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Old Apr 25, 2003 | 02:45 PM
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From: New Germany, MN
Car: 1986 Iroc
Engine: 5.3
Transmission: 4L80E
Axle/Gears: 9 Inch w/ 3.55
Cowl Hood

I was just woundering what companies are out there that make cowl hoods for camaros. I still cant decid if I want to go 4 inch or 3 inch. If any one has pics of both that would be great
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Old Apr 25, 2003 | 03:06 PM
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From: Paxton, MA
Car: 1987 Camaro Z28
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Transmission: Tremec TKO 500
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I bought my fiberglass hood from Atlantic Coast Customs. The Hardwood cowl is very similar to mine. It fits pretty good, I just need to do a little adjusting. Sorry for the crappy pics

It's a 4" cowl by the way...


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Old Apr 25, 2003 | 10:18 PM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am GTA
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well Id say that the first pic you posted looks a little smaller than a four inch cowl. I would say go with three inch because to me it looks cleaner than a four inch unless you have something serious under there.
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:05 AM
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Car: 87 IROC Z-28
Engine: 406-Mini Ram-AFR 195's-DFI Gen 6.32
Transmission: 700-R4 w/Art Carr converter
Axle/Gears: 9" - 31 spline - 3:89
This is a Harwood 3" cowl. I will say it took a little getting used to the blocked vision of the cowl vurses the flat hood but I would not trade it cause it looks way cooler.
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 07:13 PM
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I see your name implies you have a 406 in your car. What kind of intake manifold, air cleaner assembly are you running and how are you for clearance?
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 07:31 PM
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Car: 84 Z28
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Originally posted by 406-Z
This is a Harwood 3" cowl. I will say it took a little getting used to the blocked vision of the cowl vurses the flat hood but I would not trade it cause it looks way cooler.
That car is bad *** man. I hope to have mine fixed up that nice one day. Hopefully not to long.
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 09:36 PM
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Car: 87 IROC Z-28
Engine: 406-Mini Ram-AFR 195's-DFI Gen 6.32
Transmission: 700-R4 w/Art Carr converter
Axle/Gears: 9" - 31 spline - 3:89
Thanks for the comments. I am running a TPIS Miniram and a air cleaner that I fabricated. I glassed in the underside of the hood to make the cowl functional. No problem with clearance at all.
Check out the link below for details and pics.


https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index...ew&rideid=9388
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 10:04 PM
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406-Z, that's a very clean car you have there. Being you're in NW Houston, pay attention to the SWMG portion of the thirdgen.org forums. We've had 2 very successful Houston Gatherings....and the next one should be even better. End of summer most likely.
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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Car: blue 84 z28
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mine is a 3" cowl...
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 10:52 PM
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Car: 1999 Yamaha Banshee
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i dont have a good pic but this is a harwood 2.5" scoop that was grafted on

sorry for the bad pic
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 10:55 PM
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Maybe you guys wouldn't know this, but I want to ask anyway. What is the tallest single plane intake manifold that will fit under one of those 3" Cervini's? (ex. Victor Jr, Victor, Super Victor)
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