how about something sutle like this one from rk sport, to bad they didn't paint it before they offered it for sale

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The Charger SRT8 has a nice hood on it, IMHO.

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any new info on your hood design? anything final?

 

I think a small cowl would look great. Maybe 1 1/2 to 3". There's already a scoop one on the market, and a shaker (which doesn't fit the look of the Magnum). I think a nice cowl would look great on this car. This is a bit large, but it's the only cowl I had to work with. Something like this, but shorter, and to the edge to line up with the grill.

There's nothing wrong with fiberglass if done right. Mustang hoods are all fiberglass and they hold up very well. Carbon fiber is too "Fast & the Furious".

 

Wow I missed this thread completely.

Personally I like the Charger R/T hood the best, as a 'concept'. Specifically, I like the tines coming out off the edges. You could do a smoother, less angular treatment that would better agree with the Magnum's lines. I think that would be ideal and it would certainly be a unique product in a slowly widening field.

It would need to be functional. I think there's where the 'shaker' hoods (specifically the CD Concepts hood) falls through. That hood's inlet system is only supplementary at best. However imho a hood that is meant to deliver *some* cold air to the airbox location is still within my definition of 'functional'.

I personally don't care for the Viper-style hood. The DG Motorsports hood looks OK for what it is. Kind of. The CD Concepts shaker looks very well made but is too expensive and no way am I cutting up my hood to put that system in.

 

I think the RK sport hood for the 300c is a nice clean design

 

Magnums beg for duel scoops like the mid-90s formula. All phat and mean-lookin'.

like the one in the middle.
I settled for the rksport hood until something like this comes out.
I may have to make one.

 

i feel that a dodge should stick with a dodge design, not a chevy cowl or pontiac ram-air. dodge made lots of cool designs. the six pack, hemi shaker, t/a hood and more. the 1970 challenger r/t had twin scoops. i feel better using that over a pontiac design. but that's just me.

 

i want to see a hood w/a scoop right over the air cleaner. If no one makes one though i'll modify my hood then.

[22 years old, '05 silver magnum r/t]

 

I think that'd look cool.
If it's just for functions though, the viper hood does feed the intake directly via a channel from the scoop itself.