hdis2002

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Any of you folks bought one of these? A company called Restoration Perfomance has a reproduction IROC steel hood for $224. It is made by Goodmark which has a pretty good selection of fiberglass hoods, but I prefer steel. Any feedback is appreciated.

Steve

Werewolf SS

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I have a Goodmark steel cowl hood and the fitment is spot on and I haven't had any issues.

UnderCover89TBI

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I also run goodmark steel cowl hood. great piece. love it. I have had no problems with any goodmark products.

91cowlstripes

I've got the 2'' cowl from goodmark, and i love it.

Mad_IROC-Z

I did not know Goodmark had any fiberglass hoods. At least when I was a dealer for them I did not see any.

Ron U.S.M.C.

I also have a Goodmark 2in. steel cowl hood. Really like it but feel I'm the only one here that has a fitment issu. I cant get the hood latch to drop enough to allow the front of the hood to close with out leaving a 3/8 gap. Maybe Its time to do some grinding on the latch bolt "slides" so it will drop some. Here's what I'm talking about.

Ron U.S.M.C.

OK, I spent the last 2 hours working on dropping the latch ( some precision grinding) and fixed the problem. Sits allot nicer now with out that large gap. Its about 1/8 and I can live with that. I have been wanting to do that for soooo long now. Done.

UnderCover89TBI

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such a good looking car Ronus. I have a little problem but not too bad. I got mine used too so I dont know the complete history. But I figured when I am ready to paint and all that I'll get all th epanels lined up right.

raptor80dad

I had the same problem as Ronus but what I did was put washers under the center of the nose piece to raise it to the hood.Whatever works.

zenish

i have the cowl hood.the only problem i had was the holes to install the rear rubber strip were too large for the fasteners.

G-reg

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I've got the factory reproduction steel hood with the hood louver spots, I'm guessing its the same hood you're asking about. Fits fine, a little lighter than stock so I imagine it would dent easier. Hopefully I'll never have to find out. Took a loooooooooong time to get (months), Goodmark has next to nothing in stock.

znate

i see factory hoods with louvers in my local junk yard all the time can buy them for 40 bucks a pop! i jus dnt like them rather have a flat hood. if you want a glass hood get a harwood i like mine bolts right up no fittment issues at all.

tworley27

I have 4inch cowl fiberglass but I'm am Getting a goodmark steel cowl hood this week. Should I still use the hood pins with the steel hood? Thanks.

zenish

only if you like the look.the goodmark hood is as thick as the stock hood.im using the chevy latch.

raptor80dad

No need

motorhead1985

im also looking to buy a cowl hood. summit has a goodmark hood and a "oer" hood. they both appear to be the same, but the goodmark hood is more expensive. does anyone know if there is any difference in quality or styling between the two?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GMK-4022-200-822/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/OER-1668292/?rtype=10

Ron U.S.M.C.

I would like to see what the bottom of the "OER" hood looks like. This is the Goodmark and one of the main reasions I bought a Goodmark steel hood.

zenish

the only downside to the goodmark hood is the engine is offset to the passinger side so the air breather on the non tpi cars isn't centered which means you have to use a small air breather if it sticks into the hood.

motorhead1985

i was wondering that myself, i tried looking around for pictures online but couldent find anything. i like the way the goodmark hood has the cutout for the air filter. i was also checking out vfn's website and saw that they had an L-88 hood for our cars, found a few pics online of camaros with the hood, they look pretty agressive. i like the fact that its kind of unique, dont see many third gens with the L-88 hood.

User Error 87

goodmark makes good stuff..g-reg ur hood looks nice...love the blue color

Ron U.S.M.C.

I agree the engine is slightly off to one side but the 14x3in. open air filter assembly that I have does fit . Its close .I did a clay test by putting the clay on the edge of the assembly and closing the hood. when you open the hood the clay will tell you how close the filter is to the rim of the hole.Mine clears it buy a 1/4in. Any way when your running a x-stream filter top or the power lid by Spectre and are in the hole 1in. like i am it pulls air directly from the hole. Its not a sealed unit because that a bit overkill for me. I'm happy with what I have.Here's a few more photos of the hood.
PS. I run the hood pins because I like the way they go with the old school/1/4mile look I'm aiming for. It also gives me piece of mind. I had a incident with a hood flying open on the highway once.

Ron U.S.M.C.

The only flaw I see IMO is the screen in the cowl opening at the base of the hood. Cowl induction works in two ways ,one is the cool air that forms at the base of the windshield in a swirling fashion and is drawn into the cowl opening while the second way is the intake pulling cool air into the TBI/Carb.using the cowl. The screen is restrictive but I can put my hand against the screen and feel the pull of air coming from the filter lid. You can really hear it sucking through the top of the element creating a steady stream of cool air. One of our members has this hood and has cut the screen out. I'm OK with what I have.