The "Mustang Monthly" issue you are inquiring about is August, 1998. The dimensions shown seem pretty close. For the non-Boss, ram air hood, it shows as follows:
Perimeter stripe - 1/4 inch wide, with a 1/2 inch body color gap between the stripe and the main blacked-out (or argent) portion of the hood.
At the trailing edge (windshield wiper edge), the stripe is 5 1/2 inches from the outer edge of the hood.
At a point adjacent to the hood scoop, the stripe is 6 inches from the edge of the hood.
Note: This means the black-out is not parallel to the side edge of the hood!
At the leading (front) edge of the hood, the stripe is 3 inches from, and follows the contour of, the front hood edge.
Now, the hard part. In their drawing, the radius of template for the curve where the black-out nears the front edge of the hood did not seem quite right. The angle seemed too sharp.
The big trick when painting this hood is the curve in the black-out once you proceed forward past the NACA scoop. The key is to maintain the spacing established at the scoop, then parallel the outer style line of NACA scoop inlet all the way until you radius the line parallel to the leading edge of the hood. I've seen many repaints where the blackout narrows from the scoop area to the front hood edge in a straight line--- Not right!
This sounds very confusing, but if you look at the hood you should understand. I can't minimize the difficulty of doing this so that the right and left sides mirror each other. Prepare for many attempts at masking before you paint.
I don't know of anyone with a template out there, but it would certainly be great if one existed!
Posted on Sep 9, 1999, 7:02 PM from IP address 152.163.204.52