About Us
When only the best will do! - Suncoast Ram Air Hoods
Suncoast Ram Air Hoods will help you dominate the competition no matter if its the guy next to you is staring at a traffic light or a light tree.
Mission
To provide the automotive performance enthusiast the highest quality, fully engineered, functional ram air hood systems available.
Company History
Suncoast Automotive Performance, Inc. began life as Suncoast Creations, Inc. in 1993 under Mr. Phil Grabo. Phil's vision to provide custom performance hoods became a reality under his guidance from 1993 to 2000.
Richard "Dick" Chouinard purchased the company from Phil at a time when Phil's need for new challenges overcame his love for Ram Air Hoods. Dick and the Suncoast Creations team brought the company into the 21st century before retirement loomed heavily over Dick's head.
On July 31, 2006 Suncoast Automotive Performance, Inc. bought the assets of Suncoast Creations, Inc. and took over operations. Many of the faces from Suncoast Creations team remained in place while the ownership transitioned. The new leadership has made a commitment to maintain product quality, improve customer service, increase technical support, and invigorate new product development
Leadership
President/Owner - Ric Schildwachter
Ric Schildwachter is a product development and operations management professional with extensive experience in Project Management, LeanSigma (6 Sigma Quality and Lean Manufacturing), Integrated Product Development, Virtual Teams, and Business Process Redesign. Ric has served as President of International Business Incubators, Inc. and Executive Vice President at PTG, Inc. Ric will apply his passion for performance into Suncoast's products, new designs, and operations.
"The new hood has gotten a lot of attention so far and looks great! While driving home after the install, I got a check engine light, went to the mechanic the next day - turned out to be the O2 sensors weren't used to the extra air and the ECU had to adjust. Cleared the code and its been perfect since (proves the hood works!)"
Michael O.
"Just so ya'll now, my hood arrived today! It looks Mah-vu-las darlings...Body shop owner says it's one of the best after-market hoods he's ever seen..."
John B.