color it brown---

[rhjames]

color it brown, and you know/see what you'll get.

ref: the "other one" discussion (what did you think)

no offense to the current owner.......






--Russ

[american-kiwi]

???

[928 Bro]

I like it, is it like a metallic brown?

[MPDano]

Russ,

Link up the "other" thread so we can kinda figure out what this all means.

[rhjames]

Here you are--just the start of the nonsense.......

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Today I talked to 2 different metal fabricators about my ideas to put a hood scoop on my 928 hood.... The hoods are made of aluminium..... and very thin aluminium..... and that is the problem..... to make the subtle hood scoop for my ITB's to my specs... I was given 2 quotes....

both of them were 4-6 K!!!!!!

The 928 hood is a very complex example of production engineering....

Needless to say.... it looks like I will be changing my intake plans......

I don't see fiberglass as a solution, as the heat that the hood is exposed to would make any fiberglass solution a short lived solution.....

I'm seriously bummed to say the least... the proposed hood in my minds eye would look seriously bad to the bone with my widebody.........

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modifications are only great in the eye of the beholder.

in this case, it's in the eye of the delusional.......

first, the hood is not any more complex that any other modern day stamped product.

second, I made a comment that fiberglass for air box/induction was a bad idea, that fabricated aluminum would be better, and all of the sudden he now agrees ---not that he would acknowledge/credit anything I suggested.

third, in his quest to have the 928 minions bow down at his feet for performing another mega dollar disaster, he is attempting to create what has already been done as evidenced in the pictures above. However, in his mind, the construction of this nonsense is to be done by stamping a new raised center portion in the hood without any understanding of how the hood is assembled, or fabricated at the factory. To create what he is looking for, the factory had invested millions in stamping machinery and molds. This is no backyard project. Ask Louie Ott about his Nizzazzzz fenders....he didn't do those in aluminum!

fourth, the raised portion is not necessary, regardless of ITB's or not. An air box can be fabbed that will flow enough air (volume) to supply his stroker without interfering in the height restrictions, and still be plumbed to supply cold/pressurized air from in front of the radiator. (fabbed alloy box w/two inlets on the front corners, connect the factory hoses and then use John Kuhn's snout/filter combo.) Yes, I've already run the CFM numbers and this example will not restrict CFM flow to north of 9000 rpm's. Remember, we are not talking about feeding a 825 CI IHRA ProStock mountain motor.....just a 394 CI small block.

fifth, his assertion that a fiberglass "hood" would succumb to heat issues is total nonsense---many factory cars over the past forty years have used fiberglass and aluminum.....without being influenced by heat. In fact, many drag cars over the past 5 decades have used hoods AND fenders, without any issues of warpage due to engine heat. Some of these today, have 600 CI plus engines running twin turbos or SC's, producing mega times more heat than any street car ever thought about producing.


this is just history repeating itself, with him doing things that don't work, and then getting pissed off at everyone else (not himself or his lack of technical knowledge) because it didn't work. His first stroker is proof of this MO.


and all he can do is get an attitude when someone (me) makes a suggestion about doing it more efficiently and for less money......

Enjoy the 5 pages reading about it....it's truly amazing to the point of being nauseous.


and the band played on.......

--Russ

[Mrmerlin]

Russ did I miss something, I really dont have a clue about.......
I recognize a few of the threads are about Sterlings car. but what and to whom are you sending this info ???

As Bigs said it is a tremendous weight to carry around a pound of resentment, think of how much it slows you down to add this to your path..............
My suggestion is to move on and let your resentment off at the next stop, you steps will become lighter, I promise.
Since you have so much of an issue with Sterlings car maybe thats your lesson to learn?
Try to find the good , and you will see it.
Goodluck on your path, Russ, Stan

[Normy]

The car is cool-looking, but I'm not going to do that to my car. I see no reason at all to disturb one of the best lines of the car- the flat sloping hood.

Question: Why is one of the pictures inverted? There is a picture of the engine and the distributors are on the passenger side.....

N?

[Mrmerlin]

Come on Normy, you should know why the distributor is on the other side.
The woman holding the hood up did it......

[EIPtuningR32]

oh come on..... we arent talking s@*t about other peoples cars now are we? ..........coming from a 16 year old: grow up.

[Normy]

Originally Posted by Mrmerlin

Come on Normy, you should know why the distributor is on the other side.
The woman holding the hood up did it......

Oh...you're saying it is a GAY 928!

I'm....I'm totally cool with that. I mean, I'm sure that a 928 with the distributor on the "other" side works perfectly well, and....it is even good with floral arrangements and always knows where to put the ottoman!

-Can you ask your car for some rice recipes? I'm good with the grill, but I can never get the rice just right! What's more, my landscaping: could you ask your car about Robellini palms? Mine just are not doing anything, I'm sure they need manganese or something. Gay cars ALWAYS know these sort of things!

N!

[Mrmerlin]

Normy I was not even thinking about the car being Gay, , but I just thought i would throw it out there as the womans hand is easy to miss, since the engine bay is more of a thing to look at.

My guess for the hand is that the hood shocks are not strong enough to hold up the hood with the additional bodywork attached, and using the rear hatch shocks for the hood will bend the hood

[MPDano]

I dunno guys, I still like it after seeing this last year. I wouldn't have gone as extreme as he did, but I applaud anyone that can make an engine bay look that pretty. Funk the purists and do what makes you feel happy. He did a great job.

[rhjames]

Originally Posted by Mrmerlin

but what and to whom are you sending this info ???

Since you have so much of an issue with Sterlings car

it was a generalized shot at "it's been done before."

no resentment with the car per se, not even with the owner at this point. He will do what he wants, when he wants, where he wants, with what he wishes.

I've made constructive suggestions, but....... they fell on deaf ears.



--R

[Danglerb]

Originally Posted by Mrmerlin

Come on Normy, you should know why the distributor is on the other side.
The woman holding the hood up did it......

The image is flipped, you can tell by looking at the Porsche shield on the intake.