[Tuske427]

My GTO needed Ram Air. It's not a RA car, it's not a Judge, it's not even numbers matching, but what does that matter anyway. It's also a lot of $$ for either worn out original parts that need restoration or for a full repop kit that likely won't fit right without modification anyway. So why not work with what ya' have, buy the bare essentials, make the rest and modify it to work better.

I started by finding a used repop upper pan for sale locally and then bought the flapper assembly. It was at this time that I learned that Pontiac made two styles of ram air hood inserts and mine weren't the ones needed to attach to the flapper assembly. I've read nothing but horror stories about the aftermarket inserts, the OG ones are really expensive, and I don't have touch up paint for my car anyway, so I decided to just hog out the scoops on my car and make my own filler plates to keep the air moving through the flappers. I did this shaping some sheet metal and adding some metal strapping to attach the assy underneath the hood.

I also enlarged the opening in the upper pan as the one there seemed really small, and removed the vacuum diaphragms as I intend to leave this open for the mild weather here in So Cal.