454 Hood
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: In limbo
St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
not being 100% sure what you mean by "higher hood center", I am going to go out on a limb and say "yes". The big block hood provides more vertical room under it than the small block hood, I forget what the clearance difference is, but I bet someone will know. It definitely looks higher from the driver's seat, but I wouldn't say it "impairs my view" at all.
Edit: Actually, that isn't true. From my comfortable sitting position, I can't see if the passenger's side headlight housing came up or not with my BB hood where I could with my SB hood. Luckily, my "headlight" warning light works, so I don't have to lean over to be sure
Edit: Actually, that isn't true. From my comfortable sitting position, I can't see if the passenger's side headlight housing came up or not with my BB hood where I could with my SB hood. Luckily, my "headlight" warning light works, so I don't have to lean over to be sure
Race Director
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 10,040
Likes: 672
From: FL
not being 100% sure what you mean by "higher hood center", I am going to go out on a limb and say "yes". The big block hood provides more vertical room under it than the small block hood, I forget what the clearance difference is, but I bet someone will know. It definitely looks higher from the driver's seat, but I wouldn't say it "impairs my view" at all.
Edit: Actually, that isn't true. From my comfortable sitting position, I can't see if the passenger's side headlight housing came up or not with my BB hood where I could with my SB hood. Luckily, my "headlight" warning light works, so I don't have to lean over to be sure
Edit: Actually, that isn't true. From my comfortable sitting position, I can't see if the passenger's side headlight housing came up or not with my BB hood where I could with my SB hood. Luckily, my "headlight" warning light works, so I don't have to lean over to be sure
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