Knick

Hey guys

I have a firehawk with Joe Van Overbeek 5"cowl hood. I need a lower hood so I can drive it on the street. The cowl has been cut so I need one that goes back to the windshield and it has to be a lift off. I thought I would check in here to get recommendations for a quality hood.

Thank you!

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

There isn't a flat hood available unless you do what I did. I bought a VFN extended nose hood for their fiberglass front end. It is too large on every edge for a stock nose, but trimming it down on each side worked like a charm.

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

Knick

I cant tell in your pic, but does the back of the hood go all the way to the windshield?

The more I look at things I don't think a flat hood is going to clear. I would really like one but a small cowl style is probably what I will have to go with for clearance.

Were you happy with VFN's quality?

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

Yes, it goes back to the windshield. I thought the quality was good. They were very concerned that I was trying to order a hood that wouldn't fit my car, but for what I wanted to do it was perfect. It is much larger than a factory hood, and I did cut it down on the front , both sides and the rear. I used Fivestar Bodies hood hinges at the rear so I can have a lift off hood and a hinged hood since I will be alone most of the time at the track.

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

Yes, it goes back to the windshield. I thought the quality was good. They were very concerned that I was trying to order a hood that wouldn't fit my car, but for what I wanted to do it was perfect. It is much larger than a factory hood, and I did cut it down on the front , both sides and the rear. I used Fivestar Bodies hood hinges at the rear so I can have a lift off hood and a hinged hood since I will be alone most of the time at the track.

Knick

I contacted VFN about the flat hood as I could not find one online, it looks like my only option at this time. It did look like maybe a stock style Fire hawk hood might work, but I did not see any that were lift off. At this point I am thinking stock style hood and make a shaker style scoop.
Thanks again for your help.