Can you guys give so of your thoughts on what aftermarket hood would look the best on a 1986 trans am?

I was thinking about either the 4" cowl hood or the ram air 2

Also will the ram air 2 hood work with a x-treme flow lid from K&N?

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Personally, I don't like the look of the Ram Air 2 hood. It only goes well with a FEW combinations. The 'good' RA1 hood looks much better IMO. There's more hoods than just those 2 tho. The cowl's give it a unique look, the SS hood might look good. I haven't seen a pic of the SS 'Bird hood on a car other than the maker's pic. I like the IMSA hood..but they don't make it anymore

 

Here's a pic of my Buddies 84 T/A (transam84 on the boards here) with a 4" cowl hood.

 

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i'm a big fun of just the stock TA/GTA hood, but i guess i'm the only one.

 

POWER BULGE! But im partial to it.

 

Sorry, Xceleratemaro, I think the R/A hood looks sooo wrong on a 3rd gen Firebird. Just MHO. It's like a 3rd tit on Elle McPhearson... I like **** and Elle but a 3rd one on her just wouldn't look right!

 

I'm under construction, but I like the R/A I style. It seems to follow the lines of the "86" better, but that's just my opinion....

 

i think you should stick with your stock trans am hood , but put a shaker hood scoop from an early 70's trans am , they are bigger than ones that came from like 77 and they are also function , as opposed to the 77 with is non function.

dont do the ram air 2 thing , it looks like crap .

 

i think the ram air hoods look much better on the TAs then the cowl hoods... in my opinion i think the cowl hoods look way better on the camaros... but its up to you.

 

Yeah, ladies love a nice bulge

Either a R/A I, the Bulge, or the flat base hood. Everything else is a :nono:


-Derth

 

Did no-one else catch the sarcasm from NolanR? ROTFLMAO!! As long as the panel gap and alignment are good then it's a case of whatever, takes your fancy. I personally perfer the stock GTA hood, but respect the RA2 hood also. If someone could make one 'well' and that actually was 'high quality' then I'd buy it.

 

I've had both the ASCD RAI and RAII hoods on my 87 TA, and while both looked good I think the RAII looks a little better. I changed more for hood clearance than anything else. The Suncoast RAI is my favorite for injected cars; it has a functional airbox, and looks more like a factory hood (though it is pricey). Cowl hoods can look good on a TA also, esp if you graft in the TA hood vents...that makes it look a bit more Pontiac.
Also, Hawk's has a new hood (they call it the Super Duty, but its basically a taller SS hood for a TA) that might look good on the right car, but I haven't seen it on a finished car yet.

 

To be honest my favorite hood for a t/a is a stock gta hood but.........if you have to go aftermarket go with the ram air 1 hood!

 

Im a big fan of my Ram Air 1 hood!

 

if i had to do it again i dont think i would get the ram air 2 hood. Id actually like to do something else. But the way i have my car now it all goes together . If i did another 3rd gen trans am i would do this to the hood.

 

That does look pretty sweet...

 

If I had to do it again, I'd go with a stock T/A hood. But here's what I've got now.
(The one on the left)

 

Yeah, the one on the left looks much better.... It flows with the rest of the car's look and doesn't stick-out.

 

Id have to agree with murco rs! If i had it to do all over again id pick the ram air 1 hood again.

 

They are all good looking hoods; some just fit the specific car/owner better than others. To me, the RA1s look best on any 91-92 models and 8?-90 Formula (or any 'bird without ground effects), the RAIIs on 85-90 TAs. I really wish someone would offer the powerbulge hood in fiberglass, maybe with a slightly taller version for us carb guys.

 

i like the one on the right better. just dont buy from ramair hood.com.

 

Yeah the trans am hood looks alot nicer all the other hoods dont mactch the body lines of the trans am or 1990 firebird

 

Is there anyone on here that has the power bulge with the T/A hood vents? or would that look out of place?

 

Ram Air 1 or the stock one.

 

Stock or RA1. Both look great.

 

Shaker all the way.

 

I don't know. I have always been partial to the Power Buldge hood!

 

We need to retake some pics.. now that my car's stance is so much better than that 4X4 in that pic of yours.

 

i personally like the twin turbo hood from USbody for firebirds. it is the hood that i plan on putting on my bird. Here is a photo shop of it on the car....

 

That AND my new paint that hardly a soul has seen Whenever I come down I'll let you know...but gas is expensive. Think Thanksgiving time.

 

that shaker looks sweet! Would it fit under a stock hood with the edelbrock performer rpm air gap? or even just the performer rpm? How are the pre 77 shakers functional, are they throttle controlled or always open? *** that looks sweet. Im going to dump my power bulge for something different, it has nasty hail damage and i want to put a bird on the hood, hard w/ the uneven hood.

 

old thread, but anyways, I have a 4" cowl for my TA