any rough edges up through the shaft--cause you don't want to tear any holes in the air duct--at least I wouldn't want to....but finally putting the new intake base into position and fitting the hose into it, might take a few minutes to work with---but good luck--I love my finished project--sounds a bit louder outside the car now with that tornado sucking noise....
What I found making the job easier is start drilling holes like they said through the front plate area into the radiator shroud until it looks like a clint eastwood job. Then take a reciprocating saw and go to work just cutting away---basically its pretty simple until its time to run the air duct up the newly formed hole---so make sure you don't leave any rough edges up through the shaft--cause you don't want to tear any holes in the air duct--at least I wouldn't want to....but finally putting the new intake base into position and fitting the hose into it, might take a few minutes to work with---but good luck--I love my finished project--sounds a bit louder outside the car now with that tornado sucking noise....
Thanks for the imformative replies... it seems this won't be tough at all now... I was dreading a hood removal... they are very heavy and awkward... Iam going to look for some edging material to run around most of the cut out area... that should help protect the hose from developing a hole...
Were going to do the dyno test on May 22nd... the 1st pull without the blower... and the 2nd with the 212 mph leaf blower on... the car runs a bit rich now... or so it seems by reading the plugs... this will be fun, but not a real test of ram air on the road...
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