I'm parting out my 83 Z, which has a Daytona hood. I love that thing and want it on my 4-cyl car. But am afraid of being laughed at. Sell it or mount in on the 4-cyl?

Hey 84, I don't see why not!! I think it would look cool to be honest with ya. Also, if it's in better condition than the hood you have now, it would be a great idea. Don't worry about being laughed at, I kinda doubt anyone would do that considering the amount of silly looking ricers on the road. You have a cool car to begin with, why not make it look cooler!

Take it easy bro, Joe E

If you're parting it out then it's not like you're buying the hood just for the 4 banger. Anyways you might want to upgrade to a v8 eventually, so I say go for it.

What does the Daytona hood look like? I'm sure I may have seen one but I can't place it.

I had one on my 83 Z-28. In my opinion that is the coolest hood for a Camaro so I sure would put it on the 4 Cylinder I would just put in a V-8 eventually!

The car will probably see a V-8 of somekind in the future. The hood is actually a shell grafted onto a CFI fiberglass hood. Looks quite good, but has a few cracks. A 1984 SC running 15" Z28 rims & daytona hood, punching out only 92hp.

Who cares what the HP is as long as it is going to get a heart transplant in the future. Every time someone asks you to race just smile and tell them it can't even break the tires loose! That usually gets you a reputation of being pretty fast pretty quick. Then back it up once you have the V8 in it!

As long as you don't act like it's fast and behave like you can smoke anything on the road, the appearance of the car is totally up to you.

The R.I.C.E.R. mentality is the "all show no go" mods and they pretend like they've got something under the hood to back it up. Because they win against a few totally stock cars they think they are bad@$$es. So they pull up at the lights and throw revs at anyone who happens to be next to them.

Their secret shame is the fact that they aren't capable of beating most moderatly modified vehicles. So as a result those cars don't pick on most of us V-8's. And if they do and lose they flip you the bird like you did something wrong.

As long as you do it for the sake of appearances and don't act like the hood adds 300HP you'll be fine. Someone gives you crap tell them you like the way it looks and your car is your own business.

I say go for it....for the longest time I was going to conver my Iron Duke bird into the "visuals" of a T/A. Never got all the parts I needed and i lost interest after a while.

I may go at it again cause I have distant plans to install a turbo on my duke.

Turbo 2.5L T/A! whoot whoot!

i didn't think they made 4-cylinder camaros??

You thought that because there aren't alot that still exist. I have one of the few and as well as Billsfirebird, who owns a 4-cyl Bird.

Double post. Sorry!

I think from 82-86 the 4cyl was offered,

John

I've always been a believe in do what makes you happy (so long as it does not hurt others).... If a Daytona hood on a 4 cylinder Camaro brings a smile on your face, DO IT!

Heck, if my Camaro was a 4 cylinder, I would've done the same thing. I fell in love with the Daytona hood by seeing it on a Camaro on the net. Took 3 years for my dreams to become reality.... :hail: :hail: :hail:

Of course, I'm sure some people would chuckle at a 4 cylinder Camaro with an aftermarket hood.... Just tell them that by being a 4 cylinder you're just reducing weight to better your performance (plus the hood gets great air flow as a 4 cylinder has to work hard)!!!

But let me ask something about weight. My daytona hood was originally a fiberglass CFI hood. The previous owner bought a Daytona shell and grafted it onto the CFI hood. Is there still weight savings there? To be honest with you guys, weight wasn't even on my mind. Thanks for bringing that up to light.

Brandon

Totaly keep it.

Because if you ever do get a new engine, you will kicking yourself later when you dont have that Daytona hood.

As long as you arent buying it new for the 4 cyl, and as long as you dont act like the car is fast. I don't see why you should have to part with the hood.

I mean, at the very least keep it in your garage, but don't sell the hood.

Just remember, NO ONE, I mean NO ONE will ever know if you had a I4 or a V10 under your hood unless you tell them... Let them guess. If they want to race, just say that "I really wouldnt want to embarass you that bad." and drive slowly away...

OR you could totally trick out your Four Cyl, Turbo, Nitrous, Supercharge, whatever and then really embarass them...

John

no offense, but wouldn't that technically make him a r:cer??

I'd debate the claim of "*****-hood".

1st - He never claimed the car "WAS" what it "WASN'T". If you wanted to post "*****" on his Camaro, then it started with GM's fault of putting a 4 cylinder engine in a vehicle that bares a name the speaks "performance" and "sports car" (a 4 cylinder was never to my knowledge associated with the Camaro label until the fuel problems that plagued the U.S. in the 70's/early 80's). He's NOT putting IROC or Z28 emblems on a 4 cylinder.

2nd - The hood not just adds that pleasing look to any Camaro, but it serves a TRUE purpose that any engine can benefit, better air flow and cooling of the engine (I love the change in my Camaro's temp on the freeway after I bought this hood, just enough to make it noticable).

3rd - He has to store the hood somewhere will he searches for an IROC (OK, he never said he was searching for an IROC, I just made that one up ).

I'm sure I can think of other reasons on why not to call this a "*****" mod. I personally don't see anything untasteful or "*****" about this.

Everyone can feel as they want, but as long as he's not making false claims about the car, then I'm supportive of this as a non-***** mod.

Put it on, give me a break. Who care's what other people say, tell them if they wanna race take it to the track.

Thought I'd purchase a set of "Type R" stickers too. The first Type R Camaro whooa!

The hood is still on my 83 parts car and is cracking/fading away due to the sun. Again...it's a shell grafted onto a CFI fiberglass hood. I don't know anything about repairing fiberglass. How can this be fixed? There's some kind of paint on the hood.

Thanks,
Brandon

Yes they did. The 4 cyl. is quite common in the junk yards.

hey maniac check this out

I think its best when a car can back up its look, but its up to you.

Hey put the damn thing on your car. I love mine and I bet Maniac and 2.73suck's like their's too. don't worry about anybody else and just don't open the damn hood in public until your ready.

Technically speaking the term "R1cer" comes from an older phrase "R1ce burner" which more than likely, not sure on this, comes the Vietnam war where a main crop was r1ce. It is completely possible to take r1ce and break it down into alcohol and run a car on it. The term was transferred to describe orental automobiles, probably by some ex 'nam vet who worked for one of the big three.

Considering that the term "r1ce burner" was originally used to describe Japanese cars, and his car is an american car, then it would not apply... Nitrus, Super Chargers, Turbos, have been used much longer than the term "r1ce burner" has been around, so to answer your question, No, it would not make him a r:cer...

Actually it would be interesting to find out where the term "r:ce burner" orignally came from...

John

The only reason I'd want an Iron Duke thirdgen is because of the rarity of it. As such I'd want to keep it original. So I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't condemn you for doing it either.

Plus I just don't care for the Daytona hood anyway

I do plan on installing on the Duke. But....how can I fix cracks on it????

Thanks,
Brandon

cracks on what, the engine???

John

nope, the hood itself, he said there were some cracks on the fiberglass.

You been smoking something? j/k Yeah, the sun has taken it's toll on some bare spots on the hood causing cracks. Never worked with fiberglass before, so not sure how to go about fixing.

Brandon

im no expert on a lot of things, but I saw a few programs dealing with fiberglass (and I did stay at a holiday inn express last night ). it seems you would need to prep the area by light sanding then get out some epoxy (or whatever is used) and brush it on. lay on some new glass (not in parallel but in all angles) to fill in the rough areas. Allow to cure, then block sand it to file down the high areas, if low spots, just repeat the process. It doesn't seem to be too hard.

later,
bill