I always thought the '67 BB hood was the pinnacle of design for scoops on a vette, and when I saw this, I HAD to give it a try. Got a '70 model with the flat hood, so this shouldn't be a problem getting it on.

Whatta ya all think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

 

looks very interesting!

 

i kinda like it......

 

Lots of C3 folks with SB hoods have added the scoop to create the "Stinger" hood look. You don't need the front piece...the hood already has the 'bubble' on it. Check this site out for a $60 add-on scoop:

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Stingr...coop,6170.html

 

I was thinking that too 7T1, and really considered that scoop, but the stinger on the 70 is a lot flatter than this one will turn out to be, and I just wanted the extra little bump that it will give. Guess I should have used my head and saved almost $100 huh? Just layed some more fiberglass out and made my own. The scoop on the one on my avatar was a real 67 hood, I just cut the top, added about 3 inches to clear the blower and then worked it back into place. Worked pretty good and still kept the look.

Rather than buying the regular insert for the scoop, I have some nice octagonal aluminum screen that I'm going to use for the front of it instead of leaving it fully open and unfinished looking. Got the screen from an OOLLLLDDDD Satellite tv dish. You remember the ones that were about 10' across, huge black ugly things? They look good as trim, now I just need to find another for more screen, I've used almost all this one up

I like Speedway, have one of thier catalogs laying here and they sure have a lot of good stuff at a really good price.

 

Buck,
Make sure you post some pix. I'm putting my '69 back together and dropping in a 383 with an airgap intake and need a little extra room but don't want a BB hood. So I'm looking at a stinger or the homebuilt ZO-6 hood somebody posted earlier. Would love to see your '70 work since I'm pretty sure they're the same hood.

 

We had to get the clearance when the 383 went in.. Used original hood, added 4 inch scoop... No trimming to make fit... Pics at the "C3 sidepipe and DFW Mid Cities"(Rosa's) thread in Southwest ...

 

My $0.02 worth.....

The C-2 big block stinger hood scoop looked great on the C-2s because the hood was fairly flat, and the hood scoop was perpindicular to the hood/ground. The C-3 cars have a greater slope to their hoods, so the stinger scoop will be "going downhill", which I don't think looks as good.

For a C-3, I think the factory Hi-Rise hoods look really good, because they rise a little more at the front, and then become level to the ground.

I know what my head is visualizing, but I'm not sure I explained this correctly....

 

I know what you mean Leadfoot, you put it very clearly. Kinda makes the front of the scoop a lot higher, and it makes the flat on top of the scoop parallel to the ground. You may be right on that... guess I'll lay it out and see what happens. Got the hood off, and doing the engine compartment right now, it's up on jack stands, front suspension off, so about all I can do is lay the hood on the car, lay the scoop on that. and see what it looks like. Maybe it will be here today.

 

Got the scoop today and just laid the hood and scoop back on the car. Because of the curvature of the hood, there's going to be a LOT of mods necessary to make it work. I think it's going to look ok, but like I said, it's going to be some work.

 

OK, but I think the 'bubble' piece is just unnecessary. Take it off the car and see how the scoop looks on the SB hood by itself. Good luck with it...however you choose.

 

Try this link. Check out scoop SC-104. I bought one for a SB hood.

http://www.up22.com/scoopw1.htm#SC-104

 

I can't post pics according to the Moderator.. But if you go here .. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...depipes-5.html ... "in2fun" post on 12/06/2010 , you can see my hood and his... I kept the original hood and just added the scoop. I know the hood fit and did not want to go through the fitting/trimming process....

 

7T1, I checked it with and without the stinger, and without it, it's just too flat. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'll have to trim about half of the height of the stinger off, then it's going to fit pretty close to the edges of the factory raised part of the hood.

Sundevil, that's almost if not exactly the dimensions and shape of the main part of the scoop I bought. It just has the stinger added to it.

U17, I just see the one car with that style hood, the one posted by Dantana. There's a gold one that looks like it has the scoop added on top of the L-88 hood, on page 2, Aworks posted it. That's a little too high, but it looks like he needed the extra height. Same with the black one on page 1 by Jimvette999. It looks like a scoop on top of a scoop.If you have any other pics and want to e-mail them to me, my address is the same as my users name, just @Yahoo.com.

I may need height, I have an SY-1 I'm going to put Holley Projection on, still not sure how high that will be. I'm waiting for a 700R4 so I can set the engine in place and mock up everything. I can see that I'll have to fit up the stinger before I do anything else, so I'll chop it to pieces to make it work, and see how it looks as it goes along. For sure it's too high as it sits now. I'll take pics as I work it. Just have patience with me guys, it may be days that pass between pics and posts of the fitment of this critter.

I do appreciate all your thoughts, I'm not thin skinned, so if you look at it and it makes you want to toss cookies, let me know.

 

Hi,
This is very interesting thread and sorry for hijacking but, how about something different to the usual scoops?

I have been thinking about a hood scoop for my 1980 with 383ci, but I do not really want the Big Block hood as my engine will be a small block.

However a friend of mine has a 1978 Pontiac Firebird and that got me thinking.

What do you think of the 1978 Trans Am shaker scoop with the crease line in the centre on the small block Vette hood?

It will fit on to my Q-Jet and will suck a lot of cold fresh air

http://www.78ta.com/scoops.php

Paul

 

Hey, it's not hijacking, the title is Hood scoop thoughts, you're contributing I think that's not a bad idea... the idea is about making a car what YOU want to drive, something different. That's thinking outside the box and not one that I would have thought of, but I'd love to see some pics of it. Shoot, Go for it! What's the worst that could happen... you get it done and decide you don't really like it and get a new hood. Honest, think about photoshopping it... Come to think of it, I think that Dodge is offering a scoop add on to the new Challenger that's a shaker option without buying the whole hood. Prolly an aftermarket offering, but that gives two options for a shaker (not EVEN gonna mention that F@&$ word).

 

That stinger can be made to fit nice with some well placed relief cuts on the back side.(It's not that far off the hood.)

 

You're right, relief cuts, and I need to take the flange off it too. Once that's gone, it's almost a perfect fit to the edges of the factory raised portion. I think it's going to work out well. Right now, it's about 1 -1 1/2" high at the front, and I need to removes some of the edge at the back to get clearance under the scoop portion. It might just be the flange at the rear, but we'll see. Ya know what they say, measure about 30 times, cut once lol. I need to attach the wiper door to see where I can locate the upper scoop, then do the final rough location, then start attaching the stinger before I do anything else.

 

If I was doing it for myself I would start about 5 to 6" back from the front point and make the cuts only go about halfway up from the outside edge towards the crest placed about 1 1/2" apart the rest will bow nicely with out pancaking or spreading out too far.(just a thought) It will look great once the arc matches the hoods.

 

I think I'll have to take them farther than 1/2 way up, otherwise the bend will want to straigten out the point on top of the stinger. It would create what would look like flat spots where the bend is. I figure once it's all fitted, I'll have to go inside and lay a layer of fiberglass to strengthen it, then come back outside and work that. Again, more layers to tie everything in place. Odds are once it's all done, I'll have over half the stinger ground away and at least that much more put back to shape and strengthen. It's a good thing I got a lot of practice working fiberglass on the 64 over there <~~~