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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 01:43 PM
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Car: 1989 Firebird Formula
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Which hood do you prefer?

Do you like the Firebird Super Duty or Ram Air Hood? My pick is the Super Duty.
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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Well,I like the ram air II but everybody has them.So I got the super duty.I hava an ss hood screen on the way for the scoop.So far I've only seen one other t/a with it and it was on car domain.

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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 10:43 PM
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ram air II , i like 87tpis tho!
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 11:32 PM
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3 inch cowl, period.
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 11:51 PM
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I'm not a big fan of the SD hood. Looks freaking huge and gaudy...
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 11:56 PM
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85vortecTA has the right idea
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Old Oct 23, 2004 | 12:07 AM
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The SD hood looks ok, but at the same time, kinda odd too, for 2 reasons. For one, it just looks too tall compared to the rest of the car most of the time because there isn't anything as tall (ie. spoiler) anywhere else on the car to balance it out, and also, I have yet to see one with the scoop cut out of it, like most people do with the SS hood on Camaros. It looks half done without the scoop having a hole cut out in front.

IMO, a properly done Shaker scoop in a GTA hood still looks the coolest. It looks clean and classy, but really bad *** at the same time. The key to this one is "done properly" though... don't just pick up a '79 shaker and air cleaner, some sawzall blades and expect it to look good.

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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 04:26 AM
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In order:

1 - Stock GTA
2 - Stock Power Bulge
3 - RA1


Those are my top 3.
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 08:36 AM
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Originally posted by iansane
I'm not a big fan of the SD hood. Looks freaking huge and gaudy...
ehh... it looks big from the front but the side shot, looks pretty good to me.

that's a z28 highrise spoiler out back 87tpi correct?
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 09:06 AM
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Yeah,I had it lying around and my aero wing was all warped so I stuck that on.I am going to get another aero wing though.I'm not all that fond of the hood either but everybody has all the other hoods.I still have my gta hood,that way I can switch back and forth between the two.
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