I want this hood
- Thread starter Wicked One
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A guy on fnsweet.com started a thread about this hood
http://www.fnsweet.com/forums/05-09-roush-mustangs/46979-dont-hate-hood.html
I really like it but it's a bit pricey for me. Have you seen the matching 1/4 window scoops? http://www.techcointl.com/Quarter-Windows-w-Butterflies-p/001a-c03-b000607.htm
http://www.fnsweet.com/forums/05-09-roush-mustangs/46979-dont-hate-hood.html
I really like it but it's a bit pricey for me. Have you seen the matching 1/4 window scoops? http://www.techcointl.com/Quarter-Windows-w-Butterflies-p/001a-c03-b000607.htm
Those dragster-like "throttles" are a fun bit of trickery SMS calls the Red Butterfly Induction System. Yes, the red butterflies open and close in response to driver input; the command comes from an electronic controller and the power through a stepper motor in the hoodscoop. SMS engineers were sure to make the butterflies open when rapping the throttle at a stoplight, so they're a dead cinch to impress. The entire system is separate from the powertrain control module-there's a switch on the throttle pedal-so emissions legality isn't affected.
The more mechanically astute will realize that no, the red butterflies aren't the actual throttle body, but rather a nifty, operable cold-air intake. In practice, air passes through the butterflies, runs through a duct built into the hood, then through a separate duct forward to the cavity surrounding the open-element air filter in the usual spot behind the driver-side headlight. The air then passes through the air filter, an SMS 100mm mass air meter, and the throttle body atop the Saleen supercharger. SMS is already offering the air filter, air dam, and 100mm mass air as a cold-air kit. They're the start of what promises to be a full line of hot-rod and appearance parts.
