98Trans

Alright guys, is GM parts direct the cheapest way to go when it comes to gettin an OEM WS6 hood???????
You know $1,200.00 wasnt too bad, but plus shipping it comes to like $1,633.00!!!!
This is rediculous, I'm gonna have to shop around!

GotV-8

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Yup Thats is how much they are at the dealers also. Then you have to pay for it to match lol.

ChocoTaco369

just buy the hood from american sports car design. that's where GM got their hood. it's the same thing i believe. they're ON SALE right now for only $695.

http://www.americansportscardesigns.com/firebird.shtml

it's part TA-700.

98Trans

Nothing looks like an OEM Hood, all the fiberglass hoods have a different shape to their Ram Air scoops

gyrene2003

+1 for American Sports Car Design hoods, they are the highest rated after market hood company as far as fit and finish!

ChocoTaco369

the ASCD hood is the OEM hood. since you're buying it through the company directly instead of GM, you save $500 on the same product. EVERYTHING else is a knockoff hood. the ASCD hood is the real deal.

98Trans

Hmmmmm, I dunno I could have sworn I saw pics of it and the VFN hood that showed the differences of it and the OEM. I'll have to look into it.......anyone have more info or proof????
Thanks for the comments and advise guys!

ChocoTaco369

i just know that the OEM WS6 hood was made by american sports car design. GM bought the hoods from them and installed them on the car from the factory. is the WS6 ram air hood out RIGHT NOW the same as the OEM WS6 hood from years ago? i'm not sure 100%, but probably. if it's not exactly the same, you probably won't be able to tell at all.

it's dumb to buy the hood from GM when the ASCD hood is the same thing. search around for the hood. it's probably the best made and best fitting out there. after all, they're the OEM company.

Finite1

iTrader: (3)

interesting information. 695 is not bad at all.

ChocoTaco369

here's some pics of the ASCD hood:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...highlight=ASCD
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...highlight=ASCD
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...highlight=ASCD

again, i don't know if it's 100% the same as the GM OEM hood from years ago, but i sure can't detect a difference. if it is different, it sure ain't by much. after all, ASCD made the hood to begin with.

98Trans

Not trying to prove you wrong or anything, but that Hood is completely different than OEM.
If you look at the hood up by the windshield, the way the hood forms to the scoops.....that curve is totally different.
The nostrils arent nearly as defined as stock either.

ChocoTaco369

look pretty darn close to me. i think the ASCD hood is missing that little lip next to the nose inlets, but is the difference really worth $500?

Tainted

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VFN theyre a sponsor and have it for like 500 bucks. a ram air hood is a ram air hood. so wehat, they all have a little variance. im sure as **** not getting no OEM hood, img ettin mine from VFN. pontiac cant stick that hood up their *** for 1200 bucks

Formula_X

Just go WS9! Only $600, the composite material used is lighter than fiberglass and stronger, it looks identical to the WS6 hood except it has heat extractors therefore looks nicer/meaner, the ramair design on the WS9 is actually functional and there is no baffles or anything blocking the air like all other aftermarket or OEM WS6 hoods... it leads straight through into your airbox, plus best fitment out of any aftermarket hood. You really can't go wrong wth it IMO.

Tainted

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I like the use of the word only

bigfoot2thefloor

WS9!!!

lastcall190

iTrader: (36)

Not like GM can stick LT1 plug placement up your ***

You ever consider Raptor hood?

-J

Tainted

iTrader: (9)

no but they can stick the spark plugs up there

actually i jsut got an idea...

hook up a plug wire from the car to their *** while the cars running....

RAMPANT

iTrader: (17)

Just so you know this is who did the WS6's


http://www.ascglobal.com/

lastcall190

iTrader: (36)

after working on an LT1, I can't NOT compare everything else to it... "man this accounting exam sucks... well it could be worse, I could be forced to do plugs and wires on an LT1"