fender gaps are going to need some attention...

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As much as I hate to say it, it looks like the front of the nose needs to come down to align the fenders and door gaps. That will make the hood clearance even worse.

How close is the hood to throttle body, and is it just the throttle body, or the intake as well? Will you have clearance for an air filter assembly? Maybe if its just the throttle body clearance, you can add a tapered shim between the intake and the throttle body to gain the clearance you need. Gene

Oh man I can truly sympathize. I had exactly the same problem on my 57 when I put the Hemi in. The slope on the hood interfered with the front of the air cleaner for the Tri-Power. In my case it was either lose the Tri-Power for a shorter intake or use a hood scoop.

I agonized over that for about a month (especially as IMO there are no scoops that really look good on these cars). In my case the Tri-Power won and I sacrificed a 61 Thunderbird hood for the scoop.





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Well for what it is worth, it looks good. I actually was trying to figure out what you used....
Kinda leaning toward a 1969 dodge power bulge.... I am going to contact some of the supercharger manufactures and hope that they offer a unit for the 6.1 with about an inch less total height than the srt intake manifold. I briefly considered a 1" body lift, and then a corresponding 1" suspension drop. Dont really want to go that route.

Starting to install the wiring harness...

Trying to find a place for all the stuff is a bit of work...

Had to cut a 2.375" hole in the firewall, behind the passenger side fuel rail for the harness to pass thru. There is a portion of the harness that has to be snaked under the intake manifold, cam sensor, water temp, a/c pump, etc. That took some doing.

Looking good! Can't wait to see that thing finished!

Update:

https://youtu.be/JKxprk77HLw

Great to see/hear it run! Did you come up with a hood clearance solution?

No solution on the hood just yet.

Well, time for an update. Here is my hood clearance solution...

I had to deepen the driveshaft tunnel due to the need for a larger diameter driveshaft, lowered stance, and the elevated install height of the transmission.

I am running 3" exhaust all the way back, with an H-pipe and Dynomax Ultraflo mufflers...

And I swapped in a 8.8 ford rear end out of a 1998 ford explorer. That provided 3:73 gears, tracloc differential, 31 spline axles, and disc brakes for the low cost of $300.

Awesome!

Nice work