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Originally Posted by Joshinator99
A 2” drop will not clear a 2650 or 3.0 I’d have to guess…. That’s a big drop!
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I think it might be close...
Even with the PI plates, I think the insert nose
MIGHT be high and forward enough that it might clear.
I highlighted the areas that contacted the blower lid. At the front, it was the outer edges of the hood panel that contacted the Maggie lid, and at the rear of the panel, the bolts for the hood panel would rub the top of the lid. However - the nose of the insert MIGHT JUST clear with that kind of drop. I'll try to remember to take a picture, from above the hood, to show the relationships between that part.
Regarding cooling - you can barely tell from the image of the hood panel that I enlarged the OEM holes. I took the rain guard, outlined it's perimeter, and trimmed the panel
just to the inside edge of that trace. I'm never going to use that guard, but I keep it in the car, and would install it if I felt the need, but my car has never nor will ever see the rain, so I trimmed it just enough to keep functionality, in case I'm wrong, lol. I can definitely feel hot air from the fans coming out of the hood where I enlarged the holes. I'm tempted to try lowering that insert if there's enough room.