Okay, I know I want a Ram Air hood for my bird, but which one is better? I have heard people say they have gotten their ASCD hoods in crappy condition, but the price is good. Now I found a new company what sells a Ram Air II hood that looks better than anything ive ever seen, but its expensive. You can check it out <a href="http://www.usbody.com/">here</a>.
If anyone has a pic of this hood on their car, please post it. Anyways, has anyone had trouble with either hood?

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1983 Pontiac Firebird SE
LG4-Based Chevy 400
700R4 Tansmission
Modified 4 Barrel Q-Jet Carb
Accel Super Stock 8mm Wires
Edelbrock Pro-Flo Air Cleaner
3.23 Posi Rear
14X7" Cragar SS/T Wheels
35X4 CD/AM/FM Head Unit
100WX2 Amp
2 Pioneer 12" Subs in Custom Box

 

I had no major problems with my ASCD hood. As a matter of fact my body man thought it was one of the best fiberglass hoods he's seen. Sure it needed some work but very rarely do they not.

Not sure on the US Body hood. I'm still not sold that the 98 and up style hood would match the lines of the thirdgen. I'd really have to see it on a car before I took that chance. At least ASCD put up pics of the hood on a car already.

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1985 ASCD Ram Air Trans Am
http://www.execpc.com/~karpsta/home.html
to find out more
Proud member of Icon Motorsports

 

Go with the Ram-air II from USBODY.

Usbody has good customer service, and their build quality is GREAT. I got their ram-air II hood, and my car is in the shop getting painted. Anyhow, I saw the car after is was all sanded/primered and that hood still made the car look BAD *** . That hood actully matchs the lines of a thirdgen better than it matches the 4th gens. I'll post pics this weekend when I get the car back.

I'm not too sure how it would match the flatter 82-90 nose but with my 92 its a PERFECT match in lines. The hood fit wonderfully too.

So either take my word for it and keep an eye for some pics on the NTB. But it looks amazing.

Sean casey
92 Formula-350 /w t-tops

 

sweet,,,,, i would love to see some pics of it installed , been thinking about getting the hood myself , just want to see one on a 3gen before i buy

 

Well, as far as ASCD and their R/A hood goes.. they have a 6-8 week backorder for it. A little longer than I could afford to wait. So I bought the usbody R/A II hood.. I got the lift off one b/c of $$ and the weight issue (it weighs 16 pounds.) I may regret the lift off hood in the future.. but for now, it's a great solution for my wrecked GTA front end. now only if the paddock would give me the front bumper for the correct price....
-Ben

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1987 5.7L L98 GTA-

Current Mods: Gutted Cat, !MAF screens, Gutted Air Box. K&N, Ram Air, Throttle body coolant bypass, AIR system removed, 3" pipe to flowmasters, dual 12" electric fans, 4 core alum radiator, 160* stat, high output h20 pump and alternator, Accel Cap, rotor, 8.8mm wires, Bosch Plats, AFPR, Performance chip(unknown kind), Nitto NT555r 245/50/16 drags rear, Yokohama Advan 032r 245/50/16 fronts, JVC KDSX939 Head unit, Kenwood Excelon 4x6's, Kenwood Excelon 4 way 6x9's, Kenwood 606c amp, Power Acoustic Crossover, 2 JL 10w0's in custom bandpass box.
Best Run: R/T .601; 60' 2.010; 330' 5.990; 1/8 9.154@76.89mph; 1000' 11.997; 1/4 14.489@ 96.78
(only mods at that time were the K&N, exhaust,chip & no drag radials)
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I've only seen one ASCD hood, an SS style thirdgen one, and I have to say that I've seen the ocean less wavy. The overall construction was good, and the design was killer, but it looked like it would take at least $1000 to make it smooth if a shop did it.

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'86 Camaro Sport Coupe

 

my ASCD SS hood was **** when I got it , it was very happy to see me if you know what I mean ... after several sands and primes it turned out awsome , I have helped several buddies install HARWOOD cowl hoods and I was very impressed with their QT , however , they don't make anything different ..
the ASCD hoods are finished on the under side too ... over all the hood was well worth it in the end , just warn your body man .

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1991 RS 305 ci
vortec heads
compucam 2031 cam
holley 600 DP
edelbrock 2116 intake- (vortec)
ASCD - SS hood
headman headers - aluminum coated
no cat - 3" exhaust-flowmaster
march under drive pulleys
super chips custom e-prom
lakewood adj. LCA's
etc.... etc... etc..
2000 Grand Prix GTP sedan
http://community.webtv.net/RS91NOX

 

I would definetly go for the ram air II hood.
bowtieguy01

 

I have a 2 1/2" cowl hood from ASCD. The quality of the hood was good but it did take a lot of work to get it trued up. Three files and sanding. One thing that also happened was the fit. On the underside of the hood, in the front where the TPI air filter is the hood rubbed on the housing. We cut the hood back about 1 1/2" for clearance. This was also a structural member of the hood. We supported the back of hood with wood for a form and then laid in more glass and refinished. It was a lot of additional work but the end product is beautifull. Check the link below.
http://www.geocities.com/etorb/UnNamed.html


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Hank
87'IROC Z28

 

i have a www.suncoastcreations.com ram-air hood. kinda pricey but they do get good write-ups in magazines. from what i can see in pictures i like this one better than the ASCD, i think its an inch or so higher. i wish that ram-air II was out before i had all the bodywork done, it sure does look mean like a big ole cowl but still sleak to match the TA lines.

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89 Trans Am
jet black w/ silver flake
suncoast ram-air hood
ASAI aerowing
centerline trigons
SLP headers, flowmaster.
BMR adj.phr, lca's, lca brackets, sfc's, jamex springs