Carlos' workmanship is top notch. I wonder if his new design keeps more water out than mine does.
I have one of his Mark 1.2 hoods. Still need to get it painted though. It's still DSG. But it actually looks pretty good on my Zinc yellow as is.
I could swear your hood was a silver metallic.:shrug:
Ron, it sure looks great on your car.
It's a stock hood with louvers added to it. I wanted to keep the same basic body lines. I drive my car in all weather conditions. Ron and i have been on track a few years ago when it was pouring rain. Look at post #10, ExtremeSpeed Events Horse Thief Mile Pics / Vids / Results Thead - SoCalTerminators.com Forums.
If you look closely the center of the hood is extended about 1 1/2" but it's tapered from the headlights. It's to create more downforce and reduce the amount of air that goes into the upper grille area.
Look at the rear of the hood i added a lip to help reduce the wind resistance over the windshield area.
With this hood it will cool better all the time, allow the car to reach speeds faster with reduced drag, the air over the hood actually sucks the air thru the grill area allowing for stable high speed runs. It's been tested for speeds up to 172.3mph in the mile. That's without the whipple and about 50-70 less hp than the current set-up. I was only 3 mph slower than several stock ZR1's, stock Zo6's were in the high 160's and a whipple powered cobra was about 10mph slower than me despite having a 50hp advantage.
Stock 13 GT500 couldn't break into the 160's three different drivers tried.
Ron's is my 4th hood and the most expensive one too. He just had to have the works.