my custom hood
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Racer
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From: southeast Idaho
my custom hood
When I did the twin turbo thing on the vette I needed to change hoods. I looked at a daytona hood and decided it would work good because it has a raised center section that goes all the way to the front of the hood (room for intake piping) and I liked the side vent holes thinking that they would help get rid of some underhood heat. With the carb hat on it wasnt high enough to clear so I had to cut the center loose and raise it. I cut it almost clear to the front and tapered it up and had to add 1 inch to the height of it to clear the hat. Anyways here are some pics of it. I had an L-88 hood on before and thats still my favorite hood but this one is growing on me.
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What I like is the functional aspect of the vents...to often,you see front facing scoops...in your case,the air travels thru front of vette,and escapes thru those vents...which means you are not building up pressure under the hood at the firewall...
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Racer
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funny you should mention wicked...Here are a few more underhood pics and one of the guage panel I made. Keep in mind that this is still an ongoing project with lots of stuff that needs finished and or redone.
Mike
Mike
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Racer
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I might get there sometime this spring, I was headed to the dyno last fall but blew the trans up two days before. Our local vette club might do a dyno day in may so I am kinda waiting for that to happen.
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Racer
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I ended up using flat panel filters that fit an 01 f-150 ford pickup, they were the largest size I could fit in the space I had. A friend built the boxes for me, he works in a sheet metal shop that builds alot of potato equipment and he very good with stainless steel. It took several cardboard models to get the fit right. I have ducting in the hood that seals them from the engine and they draw fresh air from the cowl area. I got in a little rain storm one time and it was funny to see how the rain in the center area of the windshield would run downhill and on the sides it ran uphill.
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Originally Posted by my72vette454
funny you should mention wicked...Here are a few more underhood pics and one of the guage panel I made. Keep in mind that this is still an ongoing project with lots of stuff that needs finished and or redone.
Mike
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Originally Posted by my72vette454
I ended up using flat panel filters that fit an 01 f-150 ford pickup, they were the largest size I could fit in the space I had. A friend built the boxes for me, he works in a sheet metal shop that builds alot of potato equipment and he very good with stainless steel. It took several cardboard models to get the fit right. I have ducting in the hood that seals them from the engine and they draw fresh air from the cowl area. I got in a little rain storm one time and it was funny to see how the rain in the center area of the windshield would run downhill and on the sides it ran uphill.
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Racer
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I tried using round filters but couldnt come with anything that had enough cfm flow and still fit then I tried my old 14 inch k&n, wondered if I could make it oval shaped and use 1 on each side but that didnt work either. Now I can go to checkers or somplace and tell them I need a ford filter for my vette....that outta confuse the guy behind the counter.
