Hey guys. im having a hard time deciding what to do about my hood. I love the 4inch harwood cowl that i have on my car. however i dont have anything under it to realy back it up. i love the look however i also love the look of the oem iroc hood. So what do you think would look better the iroc hood or keep the cowl. and y?

 

You don't have to be fast to have a good looking car anyway.

 

got any recent pics of your car? you can share with us

 

Easy - get something under the hood to back up that 4" cowl....

Seriously, I personally like the functionality of a cowl on any car vs. the non-function of the Iroc hoods...

 

and this is one with my old hood

 

trust me...i wanna build me a nice motor. but right now funds are kind of limited and i just wrecked it because of some lady not paying attention and need a new front passenger fender and repaint pretty much the whole front end.

 

what size tire is on the rear of that thing?

 

tuff call. i like the cowl and the iroc hood. id go with the iroc hood.

 

Well, I'm in the same boat as you. I have a cowl hood and a V6 under it so I say keep it. I also have future plans for the car to put a V8 in it

 

A smaller cowl like the one Coolwheels84 has looks better in the pic, but yous looks pretty good too. Who cares whats under the hood, most cars can't back up their looks anyways lol. Either way you go it will look good, it's a 3rd gen!

 

well right now its got a 305 so its prolly slower than a v6 haha. na it will run a 15.8 in the quarter. il have to run check the tires to make sure but i believe they are 295/50 15

 

Depends, stock for stock your is faster, but gears and a tune, I've read V6 cars out running the TBI 305s. I've got a cam, roller rockers, ported heads, and other things in my motor, I bought it as a replacement for the stock V6 that for 250 bucks, if I tuned the computer, and gave it a new tranny, it would be a lot faster than it is. But really, if it looks good, and sounds good, that's all that matters.

 

thats how i feel. I guess im stuck with this decision because i like how both look. haha. i just need to win the lottery and il be set

 

Oh no, this is absolutely the slowest car I've ever owned including some hondas. The 2.8L only has like 108hp at the crank. I couldn't outrun a plastic bag blowing in the wind. lol.

 

lol i call BS! i had a 1990 RS 3.1 and traded it for a 85 Z28 305 TPI, the 3.1 n 2.8 make roughly 140 at the crank, new of course, n they r slow as all **** but hell iv eaten a honda alive in it, but jump from a 130hp v6 camaro intoa 230hp-ish 305 tpi camaro, n woah, big dif, not FAST but POWERFULL

 

Keeeeeeppppppp iiiiittttttt!!!!!

 

id keep the cowl, its intimadating. as for the second hood is that a 2nd gen z28 tear drop thing

 

keep the cowl.

 

No its a SS hood.. which is the one I want.. I wish they made an SS hood in like a 3in cowl that would look really good. As for the cowl question keep it it looks a lot better then the plain stock hood..iroc or not.. but if u wanna change it I have a iroc hood that's ready for paint with a quick wet sanding.. if u wanna trade

 

i thought it couldve been an ss but it comes to a point and looks as thougit closes and also looks shorter than any ss ive seen, it just looks a bit different than the ss to me

 

cowl hoods are mean looking. even if you cant run with it i would keep it just because i love the way cowl hoods look. you can always start building later and then you will be glad you kept it.

 

That's a weird looking SS hood I haven't seen that on before looks like a add on to a RS hood

 

Coolwheels. how many inches is that cowl? looks real good.

OP: Keep the cowl, if you're gunna build you motor there's no use in buying a hood that won't work later on. that's just my 2cents.

 

its not an SS hood its a stock RS hood that i molded a scoop onto and then cut open a vent for the ram air effect. Im actually trying to sell it. so if anyone knows someone that wants one in NC give me a shout.

 

I'd say lose it, along with the wheels IMO.

 

keep the cowl

 

The older V6 is slower than the newer ones I believe.

 

I like the old one .... then thinking about it I think I like the look of the old one, which may have to do more with paint than function. I would .... keep the new one for function and .... it's something with the paint, too much black. Take a look in photoshop.

 

Thanks! It's a 3" And btw, the '84 2.8 only has 107hp at the crank which is like driving a 245hp Z in slow motion.

 

really liking those rims, what are they?

and keep the cowl

 

If i keep the cowl,which i prolly will, its gonna get painted red to match the car with 2 black stripes down the side of the cowl.

 

id keep the iroc hood its up to you thoe really. i have a cowl hood only because i need it for the supercharger and carb to clear........ the stock hood looks clean you can make it functional