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Old 02-14-2001, 09:00 AM
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What kind of hood should I get with tax return???

I am really leaning towards a bolt on 21/2"cowl hood..which one is better??..fiberglass or steel???..Where can I find one real cheap????
How about a L88 vette scoop on a stock hood..anyone ever seen one..any ideas or suggestions?????

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Old 02-14-2001, 12:24 PM
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I personally think the cowl hood looks better than an L88 on a thirdgen. I have a 4" cowl on mine. I have seen the L88's on 2nd gens and I think they look good on those. Just my opinion.

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Old 02-14-2001, 06:55 PM
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i had the ASCD bigblock hood on my 85 Z28. i think it was 2 1/2 but not real sure. but it is one bada$$ looking hood man, i picked mine up from a friend for $250, already painted, just lucky his was black too. you could vist thier site and check them out.later

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As far as steel or fiberglass goes,there are advantages and disadvantages to both. Fiberglass is a lot lighter,but will never be perfect unless hours of work are put in to it to make it as straight as a steel hood. Steel hoods on the other hand,are much heavier,but are much straighter than glass hoods. Just thought this might help a little.

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I aked Rex Orr at ASCD about the rise height, he said they're about 2-1/4" for the SS & big block hoods and their cowls 2 1/2 " and 4". I think I'm probably gonna go with either the 2.5" cowl from them or a goodmark steel hood. Anyone know of another company that makes a steel cowl hood?

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not sure about the steel hoods, but my next one will be the ASCD bigblock. i would have keep the first one, but i sold the car to my little bro(not to little, 6'1 215). he hit a deer back in the fall, and all it did was put some hair line cracks in it!! it pushed the nose down a little, which he fixed, and knocked all the paint off the nose. these are very stong hoods, for fiberglass. their reinforced underneath. a little lighter than steel, but not much. he has a turbo hood on his junkstang and when you hit 100+ mph it looks like its going to explode. guess you can tell i like the ASCD hoods best. plus they are only about 25 miles away for me. dont have to worry about shipping.
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Car: 85 Z28
Engine: 305 TPI (dead) -> building 355
Transmission: 27 spline 700R4 (another one died) -> T5 goin in next
here's some pics of the 2" Glasstek cowl hood on my car http://screamindeamin.cz28.com/images/jesse/

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