interesting stuff a lot of what you described was kind of what I was afraid of concerning cutting it off. We were actually going to add metal to the drip rail rather then just trying to use the existing but theres a lot of work yet to do to get that far.
so was I, Ford knows its customers and knows the 4valves strong points when it comes to mods. It could run 6-8lbs safely while an ls1 can run more like 4-6. They couldnt run lower because the motor would have just been a dog. They hit their hp numbers while leaving room for a safe upgrade...
I actually have a question about this, did you just cut them back to the roof line and clean up the seem? I have been thinking of cutting the lip off mine and then having the flat part roll up into the roof. Gimme some closer pics :nice: