If the hood really did funtion, it would help very little. There is no carbs on these cars and the scoop would have to raise up to 6" minimum to get any ram effect. Look at the drag cars, theres a reason they put the hood scoop so high. The after market will supply you with the cold air induction and all the cams and exhaust you can dream of. Also the hoods, spoilers, ground effects and bling bling wheels out the wazoo. These are how we personalize the cars we drive. Or we would all look the same and run the same. I'm old school and like my cars to look stock. But they are not stock and that is so much fun when you get to see the look on brand Xs face as his supposed more powerful car gets owned. So I will accept whatever Dodge gives us and if you see me on the streets of Charlotte and think its stock boy will you get a jolt of reality And we will have a new 1/4 mile strip at the Charlotte Motor Speedway by the time the 2009s hit the street. In the mean time look for a stock looking white 70 R/T Challenger in the months following April. It should be on the road by then.