OVER 9 PONDS OF WEIGHT LOSS!!
I admit I was a little skeptical about trying this hood out.
I have personally not had a problem with a BDX hood in the past but I do know of some that have but the fix was the same as a Mountain Fit hood. I did not install a pre filter setup in the intake yet but that might be a possibility in the near future.
The install is super simple!! All you have to do is pull your hood harness out of your stock hood along with your key switch, 12 Volt receptical and outer plastics and install them in the new hood.
I did a fast job of removing the grey foam that is on the underside of new hood and added some more silicone on the sealing surfaces of the new intake. If I would not have removed the foam and added the silicone to the hood I could have done the whole job in 45 minutes or less and there were no instructions with the hood.
The only downside to the hood that I have found is the additional intake noise from the throttle bodies at lower rpms. I don't notice it at the higher rpms.
The stock hood in the pictures is with some holes drilled in it and covered with Frogskin. Without the holes on the same scale the hood weighed 19.2 pounds. So there is a difference of 9.2 ponds with this hood. Even with the half of a tube of silicone I added. I really don't think the silicone was necessary because the gaps I covered up are over the top of the motor but that is just me making it the way I wanted it and maybe keeping some hot air from getting in.
The areas that are cut out on this hood are protected by the outer plastics and not out in the open like on previous BDX hoods.
I admit I was a little skeptical about trying this hood out.
I have personally not had a problem with a BDX hood in the past but I do know of some that have but the fix was the same as a Mountain Fit hood. I did not install a pre filter setup in the intake yet but that might be a possibility in the near future.
The install is super simple!! All you have to do is pull your hood harness out of your stock hood along with your key switch, 12 Volt receptical and outer plastics and install them in the new hood.
I did a fast job of removing the grey foam that is on the underside of new hood and added some more silicone on the sealing surfaces of the new intake. If I would not have removed the foam and added the silicone to the hood I could have done the whole job in 45 minutes or less and there were no instructions with the hood.
The only downside to the hood that I have found is the additional intake noise from the throttle bodies at lower rpms. I don't notice it at the higher rpms.
The stock hood in the pictures is with some holes drilled in it and covered with Frogskin. Without the holes on the same scale the hood weighed 19.2 pounds. So there is a difference of 9.2 ponds with this hood. Even with the half of a tube of silicone I added. I really don't think the silicone was necessary because the gaps I covered up are over the top of the motor but that is just me making it the way I wanted it and maybe keeping some hot air from getting in.
The areas that are cut out on this hood are protected by the outer plastics and not out in the open like on previous BDX hoods.
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