CoolBDPhenom03

I've had the hood on my car for about a week. It does make a difference. First, I used to only have one cold start per day, in the morning. Maybe if my car sat the remainder of the day would I have another cold start. Now, if I sit over 5 hours (like between lunch and leaving work) I could have 2 or 3 cold starts.

As I drive, normal temps hovered around 221°F oil and 197°F water. Driving through clean air during the day, the lowest I've seen is 212°F oil and 183°F water. That delta should be more significant if I do a track day since the velocity of the air should clear out the engine bay at a better rate than a stock hood.

According to my body shop guy, this is one of the best fiberglass hoods he's ever seen. Some fine tuning adjustments took about two hours, but the rest of the install was painless. One thing to note is that the hood springs on a stock hood are not removable so you need aftermarket ones.

CoolBDPhenom03

Damn typos.

CarHopper

Care to shed some light on what hood springs you went with?

CoolBDPhenom03

No idea, but I can ask my body shop guy. He already has them.

CarHopper

Cool. I've heard OEM's are too stiff for the lighter hood so just where to get the right ones.

SCAMG13

Sorry if I missed it, but what color did you end up with on the vents?

CoolBDPhenom03

I have to leave it red for now until it dries for a month.

SheryarYO

how much did the install cost you?

CoolBDPhenom03

Got hooked up

CPD SLK

Which shop u go to?

Congrats on the install...post some pics when you can!

Maverick1975

This is the ram air hood you are talking about?

CoolBDPhenom03

This is the BS style hood.

Federal Auto Body in Concord.

charliekay

Ben, its not the ram air hood, this is the one - https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...1-c63-amg.html

BO Knows

hood springs? The two springs in front of the hood between the latch which pops up the hood? I took those off easily.

Rsquad911

Congrats! This summer I'm going to pick up one of those hoods.

Pics please! I bet it looks awesome!

MagasC63

I know we are taking about the black series hood but I thought I would just add this photo of sun coast creations functional ram intake hood as well. I can get a few more pics if anyone is interested.

Roswell

Are they the company who made Dad's hood? Looks agressive!

Magas, ur F15 looks sick! Where did u get them?

MagasC63

Thanks. I believe they are the ones that made Keith's but not 100%. Keith recommended the company to me. Still the prototype but I can honestly say I love it. Great increase in top end speed. Atleast it feels that way. Lol As for the F15's...picked them up from another forum member....I collect rims just like you

Kriston

Good to hear,

My biggest issue with Fiberglass is that its prone to rock chips over time.

Question about the vents, the real 507 hood has a tray to dissipate water from the engine area. Is this hood constructed the same way or is it just open at the bottom of the vents?

CoolBDPhenom03

It's the hood springs in the front as well as the springs in the hydraulics that keep your hood open.

My body shop guy said he got the springs from IMC, a parts company that only does German and Japanese vehicles only.

MagasC63

If you are talk about the ram intake hood, it's just open on the side vents. There is no tray to dissipate the water....but this is something I will looks into

Dads C63

Hood looks great on the white car!! Not too aggressive.

They are making these two hoods designed by Dads Performance and do a great job!!

Dads C63

There's nothing under the vents that you need to keep water off. It was designed to vent the hot air directly out the top.

abcut973

Are they still doing your original vented hood?

CoolBDPhenom03

Correction: I didn't actually mean the hood springs. I meant where the hydraulics attach to the ball bolt on the hood.