That is cool as can be! How much distance for Crush do you have on that steel from where you mounted to the cake pan as far as the raised area of the seal
Look at post #23. The pictures attached to that post were taken with the hood closed and they show how the seal is seated against the underside of the hood. Also, I used cheap modeling clay stacked on top of the air cleaner lid to measure clearances. However, I did not cut out the "triangle", used the original hood opening seal in the original location (see post #18).