How about taking the rubber strip off at the back of the IROC hood for easy cool running and a bit more air for my carb?

Has this been done? What does that strip actually do?

Not sure about Firebird hoods...

 

I have done this before on my previous hood....has it worked? I dono...I noticed no drop in tempeture and no performance gains. Also water gets into your motor compartment. I consider it useless...

 

You can also get fuel smell inside your car if you remove that strip and have a carb or throttle body. NOT popular with the women, I promise. My IROC was missing the strip and my gf was really complaining about the smell. I bought and installed the strip, and voila... problem solved.

 

Surely getting a Cowl Hood would yield the same results then?

 

Good question. I don't know since my cowl hood is on my port injected car. TPI won't have that problem.

 

It's mad that the little strip can stop fuel smells in the car! I guess you can hear more induction noise too with it taken off

 

I've taken that rubber strip off with no problems. water doesn't get in the engine compartment unless you get a hose and point it directly in there. The firewall is too far forward from the rear edge of the hood. Also, I don't get any fuel smell in my interior from my TBI engine maybe your car is running a little rich. I've noticed my car runs a little stronger without that strip.

 

Hey that's cool I would imagine it releaves under hood temperature and would provide my hungry K&N with more cold air..

Any one else? I can't believe no one else has had this?

 

want to know the real way to do it to give you hp and what not. But still look stock? Cut the back bracing part out of the hood in the center location. Making it a cowl hood with about a 2" gap. That'll give you some hp. Yet it will be cutting the under part. If your willing. Do it...if your not? dont O_o

 

That is possible. I tuned the car up after I bought it, and am now getting pretty good mileage, but don't know if everything is in spec or not. I've been wanting to add a gauge to check, maybe I should push that up near the top of my list.

 

what rubber strip??pics anyone?????I want to take mine off too

 

Hey IROCME, lift up your hood and it is the strip at the end nearest your winshield, it is obvious once you look. It runs the width of it.

I'm gonna do mine too

 

GKK, you were right. My computer just died yesterday. Code 54 - low voltage fuel pump. Would have thought that would have made it run lean, but it suddenly started pumping it out in droves.