$50 is a damn good deal for that air box you should ****** it up if not i will, mines in bad shape. The Air box looks kind of cool but it really is a pain in the ***. It always sits kind of crooked and you always have to take it off to work on your car as its big and in the way.

 

but if you have an intake you usually have to take that off also...

 

Kind of. When i had my K&N CAI i use to just disconnect it at the MAF and i could kind of move it out of the way and get the intake elbow off then i had lots of room to work. With the Air box on i have to take it off to get to anything on, my fuel rail covers only make it worse.

 

Hey I had an functional SS hood from suncoast creations on my 94 Z28 for two years, and I never had a problem with rain water, it stayed dry even when I was washing it. Hope this helps!

 

I also vote to keep it non functional. The SS ram air intake doesn't gain you anything over a normal CAI. It also covers up a bunch of the engine making it harder to work on. In holds more heat into the engine because it's sitting on top of it.

BTW, I have the SS hood and decided to get the cold air colling my engine from the ram air scoop, and keep my K&N FIPK CAI.

Dan