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RSM said

The Ritter is too tall for what I want to do. I'm hoping everything stays under the hood with the OC but I guess I'll find out. I haven't read anything where the OC/carb/air cleaner need a hole in the hood to work. I want to stay with a flat hood and factory dual scoops.

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The OC manifold is 4.85". I just went out and measured my MP manifold and it's 4.00" so you're looking at a little over 3/4" taller.

I'm running a Mopar air cleaner (the one in my avatar pic) and the base on that thing only drops about 1/2". It fits fine under the Cuda hood with a little room to spare. I think you'll be fine with the OC manifold, at the worst you might have to go to a drop base air cleaner.