Challenger hood mod

BigH0ss · Sep 18, 2011

Ok so I couldn't find a thread about this but I want to make my hood Functional on my ram R/T. I'm going to try and rip into it in the morning. I've seen people drilling holes and putting lights in it. But I want to cut out the back of it and stick some mesh behind it. I was thinking about making it functional into the intake or just let it bring air into the engine bay. It rarely rains and never snows here so I'm not worried about outside elements getting into the engine bay that shouldn't. Has any one made the scoops functional or have removed them and can shed some advise?

blackout11 · Sep 18, 2011

Yes step one open hood step 2 carefully remove that carpet crap on the hood lol the heat stuff step 3 remove scoops they just clip on step 4 cut out the honeycomb areas with tool of your choice i used my vice grip and my mini saw saw. Now file the edges down so they are smooth get some mesh mold it to the back of the scoop then j/b weld it into place wait like an hour put scoops back in replace the heat sheet and cut holes out of it where the scoops are . There is no kit yet to make them functional with the intake yet.

also check this out will help out to

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he cuts his scoops out

zuiquan1 · Sep 18, 2011

I just used some challenger scoops I found on ebay-

The Assassin · Sep 18, 2011

Sounds like you got a few ideas. Maybe some more of the 4th gen guys will chime in. Kinda lame they aren't functional, or there isn't a ram air kit you can buy.

RubberFrog · Sep 18, 2011

Zuiquan, so those challenger scoops were a straight swap? No modification necessary? Could you attach some tubing to vent the air flow near the intake?

EJM05 · Sep 18, 2011

I want to make this functional but haven't looked into it.

LB3711 · Sep 18, 2011

Wasn't there someone on another forum making it functional?

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quietpeen · Sep 18, 2011

RubberFrog said:
Zuiquan, so those challenger scoops were a straight swap? No modification necessary? Could you attach some tubing to vent the air flow near the intake?

if they are a straight swap i bet there will be some people hitting up ebay looking for them...LOL

BigH0ss · Sep 18, 2011

I'll see what I can do today and let ya know if I can figure something out. Thanks for the step by steps

blackout11 · Sep 18, 2011

RubberFrog said:
Zuiquan, so those challenger scoops were a straight swap? No modification necessary? Could you attach some tubing to vent the air flow near the intake?

Looks like he did some hood cutting on a few of those pics no thank u i like the way i got it lol not cutting my hood.

BigH0ss · Sep 18, 2011

I know it's off topic but does any one know if the rear emblem comes off in 2 pieces like the front?

BigH0ss · Sep 18, 2011

Turned out great

Musclemckeester · Sep 18, 2011

BigH0ss said:
I know it's off topic but does any one know if the rear emblem comes off in 2 pieces like the front?

No, unfortunately the back is all one piece and is held on by that two sided foam tape.

zuiquan1 · Sep 18, 2011

Sorry late reply lol, no they aren't a straight swap, the Challenger scoops are a lot smaller than the Dodge ones. So I had to taper down to the Challenger scoops. I just used gorilla tape and then painted it with plastidip! Gonna replace it with some rubber strips I bought to make it a little more lasting. Also your gonna have to drill out your Ram scoops.

And yes your gonna have to do some cutting, there's a giant brace covering both scoops that blocks everything,

I plan on modifying it to vent straight into a Vararam scoop whenever they release.

KGBIGCOUNTRY · Sep 18, 2011

How big are the openings for it to be channeled into an intake or sorts?

blackout11 · Sep 18, 2011

If you have it just pour into an intake what about the water i know when it rains my engine gets soaked and with all the new electronic stuff it really can't be good nor can cold water on a hot block.So would there not have to be a catch can of some sort for the water. Also not sure what brand cai it it but they are talking about making a ram air kit it will hook on the bottom area of the bumper and feed right into the bottom box of the cai .

wermbang · Sep 18, 2011

I believe Chithead was also working at making his functional not sure on how far he got.

zuiquan1 · Sep 18, 2011

Ive been driving it through pretty bad rain, like monsoon every single day for the past 3 months, the engine isn't any more wet with em installed then when they weren't. I haven't had any problems. I will be adapting them to work with this intake, whenever its available-

The actual hole into the engine bay is only like 2" x 4" or so, not very much air getting in. Obviously right now its not doing anything but at least they work, and whenever I get this Vararam installed it will be a little extra air, but most of the ram air will be coming from the radiator area.

Still, its different, and custom. Now when people ask me if my hood scoops are functional I can say yep! Before everyone was like "what they just for looks?"

blackout11 · Sep 18, 2011

zuiquan1 said:
Ive been driving it through pretty bad rain, like monsoon every single day for the past 3 months, the engine isn't any more wet with em installed then when they weren't. I haven't had any problems. I will be adapting them to work with this intake, whenever its available-

The actual hole into the engine bay is only like 2" x 4" or so, not very much air getting in. Obviously right now its not doing anything but at least they work, and whenever I get this Vararam installed it will be a little extra air, but most of the ram air will be coming from the radiator area.

Still, its different, and custom. Now when people ask me if my hood scoops are functional I can say yep! Before everyone was like "what they just for looks?"

Damnnnnnnnnn i like that system how long before they make for a 2011

blackout11 · Sep 18, 2011

And ya i feel ya on the scoops but mine are open with a screen on the back and my engine bay gets soaked.

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