cowl induction hood grill
04-18-2004, 10:47 PM
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cowl induction hood What have you guys been using as a grill for the cowl hood? I just got a FFI cowl hood and need to find something to stick in there. And what about the lining for under the hood. Post pics of bottom side and rear if you have any.
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04-19-2004, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fastblack01z28
i know someone has a cowl hood that can post something
serriously its 3 bucks for a 2 foot by 5 foot chunk of it at any home improvement store. its glavinized so it wont rust, or if you want to you can paint it. ive been using it for years for every thing. latest project is the mesh for the front fecia on my scoobie ... check it out (attachment)
oh yeah make sure you wear gloves that stuf is sharp! you can attach it to the back side of your hood with 5 min eppoxie (you can find it at mijer, aco any hardwear store really. or if you dont like the idea of having the mesh attached to the hood you can do what i did.. get some thick wire like binding wire or somthing like that cut chunks of it about 1/2 inch long and eppoxy 1/4 of an inch of it to the underside of the hood leaving the other 1/4 free. put the mesh into place and put the wire through the mesh and bend the wire back onto its self to hold it into place.... if you cant find wire some people use paperclips. cheap easy way to hold it in place.
wow just noticed that its hard to see when painted black.
just ask for expanded steel mesh at a home improvement place they should know what your talking about.
good luck man
oh one last tip if you dont want to be able to see through it you can back up the steel mesh with screen door screen.
welcome to the sight
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04-21-2004, 11:24 PM
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any other opinions. I tried looking for that and couldnt really find anything close. I went to autozone and they had some APC grill mess stuff but it was like 40 bucks;
04-22-2004, 01:00 PM
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Have you tried looking at a first gen flapper to go in the cowl? I don't know if it will work or not, but you could make one that is similar. It would be neat if someone made a functioning cowl induction kit for 4th gens. 
All you would need is a small silonoid, and a power source. You could even fab a switch so that it opened when you wanted.
All you would need is a small silonoid, and a power source. You could even fab a switch so that it opened when you wanted. Last edited by 67SS&99Z28; 04-28-2004 at 04:38 PM.
04-22-2004, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by fastblack01z28
any other opinions. I tried looking for that and couldnt really find anything close. I went to autozone and they had some APC grill mess stuff but it was like 40 bucks;
i can understand if its not the look you want or somthing but i never had any probablem finding any. lowes, home depo, manards, and buildersquar is where i always found it... cheap and chearfull.
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other than the second post what are some better ways of attaching a grill. Or is that the only(easiest) way. Thanks and lowe's had some gutter stuff that was somewhat what i was looking for and it was only like a buck fifty. So i might try that. Thanks for the replies.
