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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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I need Help Choosing a hood

I am buying this car Sunday morning and it needs a hood. here are my questions:

Will a scoop hood fit this car? maybe the stinger old corvette style?
If not, what size cowl will I need? I'm not a fan of huge cowls.
If I get the stinger hood, how hard is it to make it functional?


Car is a '91 Camaro with a 454:


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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

A harwood bolt on 4" cowl should solve any clearance problems.
I guess ya just need to make one if ya don't like whats already there,or lack there of!LOL!
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 11:56 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

I really like the Jongbloed hood for Camaros.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 11:58 AM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

i got a big block stinger hood and i modified it to look like a corvette stinger hood. i've got pics in the fabrication section (custom things i've done to a 91 Z) as for making it functional dont cut out the front,make it work like cowl induction thats my plan.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

I don't know why, but I love the way daytona hoods look, especially on Camaros:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 12:35 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

Originally Posted by sixty6
I don't know why, but I love the way daytona hoods look, especially on Camaros:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting
Yes. Same here. Those hoods are amazing.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

How hard would it be to make a shaker/cut a hole in the hood and put on a scoop...I'm looking for something on the cheap.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

Originally Posted by AlabamaGuy
How hard would it be to make a shaker/cut a hole in the hood and put on a scoop...I'm looking for something on the cheap.
Buy a used hood out of a junkyard and take a saw to it? lol. Whatever you want man, we're just trying to hook you up with some style.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

I know. I'm not going to hack anything. This car's going to be one heck of a sleeper...until you turn it on...
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

I always thought the bigblock corvette hood looked good

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...light=hood+l88
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 07:03 AM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

I agree. I think it will fit with a low profile air clearer. How hard would it be to make it functional?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:11 AM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

Originally Posted by AlabamaGuy
How hard would it be to make a shaker/cut a hole in the hood and put on a scoop...I'm looking for something on the cheap.
It takes a good amount of fabrication skill to make it look right, there was a guy on here who did it on a bird, if you search you should be able to find it, he used a shaker setup from a 2nd gen trans am IIRC, it looks really cool IMHO.. Edit: Found it. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...ghlight=shaker

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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

I like my hood (Daytona hood) see sig for it aka the pic below or VGarage. Also best place to get a cheap hood is craigslist.

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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

ive seen the l88 hood on an all black second gen z28 a few days ago when i was outta town, looked freakin sweet! im not to keen on the way it looks on a third gen tho the car is too wide or something go with a cowl hood, looks awesome on camaros
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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Re: I need Help Choosing a hood

man u need to see the ws6 ram air hood they have the clearance and look good to
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