Updated pictures of the lightweight front end support
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From: Columbia Missouri
Originally Posted by Red 69
Thanks, I didn't think it would be that easy. Looks like another good mod to shed more pork. How about the hood? Someone said my 79 hood weighs near 80 pounds. Anybody replace their stock hood with an after market unit to save weight?
I'm not sure of the weight savings...but when my '77 hood went bye bye, and I got the L88 hood...it felt like I lost a good 50 pounds on the front.
Good work Yellow, looks great so far.
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From: Lompoc, CA. Santa Barbara County
Originally Posted by Durango_boy
I'm not sure of the weight savings...but when my '77 hood went bye bye, and I got the L88 hood...it felt like I lost a good 50 pounds on the front.
Good work Yellow, looks great so far.
Good work Yellow, looks great so far.
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From: Columbia Missouri
Originally Posted by Bee Jay
Hey, good question. What does a stock hood weigh? What does an aftermarket hood weigh?
I would guess around 70 pounds or so. I threw my old one away, and it was a heavy bastard to heave into a construction site dumpster.
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From: Columbia Missouri
Originally Posted by gyopp
Hey D-boy, your not tossing your trash in someone else's dumpster are ya. Must be your construction site 
Yep, it was not my construction site, but I wasn't dumping trash. Just the hood. I drove up, spoke to the foreman, and explained I didn't want to drive way out to the city dump and pay $10 to dispose of the old and cracked hood. He said no problem, toss it in, and have a ball doing it. I obliged him, and went about my way. They were a bunch of cool guys and loved the Grand Cherokee 360 I dropped in that old rusty pickup.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Durango_boy
I'm not sure of the weight savings...but when my '77 hood went bye bye, and I got the L88 hood...it felt like I lost a good 50 pounds on the front.
Good work Yellow, looks great so far.
Good work Yellow, looks great so far.
Do you think a repro stock hood saves alot of weight? I don't like the L-88 or high rise hoods.
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From: Columbia Missouri
Originally Posted by Yellow73SB
Thanks
Do you think a repro stock hood saves alot of weight? I don't like the L-88 or high rise hoods.
Do you think a repro stock hood saves alot of weight? I don't like the L-88 or high rise hoods.
I have found that most after market hoods are a lot lighter, but you already said you don't like the top two.
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From: Loveland Colo
Originally Posted by Durango_boy
...and if that engine won't fit under a stock hood? 
http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/saws/saw...s/6523-21.html
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Originally Posted by Durango_boy
...and if that engine won't fit under a stock hood?
I run a Victor Jr manifold with a 4 inch air element with the filter top under my stock hood. I just use a drop base air cleaner.
And I still have enough room to squeeze in a nitrous plate.
wow, I can't believe that all fit. Guess I bought my L-88 hood for nothing 
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From: Columbia Missouri
Originally Posted by torqvette
If you're running a roots supercharger or a tunnel ram you could glass in a bigger cowl or a scoop.
I run a Victor Jr manifold with a 4 inch air element with the filter top under my stock hood. I just use a drop base air cleaner. And I still have enough room to squeeze in a nitrous plate.
I run a Victor Jr manifold with a 4 inch air element with the filter top under my stock hood. I just use a drop base air cleaner.
And I still have enough room to squeeze in a nitrous plate. Pics to prove it?
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by torqvette
If you're running a roots supercharger or a tunnel ram you could glass in a bigger cowl or a scoop.
I run a Victor Jr manifold with a 4 inch air element with the filter top under my stock hood. I just use a drop base air cleaner. And I still have enough room to squeeze in a nitrous plate.
I run a Victor Jr manifold with a 4 inch air element with the filter top under my stock hood. I just use a drop base air cleaner.
And I still have enough room to squeeze in a nitrous plate.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Durango_boy
Sounds like your stock heavy hood will fit. Now what to do? Choices, oh choices...
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From: Columbia Missouri
Originally Posted by Yellow73SB
I don't really want to run the dzus fastners but I may have to. I takes away from the stock outside look. I was planning on taking the hood off and cutting some of it out to make room for an air box maybe I'll cut out more now.
Why don't you like the L88 hoods? I think, depending on the color, they are the best looking after market hood available. I personally love the way they look on our body style.