and by magic you mean order a new hood?

No, by magic I mean I will be to drunk to see how bad it looks.

On a more serious note, will a cowl hood give more clearance to a lid setup?

If done right you should have no issues w/ the stock hood.

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt...onversion.html

that didn't seem very helpful, rather haggard to me