How to make SS hood functional?
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How to make SS hood functional? Im really new to this so please bare with me. I know this might be a stupid question to some you pro's on here but I have a 99 Camaro SS with an aftermarket hood. The hood doesn't have the cutout so I was wondering what I needed to do to make my hood a fully functional SS hood. Is it as simple as cutting it out and applying the grille or is there a kit needed or something else I am not aware of? Whatever the answer may be if anyone could also let me know how difficult it is to do myself if possible?Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
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When you open your hood do you have ducts underneath that direct the air towards the lid? If so All you really need to do is cut out the section of the hood where the grill goes and buy the grill from the stealership. Look to see if they cut the holes in the underside of the hood as well. When the hood is closed these holes will be directly lined up with the air box opening. Have a bodyshop do it if you don't want to hack up your car.
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That's not an OEM SS hood, they all had the ram air inlet on the hood where yours doesn't. However, if you have the ducts underneath (they look like rams horns) you can get the hole cut. The SS hood isn't very functional though, because of how the ducts are ran you actually heat up the air in the ducts at idle and it takes about a mile to get cool air through it. Better to do a FTRA and call it done.
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heard that!! It just does not look right without the scoop hole, check out the underside of the hood hopefully you have the ducts already there, so you'll be good to go.... 
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As stated above I wouldn't worry about makin it functional. Even a true SS hood has little to no function. Just get some kind of ram air kit (SSRA, FTRA, SLP etc) They will actually give you some added performance. I would however get a hood grille insert just for appearance..
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Thanks for all the feedback guys, I really appreciate it. Anyway here's a picture of the underside. Oh and it would be nice to make it a fully functional SS hood but im mostly interested in the appearance of it so if it's possible for me to just cut it out then I will probably just do that.
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Thanks for all the feedback guys, I really appreciate it. Anyway here's a picture of the underside. Oh and it would be nice to make it a fully functional SS hood but im mostly interested in the appearance of it so if it's possible for me to just cut it out then I will probably just do that.
more than likely whoever made that hood used a factory SS hood to make a mold. highly doubtful those ducts are hollow... can you knock on 'em and check?
like others have said, get some black paint and a grill and make the exterior opening appear legit... then get a good intake
like others have said, get some black paint and a grill and make the exterior opening appear legit... then get a good intake
more than likely whoever made that hood used a factory SS hood to make a mold. highly doubtful those ducts are hollow... can you knock on 'em and check?
like others have said, get some black paint and a grill and make the exterior opening appear legit... then get a good intake
like others have said, get some black paint and a grill and make the exterior opening appear legit... then get a good intake