hey guys i want to see and custom hoods you have made your self cause i am lookin into making a hood for my car but i want to get some ideas first.. so if you have any pics and write up on how to that would be appreciated.
thanks

 

Depends what you want to make it out of. The easiest way is to use a factory hood and make a mold if you plan on making one out of fiberglass. The mold gives you the basic shape that you start modifying. Chances are, after you're done, you'll end up spending more money than you would have buying an aftermarket hood however you will have a one of a kind custom hood.

I've always wanted to make a lightweight aluminum hood similar to what NASCAR uses. Basically something that's strong enough to keep it's shape but weighs very little. The downside is the size. The hood is over 5' x 5' and isn't square. Try finding a sheet of aluminum wider than 4'.

I'd love a lightweight, lift off hood. Even with a factory fiberglass hood, mine is still heavy. With the fuel cell under the hood, it's a pain to remove the hood after ever pass just to put fuel in the car. Even having someone to help is a pain so I still use the factory hinges and lift shocks. The best I could do is have a scoop mounted directly to the engine and have a hood cut out that slides on around the scoop. That way it would be light enough to remove to put fuel in the car and one person could do it between rounds.

If you plan on making it out of fiberglass, start with smaller projects until you get the hang of working with molds and fiberglass then work up to something large like a hood. You could also buy an aftermarket fiberglass flat hood then modify it to what you want. Probably cheaper and easier to do it that way.

 

heres both of mine. both on from stock hoods.

 

thanks guys my plan is kinda simple and basic, basically i just want to have a rectangle kinda thing in the middle some like this guys..http://s1090.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_3131.jpg

that should be the link of the pic

 

check summit, they sell all kinds of scoops like that.

 

just buy this one!



http://www.eharwood.com/catalog/cata...category=HOODS

 

ahh ok yea i have looked but i havent seen that one, buti kinda want to make my own cause i can make that opening bigger. i live in texas and this whole freakin summer it was avaerage 104 degrees

 

Any details on building that one?

 

here....

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...on-hood-5.html

and here....

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/memb...inquiries.html

 

FYRECHKN modded his into a Japanese-style cowl induction hood. Worked great & doesn't get over the 180 degrees of the thermostat even on 111 degree days! Just reaches the thermostat temp & stays there.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...tor-build.html

 

hmm decisions!

 

find a cheap stock base hood and go at it.

 

i was thinking the rs hood. i will most likely go out this weekend to the j/y and try to find a decent hood or two. my only problem would be finding some one who and weld and find a welder.

 

 

sweet! i've always thought of just getting the early third gen hoods with the weird louver cut outs, i think they were the only hood at the time to come out to be fiber glass

 

the early hoods werent fiberglass. they were a composite plastic.

 

ooo ok i read wrong than. still i thought about that hood too, just take the two pockets out or so and get cooler air that way

 

Um, yea, that's what fiberglass is... a composite plastic made out of glass fibers with a plastic resin holding them together.

 

here's what I did

 

Well that's definitely different. Helps if you have a lot of chrome under the hood. I wonder how nice it will look after driving it 12 months of the year? Good idea for a show type car or weekend driver.

 

I have an ugly L88 hood. I've been thinking of cutting it and putting a scoop on it.

-- Joe

 

I'll let everyone know how it holds up next year...will be dring it for about 6hrs straight...from kalamazoo Mi to the Mackinac Bridge.....St. Ignace car show

 

i have seen that idea on a friends cutlas, i thought it looks sweet

 

when you say "make a hood" do you mean make the entire hood? or fab on the existing steel one?

just FYI, fiberglass and carbon fiber isn't that difficult, but it would be a LOT more than just buying one...

however, if you have a cool enough design, you can always sell them....

I'll likely start putting out glass n carbon parts for these cars before long.

the main problem though is that it's really hard to make something that looks any better than what the designers came up with in the first place.

a lot of people put swoopy looking scoops on them, which would go great on the 4th gen, but look kinda stupid on the 3rd gen because they are more square and boxy.

or they'll go OVERLY boxy which doesn't compliment the lines either... it's really difficult...

and if you want it to be functional, there's something to consider too...


driving in the rain.....

but it really isn't all that hard to make fiberglass stuff....

 

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go big or go home
8.5 inch of big that is

 

Better have some serious power under the hood to back that look up!

Judging from the tires, I doubt thats the case.

 

I've gone that route. A bolt on aeroscoop onto a cowl. Did a good enough job covering the tunnel ram but the aeroscoop just grabs way to much air at 100+ mph. By half track, I could see the back of the hood starting to lift up.

 

Sorry man-that hood just looks funky. I have never been a fan of mixing 2 styles.

 

You also had the power and timeslips to back it up, I'd bet there is a worn 305 at best under that hood.