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May 16, 2002 | 10:45 AM

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ZORA_RULES

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Re: Stinger Hood! (BDAZVET)

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I read the other recent thread but I don`t remember finding where to buy the Balwin-Motion hood. Or was this a modified L-88?

MoMos plan sounds very good :cheers: And BDAZVET the Baldwin Motion hood would be extremly cool to. I bet http://www.vanacorvettes.com makes them. They make a ton of fiberglass stuff for all the vettes. But I wasn't very pleased with the quality of the BBlock hood I got from them, or the rear filler panel...both ended up requiring a ton of work to get smooth enough for paint. I think Ecklers has a good rep for quality fiberglass...little more pricy..may be worth a call to them though to see if they have it (and I think Gary Gruhala can get you a decent discout..do a search for his contact info)

May 16, 2002 | 11:01 AM

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BDAZVET

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Re: Stinger Hood! (ZORA_RULES)

Has anyone tried these: http://www.usbodysource.com/ ?

Thanks for the coments ZORA_RULES. I remember that Merlin 522 had lots of problems with proper fitment with the stuff he got from Vanacor. But their stuff is way cool. I`ll have to go back and look for their B/M hood. :)

May 16, 2002 | 05:30 PM

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adam

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Re: Stinger Hood! (SmokedTires)

> when I get the car painted...

Smoked, paint that car! Why ? It looks awesome in the picture.
What colors (and brand) was that painted

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May 16, 2002 | 06:53 PM

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Fevre

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Re: Stinger Hood! (adam)

If my hood decides to crack through from the thin spot where the air cleaner stud rubbed it almost through, I might cut a hool in it and try a chrome air cleaner scoop. Always wanted a car with a chrome scoop sticking out of the hood. If it looks too tacky I'll fit it with a stinger piece and have my ram air half done. :yesnod:

Also was thinking of repairing the thin spot and then painting the cowl white to match my top that way I can avoid painting the whole car which still looks nice.

Options are good! :cheers:

May 17, 2002 | 12:31 AM

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L48Shark

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Re: Stinger Hood! (ACLR810)

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...what color would you do the stinger in on an all black car (ext. and int.) I thought red, but there is no other color on the car other than black.

Your choices are endless. Everything goes with black! :yesnod: How about that color shifting DuPont paint? That would be :cool:.

May 17, 2002 | 01:03 AM

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gdh

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Re: Stinger Hood! (Fevre)

Also was thinking of repairing the thin spot and then painting the cowl white to match my top that way I can avoid painting the whole car which still looks nice.
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I am in total agreement with fevre on this one, love that look. Hey Chris see you soon bud! :cheers:
There was a '67 stinger style scoop (abs) that just sold on eBay for $20.50. I was worried that being abs it would not hold up, but I have been known to be wrong many a time before as well.

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May 17, 2002 | 01:12 AM

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Re: Stinger Hood! (Steve Adkins)

Which one will provide the most clearance for a blower? It will be manifold, blower, carb, air cleaner from bottom up. I'd like to avoid cutting a hole in the stock hood.

May 17, 2002 | 01:28 AM

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Re: Stinger Hood! (Schmucker)

Schmucker:
That would depend on the size and type of supercharger. With a 144ci "street" blower, you could probably use a high rise hood with out any modification because these blowers lay kind of flat on a stock type, low rise manifold, with a drop down air cleaner. It would still be REAL tight in there. Anything larger would require a tunnel ram type scoop.

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