"Tantrum" Charger

[tan top]

      awesome job  , lot of work / time &  dough gone in that thing !  clever stuff  ,

but  not for me  

  given a choice would choose the one below or one that's stock , every time    

[Brass]

I don't mind the hood, at least they included the scallops on it. And just look at that motor, its huge! They needed to push the hood up just to fit it in there. And I'm sure with the amount of heat from those turbos and headers that is trapped in the engine bay it was necessary to have a way for the heat to escape.

A hemi scoop would look better.

[RallyeMike]

What's wrong with the hood?  It's a small cowl induction hood that flows with the rest of the body.  My only gripe so far is the door handles.  They've taken this car to the 9th degree merging new, old and fantastic, but left the dorky door handles on?  Get that car back to the shop...

Not saying the hood is terrible. It's ok. It's just not unique or inspiring compared to the rest of the build where everything is amazing. Why stop at 98% and settle for the generic cowl induction hood that is on every other one of these high-dollar super builds?

.... and BTW, the article says that the door handles are custom.

[Kern Dog]

I have to hand it to the engineers/stylists at Chevrolet: The Cowl Induction hood was a great design that has been copied by their competition many times.
The design accomplishes two things: Engine clearance and aerodynamics while doing it.   

[myk]

What's wrong with the hood?  It's a small cowl induction hood that flows with the rest of the body.  My only gripe so far is the door handles.  They've taken this car to the 9th degree merging new, old and fantastic, but left the dorky door handles on?  Get that car back to the shop...

Not saying the hood is terrible. It's ok. It's just not unique or inspiring compared to the rest of the build where everything is amazing. Why stop at 98% and settle for the generic cowl induction hood that is on every other one of these high-dollar super builds?

.... and BTW, the article says that the door handles are custom.

Custom dorky door handles.  At that level of fabrication I would expect a car to not have door handles, although that's just my opinion; clearly the designer saw differently....

[Brass]

I have to hand it to the engineers/stylists at Chevrolet: The Cowl Induction hood was a great design that has been copied by their competition many times.
The design accomplishes two things: Engine clearance and aerodynamics while doing it.   

Sure.  I have nothing against them except how they look sometimes, and the last place I want to see them is on a 2nd gen charger.  I can live with it - I just think they seem more at home on an 80's era pro-street El Camino, for example.  Purely my subjective opinion. 

[unrulyprocuda]

I am currently Having a high profile car such as this built at a professional shop it is always great to hear all the different opinions of what looks good and what does not when your building a car of this magnitude.Its hard to reinvent the wheel per say and keep a stock looking car recognizable so it still appeals to a large audience we all sound like we would change things about this car build if it was our car. Seems like cowl induction hood is the number one. I for one love cowl induction hoods on the right application Mopar or not it seems silly to build such a Badass high dollar car and that's all you can come up with. One good thing is its all carbon fiber on the front end so that cost some bucks i Love the stance,Wheels Interior and overall look i agree it looks like the Torino grill. I don't like the paint choice and i really like it cleaner in the engine compartment around the Radiator and inter cooler but thats my opinion. Cant wait to hear all the feedback on my build look at the Holohans Hot rod shop Pro touring Daytona Build in Aero cars its taken me almost ten years to get my dream car rolling and it pissed me off when Fast and furious 6 Built that Daytona for the Movie and When mine is done i am sure i will hear that i copy cated some of their Ideas.

[B5 Charger]

Ruined two of the coolest things about a 2nd gen Charger the grille and the taillights.