the problem is the whole thing is to high left right front and back. the hood will close no problem without the ram air cleaner on it. so did not go down to day and look it over again, will do it the first of the week. I dont have to run the ram air bet really wanted to. so with that said not going to let it hold me up at this point i will buy a low profile K&N and tackle it later on. Its not going anywhere.
Roy..I feel your pain:dodgy: I went through the same thing on my 71 Camaro..when I installed the cowl induction hood..Here's how I solved the problem..Not my Idea so I can't take credit. But It should work for you
Plus it's trick as s**t & If you make it nice, It will compliment all the other trick stuff on that motor. Heres a cut a paste of the procedure:
"Spent my Saturday making a cowl air cleaner. Something I always wanted to do and never did. Got the idea from some old posts on here using a 16 in. aluminum cake pan. Turned out real nice, Lots of measuring and trimming, but worth the effort. Total cost about 55 bucs. Got the cake pan online, I got the 1 in. bulb seal from McMaster Carr. Off set base from Summit, but had to cut the base and use pieces of of it. the offset was 1 1/2 in. and I only needed a 1 1/8 offset. To find the right amount of offset I cut a piece of cardboard in a circle 15 1/2 in. the size of the hole in the hood and another piece at 16 in. the size of the cake pan, Centered them and glued them together (mark the exact center with a sharpie). Then I put the cardboard in the hole in the hood, 15 1/2 in the hole in the hood and the 16 in. hold it from falling through, and is the same size as the cake pan, mine fit nice and tight, you may have to use some tape to hold it on the hood. Then I took some threaded stock (5/16 in my case but may be 1/4 for other carbs) filed a point on it, cut it to the right height Screwed it in the carb so it just poked a hole in the cardboard when I closed the hood. Then you just take the cardboard out of the hood and drop it in the 16 in. cake pan, drill the offset hole in the pan and then you have the exact center of the offset use that hole as a guide for your base center. The actual height and angle of the pan will be different for each car, depending on carb, intake, motor mounts, carb spacers, ect. Once the base was made it is really trial and error until I trimmed enough off so the hood will close completely, then I used clay to measure how far down from the hood the base was. Then I kept trimming until I had 3/4 of an inch clearance between the cake pan and the bottom of the hood when closed, that way the 1 in. bulb seal would have a 1/4 of an inch crush against the hood and 3/4 of an inch for the torque and movement of the engine when your getting on it."