That metal work looks great, and unique as far as I know but I'm no Cobra expert. But the way it looks inside the snout with the oil cooler underneath is very nice. I like the underhood engine covers also, but less of a fan of that look since I like the look of a lot of the hardware, especially after a little effort at simplifying and maybe even tucking stuff.

It reminds me a little of the aluminum undertray I have on my Supra except that my undertray is not what I would call "tin work" since it's just a flat sheet cut to size. I integrated it with this carbon fiber front lip since it has a low central opening; with a decent sized front mount intercooler the air to the radiator and oil cooler is somewhat obstructed so with this undertray and by raising the intercooler a couple inches I was able to channel air into the lower lip opening and under the intercooler to the radiator and oil cooler. The benefit is very noticeable in engine coolant temperature. Since the lip also has the two little side openings, I used those to scoop some air that I duct to my front rotors ...really made a noticeable improvement in brake cooling on the track; brakes were already excellent but now they never fade.

A little more simple "tin work" are the aluminum intakes for the two turbos; I have fine mesh stainless screen cones inside each to catch larger critters; I realize it doesn't filter air as well as a real filter, and I have a good filter setup too, but I like to hear the turbo noises Here's some pics of this setup:

CF lower lip with openings:


undertray also showing brake ducts



inside lower front opening showing air passage under intercooler


air intake scoops


front brake air scoops and broadside view of undertray attached to front lip



Now in spite of what some of you may think, maybe because I'm an older guy with a different perspective compared to young import car owners, I still consider the Supra as my sports car - hot rod so I'm not shy about posting it.

On the more "conventional" hot rod my '32 Brookville roadster, my buddy actually did the "tin work" on my bomber seats which you can see below; he also did an aluminum air scoop and box around my tranny cooler which sits horizontally by my oil pan but I don't have a good pic of that.

The bomber seats are getting upholstered next week: