Tim, when I did my cold air box, I used the same seal that is used on
the trunk. It stick up, and the clamping lower portion goes over any
sheet metal piece.
Of course, you have to play with cutting the box so that it fits within
1/2" or less to the hood. The cut and fit routine.
Larry
Craig Wright wrote:
> You may want to think about using what the Cobra's of the mid '60's
> used. It would probably be more period correct and the parts are
> readily available. It is commonly referred to as a "Turkey Pan" for
> obvious reasons. If you want to seal it to the hood you could add some
> closed cell foam to the lip. They did not seal it in the original 427
> Cobras. The link below will take you to a photo of the "Pan".
>
> http://194.109.245.185/cobra/image/cobra/big/cobra040.jpg
>
> Craig Wright
>
> Ronak, TP (Timothy) wrote:
>
>>Tigers,
>>I need some help from some mustang experts out there. I am trying to find an
>>appropriate hood seal for the top of my ram air box and the one that I think
>>will work the best is the 1971-1973 mustang ram air filter to hood seal.
>>This is the seal that affixes to the air filter assembly and seals to the
>>hood when the hood closes. It looks nice and seems to have about 1 inch of
>>squish so I will have some fudge room and twist for the engine.
>>The question I have is this;
>>I have only seen pictures of the 71-73 mustang ram air seal attached to the
>>air cleaner lower half....what does the air cleaner lip look like where the
>>seal mounts to? I need to reproduce this edge so I need to know what it
>>looks like. Any chance you guys will take pity on me and send me pics of
>>what that edge looks like without the seal attached?
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>
>>Tim Ronak
>>Business Development Manager
>>Akzo Nobel Coatings
>>Off: (949) 305-5393
>>Fx: (425) 955-6268
>>Cell: (949) 289-3357
>>email: timothy.ronak@akzonobel.com
>>VM: (800) 234-6747 ext. 2257#
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