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I bought a iroc hood and put it on my car I cut my origonal RS hood into 3 pieces and sent it for scrap.I am now regreting this I figured I could have cut a hole in my old hood and mounted a tear drop hood scoop on my base hood.Has anyone done this?
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I can't recall the member I did this (picture edit) for and I never posted it either (though totally irreleveant) but, to get to the question, is this the scoop you're referring to ?....
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Originally posted by deadbird I disagree to that.
The grey matter still works, though it's an old post, here (same scoop I'm thinking of just not cutout..)...
Disagree, argue with yourself, either way your still wrong, the one he is after is a 78-79, not an 80-81, the one you posted is 80-81, as i said before its a PITA to get the 78-79 scoop to sit flat.
Then enlighten me on the difference between a 78-9 hood and a 80-1 that would make such a drastic difference in fitment from the gentleman who put the scoop on his hood in the post I linked to and why it's such a PITA.
I'd like to be informed to not make the same incorrect mistake again.
The 80-81 is just a popup bubble, the 78-79 is SS style, the lower part of it that drops down for the ram air scoop sits a good bit lower than the bottom of the scoop itself requiring cutting a large section out of the original hood, the mounting studs are set into posts molded in that also sit a good bit below the actual flat surface of the hood requiring large holes in the top hood skin then smaller holes for the studs to actually go through before being bolted to the inner.
So it would be that only the outside shape is the same in appearance then I take it, not in function/mounting.
I've seen the 80-1 scoops as my brother and bud have both had those year Z's (granted, non functional). I mistakenly assumed GM followed in thier tradition of recycling parts over vast years (cookie cutter parts). Thanks for the info.
