carb bonnet or hat

[falcon fanatic]

Hi,
I've seen a lot of cool carb hats on various cars here. I want to make a nice cold air system and I need a cool hat to make that happen, preferably something made form aluminum to match my stylish valve cover. Several appear to be in the $100 range, and that strikes me as steep for a simple piece of cast aluminum. Any and all suggestions welcome.

 

[LaGrasta]

there was a thread about an ebay special for a Dodge I believe, about $30. It was a really nice and should fit too.

www.redlineweber.com has a some great choices too.

 

[grocery getter]

keep checking ebay and turbo forums. I bought mine used.

I heard there was a spectre at shlep boys in the $40.00 range

 

[wtrmrk]

Hey I just purchased one from checker auto for 60 bucks. its a Spectre part #9849
http://www.spectreperformance.com/#CATALOG.9849

 

[LaGrasta]

Hey I just purchased one from checker auto for 60 bucks. its a Spectre part #9849
http://www.spectreperformance.com/#CATALOG.9849

outstanding website. thanks!

 

[falcon fanatic]

Indeed, there are tons of interesting options on that spectre site. Thank for the leads, guys.

 

[hasa68mustang]

here is my spectre carb hat, the only downfall for me was that it has a 3.5" inlet. I Also took some pictures of the build quality, its no extreme velocity carb hat however it has held up under my boost levels. There was one seam that had some excess metal from there it was put together but I broke it out with little effort and a screwdriver. If I had to do it again I would still buy it. You really cant beat it for the price.

The first pic was when I was originally mocking everything up waiting for my turbo. I was so excited lol.