Requested pics of new cowl hood
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Car: 87 IROC L98
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Requested pics of new cowl hood
A 3/4 front shot with the new hood. The car is dirty. At least it doesn't show much in the pics.
Standing about 6 feet in front of the car.
Still about 6 feet in front of the car but now the camera is roughly at the driver's head level.
This is what I see when sitting in the driver's seat without lifting my head up to see over the cowl. I sat in my normal position and just took the picture. I'm going to have to move the fuel pressure gauge under the cowl so I can see.
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Car: 87 IROC L98
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Axle/Gears: Ford 9"/31 spline spool/4.86
As for the test and tune day, it was hot. Really hot. Density altitude hovered around 5800 feet and the car was running hot. Coolent, engine and tranny oil were all hot so after 3 passes, I called it a night.
Good news is that even though it was too hot, I managed 2 passes in the 10's. A 10.946/122.14 and a 10.980/122.36
We'll see what happens tomorrow during the points race when it's supposed to be hot again.
These pics are not currently in the gallery on my web site yet. I still have more to take and edit yet.
Good news is that even though it was too hot, I managed 2 passes in the 10's. A 10.946/122.14 and a 10.980/122.36
We'll see what happens tomorrow during the points race when it's supposed to be hot again.
These pics are not currently in the gallery on my web site yet. I still have more to take and edit yet.
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Have you lowered your seat or is it just the style seat you're using. Seems that you sit fairly low if the camera is at eye level. Looking good at any rate
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Car: 87 IROC L98
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Race bucket seat on some custom made mounts. The mounts position the seat 4" off the floor. If it was any higher, my helmet would hit the roof.
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Car: 86 firebird with 98 firebird interi
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LOL, are right hand turns a beetch or what First thing I noticed with my 4", looks good. Have any plans to mold it in over the winter?
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Car: 87 IROC L98
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Big time! If I go right down to the end of the strip instead of taking the first turn off, it becomes a road course track.
Left turn off the track, right turn, long left turn, long right turn then I'm back to the first turn off. From there it's a couple of twisties, right then left, then finally the long straight return road. Making those right turns I'm stretching my neck up to see over the cowl just to make sure I don't bump into anyone in front of me.
That last picture looks deceiving but it's about as bad as it looks. I was sitting in the car today thinking about how to describe what I see. From where I sit, my chin is roughly inline with the top of the dash so I don't think it's much different than a factory seat.
I took one pass in the left lane today. The cowl isn't as high as the aeroscoop was so I can still see the tree. All I need to see is that top bulb anyway.
Left turn off the track, right turn, long left turn, long right turn then I'm back to the first turn off. From there it's a couple of twisties, right then left, then finally the long straight return road. Making those right turns I'm stretching my neck up to see over the cowl just to make sure I don't bump into anyone in front of me.
That last picture looks deceiving but it's about as bad as it looks. I was sitting in the car today thinking about how to describe what I see. From where I sit, my chin is roughly inline with the top of the dash so I don't think it's much different than a factory seat.
I took one pass in the left lane today. The cowl isn't as high as the aeroscoop was so I can still see the tree. All I need to see is that top bulb anyway.
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Car: 87 IROC L98
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It's a 6" fiberglass cowl bolted to a 82-83 factory fiberglass hood. I've found 3 so far but trashed one before I got it on the car.
I wanted an 8" cowl but the speed shop salesman I deal with said I wouldn't like it. I looked at the 6" cowl and thought it looked small until I mounted it on the hood and sat behind the wheel. I'm glad I didn't order the 8" one.
Bolting it down was pretty simple and still looks clean. I didn't want the hastle of molding it into the hood like I did the aeroscoop. Too much fiberglass and bondo made the hood really heavy.
First of all I needed to cut a hole in the hood so that the carb and filter could pass through. A bit of measuring and a jig saw fixed that problem. Trial and error fit just required a bit of trimming for the filter. Local hardware store provided everything to mount the cowl. I used some closed cell 1/2" weather stripping under the cowl to seal it to the hood. There's about 30 10-24 stainless screws holding it down with star washer nuts on the underside. Some of the fiberglass reinforcements were cut out to access the nuts. Finally some automotive door trim goes all the way around the lip for a clean finish.
The nice thing about the cowl hood as compared to the aeroscoop is that it's easier to cover over those factory indents in the hood. The aeroscoop doesn't go forward enough down the hood.
The hood is still too big and heavy to be a single person lift off so I still use the factory hinges and lift shocks. All the latch hardware is removed though and just the 2 hood pins keep it down. I suppose some pics showing the underside would be helpfull.
In the third pic you can see some red inside the driving light holes. On the passenger side is the fuel pump, on the drivers side is the fuel cell There's a pic in my gallery showing the fuel system from the top.
I wanted an 8" cowl but the speed shop salesman I deal with said I wouldn't like it. I looked at the 6" cowl and thought it looked small until I mounted it on the hood and sat behind the wheel. I'm glad I didn't order the 8" one.
Bolting it down was pretty simple and still looks clean. I didn't want the hastle of molding it into the hood like I did the aeroscoop. Too much fiberglass and bondo made the hood really heavy.
First of all I needed to cut a hole in the hood so that the carb and filter could pass through. A bit of measuring and a jig saw fixed that problem. Trial and error fit just required a bit of trimming for the filter. Local hardware store provided everything to mount the cowl. I used some closed cell 1/2" weather stripping under the cowl to seal it to the hood. There's about 30 10-24 stainless screws holding it down with star washer nuts on the underside. Some of the fiberglass reinforcements were cut out to access the nuts. Finally some automotive door trim goes all the way around the lip for a clean finish.
The nice thing about the cowl hood as compared to the aeroscoop is that it's easier to cover over those factory indents in the hood. The aeroscoop doesn't go forward enough down the hood.
The hood is still too big and heavy to be a single person lift off so I still use the factory hinges and lift shocks. All the latch hardware is removed though and just the 2 hood pins keep it down. I suppose some pics showing the underside would be helpfull.
In the third pic you can see some red inside the driving light holes. On the passenger side is the fuel pump, on the drivers side is the fuel cell There's a pic in my gallery showing the fuel system from the top.
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dont forget the 2 hood pins. i did that and got on it a little and the hood met the windsheild. lucily i was still on my street. i now have 4 pins
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How about a nice profile shot now. There's a much larger version on my web site in the gallery plus a bunch more new pics.
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