Its more practical for me to keep my hood on hinges. Dzus fasteners are a great idea but Im not really a fan of the pins all over the hood. I think Im just going to cut the V shape of the latch bracket and make some new supports for it.
I spent some time yesterday taking measurements and designed an the airbox using Autocad.
My goal is to keep cost under $100 in materials, weigh under 5 lbs, and be constructed with only hand tools. My plan is to make decals to scale, then stick them to the sheet metal as a stencil to cut out. I dont have a break bender so most of the bends will be separate pieces, riveted together with tabs and sealed with 200mph tape.
For materials, Lowes had 22ga steel, 26 ga coated steel, and .020 Aluminum. Im leaning towards the 26 ga steel because it would be the easiest to wrk with, and slightly stronger than the aluminum. The only thing Im worried about is noise with the thinner sheet, but I guess that could be fixed with supports.
Thoughts on any of this?