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Has anybody installed a "Bolt" on cowl ?

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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 09:15 PM
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Has anybody installed a "Bolt" on cowl ?

Looking at the JEGS flyer, seein some bolt on cowls and wonderin if anybody has done this and just cut out the hood to make it functional....
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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 11:57 PM
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Re: Has anybody installed a "Bolt" on cowl ?

Biggest problem is the shame of the hood. Most bolt on pieces are made to attach to a flat surface but your firebirds hood is far from flat. Im sure its possible but there would be quite a bit of fitment and possible body work to make it fit.
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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Re: Has anybody installed a "Bolt" on cowl ?

Originally Posted by //<86TA>\\
Biggest problem is the shame of the hood. Most bolt on pieces are made to attach to a flat surface but your firebirds hood is far from flat. Im sure its possible but there would be quite a bit of fitment and possible body work to make it fit.
That's pretty much what I was thinkin, just checkin
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 06:29 PM
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Re: Has anybody installed a "Bolt" on cowl ?

Get a stock flat hood, build a mock up of the scoop you want on it out of styrofoam blocks and clay. Take a mold from it in fiberglass use to make a scoop out of glass.
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 07:15 PM
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Re: Has anybody installed a "Bolt" on cowl ?

Originally Posted by mmadden55
Get a stock flat hood, build a mock up of the scoop you want on it out of styrofoam blocks and clay. Take a mold from it in fiberglass use to make a scoop out of glass.
If you end up that far into it, It would be better just to make a mold of the entire hood. then make your self a new hood.
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 07:23 PM
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If you end up that far into it, It would be better just to make a mold of the entire hood. then make your self a new hood.
True but really isn't that hard.
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