View Poll Results: Which hood
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Keep my 2" Goodmark steel hood
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Get a 4" glass hood
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Other, pleast specify
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01-13-2008, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Opinion on my hood
Keep in mind the car is now backhavled and the car will also be getting repainted so that is not a factor (same color scheme).
Last edited by camaro2you; 01-16-2008 at 03:03 PM.
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01-13-2008, 12:25 PM
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Are you worried about weight? If not I would just keep it. Or if you want a fiberglass one go with Cervinis.
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01-13-2008, 12:30 PM
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Location: North Jersey
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Keep it, big cowls on 3rd gens look ridiculous unless they are packing some serious heat underneath. Low slung cowl hoods look the best. If I remember correctly you were going to put a BBC in it, if you can get it to fit under that specific hood then by all means try and do that.
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01-13-2008, 12:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast92RS
Are you worried about weight? If not I would just keep it. Or if you want a fiberglass one go with Cervinis.
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Not worried about hight at all i was just thinking about weight and if i wanted to go bigger id go with a glass hood, maybe a 3"glass hood would look good.
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01-13-2008, 12:41 PM
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Unless you have a reason for a taller cowl (ie intake clearance) then no way. Stay with what you have.
I'd need to see other aftermarket hoods to say yeah or nay. Or maybe a good OE hood. I don't remember the OE options anymore.
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01-13-2008, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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looks very good man.....
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01-13-2008, 06:39 PM
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The smaller cowl hoods i think look the best overall, Your hood looks really good so like what everyone says if the weight isnt an issue keep yours
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01-13-2008, 06:56 PM
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i've got a 4" cowl on my bird, it looks fine, but i have a tall carb/cleaner setup so i need the room. If everything you have fits under the smaller cowl, i would keep it, it looks a bit "cleaner"
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01-13-2008, 11:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Gibbstown, NJ
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2 inch cowl on 3rd gens is perfect, anything bigger is meh.
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01-14-2008, 08:10 AM
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I'm with them buddy, your hood is bad-ass as it is, and I love the color scheme so when it gets repainted its going to be nasty!
JW
PS. Not as nasty as mine but you can always try to keep up haha
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01-14-2008, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by JW
I'm with them buddy, your hood is bad-ass as it is, and I love the color scheme so when it gets repainted its going to be nasty!
JW
PS. Not as nasty as mine but you can always try to keep up haha
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Well you have about a year to step up into my playing field haha shouldnt of bought the bike lol.
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01-14-2008, 02:25 PM
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Well you have about a year to step up into my playing field haha shouldnt of bought the bike lol.
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Ha! Thats where I have you fooled, I got the bike so I #1 have plenty of time to beef up the Trans Am and #2 can still woop your slow car on my bike instead! ha!
JW
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01-14-2008, 04:22 PM
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Will see about that first you need to ride the thing and drive the ta!!
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01-14-2008, 07:54 PM
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I say keep the 2" if the new engine combo fits....
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01-14-2008, 10:54 PM
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i think it looks bada** now. and yea if the ask you to pop the hood people might be expecting a bit more.
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01-14-2008, 11:05 PM
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I would keep the hood. Any of the cowl hoods above 3 inches look out of place on third gens.
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01-14-2008, 11:32 PM
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I think it looks SMOKIN' the way it is! Spend yer moola schmoola on something else.
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01-15-2008, 08:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by usp55
i think it looks bada** now. and yea if the ask you to pop the hood people might be expecting a bit more.
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Well the car is currently getting back halved, and I believe a pretty nicely done big block is going under the hood. Don't know how much more people will expect....
- Justin
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01-15-2008, 10:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Poconos, PA
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that hood is perfect for 3rd gens... both my '85s had a similar hood but the lighter stock chevy blue paint. Nice paint btw
hmm, maybe its been so long that that's the paint mine had, im drunk dont hate .
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01-16-2008, 01:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
Well the car is currently getting back halved, and I believe a pretty nicely done big block is going under the hood. Don't know how much more people will expect....
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well if there is a nicely done big block under that hood that i see no problem with it. either way still a nice looking car
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01-16-2008, 07:34 AM
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i'm gonna say get a glass hood, and here is my logic: you're getting the car back-halved right? which is strictly business. save the weight now and save yourself money later. there is no point to repainting this hood and then wishing you got a glass hood later and then having to paint it again. its gonna make matching the colors harder later and just a flat out hassle. a steel hood weighs about 40-50#. a glass pin on is about 20#. thats a no brainer to me. get the glass now, its more cost efficient and less of a hassle.
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