Duraflex Hood - anyone have one?

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Stumbled across this today:

2004-2011 Ford Ranger Viper Look Hood - 1 Piece - 113802

Carbon Creations Master Distributor, Carbon fiber hoods, Trunks, Fenders and Duraflex Fiberglass Body Kits.

carboncreations.com

Would make for a nice hood... vented, and not metal.

Anyone have one? Like? Dislike?

 

[Curious Hound]

I bet I could make that fit.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

It would be neat until your engine bay fills full of snow/melted snow and freezes...

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

It would be neat until your engine bay fills full of snow/melted snow and freezes...

2011 gets parked in the garage in September/October and comes back out in May

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

I bet I could make that fit.

Right?? Ultimate v8 or blower cooler...

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Nobody eh?

So I'm going to be the first.

So be it.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Shipping from California...

Likely as much as the hood itself.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Shipping from California...

Likely as much as the hood itself.

I have a freight dock... talked them down quite a bit

 

[cbxer55]

It's a neat hood. I however, made my own. Steel hood, Boss 429 hood scoop semi-functional, and carbon fiber Mustang heat vents. The two small scoops on the front are directly over the very large stainless steel mesh air filter. There are 25 1.5 inch holes in the hood under the scoop. The intake manifold, which is metal, barely gets warm, depending on ambient temperature. When it is really cold out, like 20's or less, I plug up the scoop with a piece of foam. I leave the front five holes open to coolthe 3 inch steel tube from the MAF to the TB. The vents are not over anything that matters. So no need to plug them.

Rims, btw, are Cragar Mag Master made in 1974. 7.0 front, 8.5 rear. Couldn't get replacement center caps, so found some chrome "Knock-off" spinners online. Rims were found in a barn in Texas on a clapped out 74 Chevelle convertible. Took me one week each to get all the corrosion off them and make them usable.

BTW, the hot air vents work very well. One winter, 2022 I think, it was sittin out in the snow for a week. When it warmed up, I dusted it all off, but left the snow in the vents. Took it for a drive. When I hit around 50 mph, all ten of those snow plugs exited the vents and smacked into the window, without ever touching the hood. Also, the spoiler on the bed, the snow on the bed cover slid back, leapt up about six inches and dove overboard. It was neat to see.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Well. It's ordered.

On backorder till October of this year.

Will post pics/review when it's in my hands.

 

[gaz]

@PetroleumJunkie412
I like it if the inlets improve under hood temperatures, no matter what it looks like ..)

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

@PetroleumJunkie412
I like it if the inlets improve under hood temperatures, no matter what it looks like ..)

That's my idea. Not wild about the looks,but fits the build strategy of "keep the supercharger cold"

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

A note about this hood...

It is made by Extreme Dimensions in California. Every other seller online is a drop ship seller, meaning they don't actually have the hood, they just sell on behalf of Extreme Dimensions, and the hood ships directly from their facility in California. If you do order one factory direct, Josh Steele was the salesman I spoke with; an overall pleasant and agreeable fella.

He did warn me that ordering direct may not be the cheapest method, but after a discount for calling in instead of using the website, and some finagling LTL rates, I came comfortably under what the lowest drop shipper was willing to sell for with cost + shipping.

Your call on how to purchase, but when dealing with parts, I'd rather buy direct. Plus, it led to a rather tidy cost savings.

YMMV, be vigilant about uneven tire wear, call your mother.

 

[Curious Hound]

YMMV, be vigilant about uneven tire wear, call your mother.

What if your mother has uneven tire wear?

 

[Roert42]

What if my mother owes me money and doesn’t answer the phone?