Stinger Hood!
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From: B'Ville NY
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Re: Stinger Hood! (Steve Adkins)
IMHO I like the L88 hood on C3's the best. That will be my new hood when get the car painted. I just think the L88 looks good on any C3 :) .
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Re: Stinger Hood! (SmokedTires)
I'm with Mike. I'll be getting a good in the near future and it will most likely be an L88. I do like the stinger hood, but I like the L88 hood more for some reason.
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From: Canton GA
Re: Stinger Hood! (Steve Adkins)
I think it looks :cool:. I can't remeber his name, but there's a guy on here with one...has a ZZ4 and lives in CA. Also has Torque Thrust wheels...red with black stinger very :cool: looking car :cheers:
I went with the standard BBlock/LT1 hood on mine, but I really like that stinger hood too. I Like the L88 hood too, but I would kinda feel funny about putting it on my SB car...I'd have to get a BBlock with that hood :D
I went with the standard BBlock/LT1 hood on mine, but I really like that stinger hood too. I Like the L88 hood too, but I would kinda feel funny about putting it on my SB car...I'd have to get a BBlock with that hood :D
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Re: Stinger Hood! (ZORA_RULES)
He goes by the username BBBob, I believe.
Lives in Northern California. I talk to him quite a lot...nice guy.
He's also got a nice looking black C4.
I like the Stinger hood a lot too. I never cared much for the L88 hood personally, but I know I'm in the minority. I'll be doing a Stinger hood conversion on my Corvette too.
The hood Bob has eliminates the wiper door. Not a bad idea, being how troublesome they are. They rarely seem to work as designed. I did get mine to work, but it is extremely troublesome.
Lives in Northern California. I talk to him quite a lot...nice guy.
He's also got a nice looking black C4.
I like the Stinger hood a lot too. I never cared much for the L88 hood personally, but I know I'm in the minority. I'll be doing a Stinger hood conversion on my Corvette too.
The hood Bob has eliminates the wiper door. Not a bad idea, being how troublesome they are. They rarely seem to work as designed. I did get mine to work, but it is extremely troublesome.
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Re: Stinger Hood! (Steve Adkins)
Love that hood, want one BAD! Who cars if you got a big block or not, build a small black that sounds and runs like a big block and nobody needs to know! :yesnod:
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Re: Stinger Hood! (Steve Adkins)
I like the Stinger hood :yesnod:
The only one I've seen in a catalog didn't look like it was "functional" though.
Is there anyway to do a Ram-Air with those?
I don't think I'd use a L88 hood to cover my L48 unless I put a 383 crank in it :)
The L88 hood is a nice look, but I think it screams "RACE ME!".
Just my $0.02
[Modified by jerryp58, 5:12 PM 5/13/2002]
The only one I've seen in a catalog didn't look like it was "functional" though.
Is there anyway to do a Ram-Air with those?
I don't think I'd use a L88 hood to cover my L48 unless I put a 383 crank in it :)
The L88 hood is a nice look, but I think it screams "RACE ME!".
Just my $0.02
[Modified by jerryp58, 5:12 PM 5/13/2002]
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Re: Stinger Hood! (jerryp58)
Sure why not?
It's just fiberglass. Before painting your stinger hood, just cut out the ram air. You could even still keep your cowl induction, and have a baffle glassed inside the ram air to blast cool air down over your carb and intake. That's what I'm planning to do.
It's just fiberglass. Before painting your stinger hood, just cut out the ram air. You could even still keep your cowl induction, and have a baffle glassed inside the ram air to blast cool air down over your carb and intake. That's what I'm planning to do.
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Re: Stinger Hood! (MoMo)
I like the Stinger hood a lot too. I never cared much for the L88 hood personally, but I know I'm in the minority. I'll be doing a Stinger hood conversion on my Corvette too.
Pretty sure my vette will be getting a Stinger hood someday before I get around to painting it.
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Re: Stinger Hood! (79er)
I am not sure but I thought that you could buy the stinger hood attachment and glass it onto the regular sb. hood. That might be an option for some of you instead of buying an additional complete hood.
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From: Cedar Rapids Iowa
Re: Stinger Hood! (74VETTE)
The Hood from Ecklers does not have the heat padding like a stock one, so it will give you about 1 to 2 extra inches of hood clearance. Maybe 3 or a bit more if you can find an air cleaner that will fit the channel of the hood.
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Re: Stinger Hood! (Steve Adkins)
I think we just had this conversation. ;) Check this thread for more opinions: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=298063