Not a big fan of either. Make me one like a Joe Van O hood and I will ditch my WS9 outlaw in a heart beat!

 

I was thinking of something along the lines of this... please forgive the fuzzy LT1 pic. These are some rough 2 min sketches But I think they get across the idea.
Most guys seem to want something relatively stock looking and everyone generally likes vents. The Placement in these pics keep the vents doing their job even at speed and you may draw in a few road race guys. Put a small lip at the leading edge of the vents to make sure it's functional... ala C5R and I would think you'd have a home run hood.




I'm not trying to step on any toes. Just trying to make you money and get you to make a hood I would buy if I had an LS1 car... don't forget us LT1 guys!

 

+1...

Also, going to be hard to make a cowl hood that looks good when you delete the nostrils, but still have the two gaps that all birds have. Just looks funny there..

 

I think v7guy's pointing you in the right direction. I like his sketches.

Both of those hoods on the first page look plain, boring, don't flow well, etc., etc. Don't reinvent the wheel. Try something more like the Mecham or Raptor hood, etc.

Otherwise, there are enough hoods on the market for Firebirds. I'd just say don't make another. If you don't like the WS6 or the Raptor, then screw you.

For Camaros, thre are only the SS and Sunco. 95% of LS1 Tech agrees: the rest look like total ***. Worst of all is the "WS6 on a Camaro" hood.

The definition of bad taste is to be in the extreme minority opposed to popular opionion.

 

I really like those sketches.

 

I just don't think the cowl hoods flow right. If you guys made a shaker hood like in the 70's or one with louvers I think it would be a hit. JUST MY 2 CENTS

 

v7guy those sketches are good!!! Id take the Ls1 hood and take away the solid part in the nostrils and the outer lovours and take the humps to the windshield and BAM you have got a damn nice hood IMHO.

 

i dont really care for either one the cowl look just doesnt flow right imo

 

a shaker would rock!

 

if i had to choose i would take the ws6 style hood , but i definetely wouldnt buy either of them i would try and use the stock ws6 style hood and add a tweak to it kinda like the ws9(outlaw) hood but different

 

I remember that but I'm still sticking to what I said in that thread

It doesn't have to be a knock off of either the raptor or Mecham but something more along those lines.

 

I think that would help make it look like it belongs on a firebird.

 

Man im loving that hood, I never liked the LT1 Ta but that hood would make me get one. Well looks like i need to sketch as too.

 

Ok my turn. Used Vguy's sketch as a rough template. As I started sketching the hood reminded me more of the stock Lt1 firebird hood, but the indents would be deeper and bigger.

 

Sometimes you just can't improve on perfection ...ie meaning the WS6 and Ws9 is pretty much what I think perfect and looks the best probably you can do for the LS1's. I did however see another version that someone made for the LS1's....but there's only one of them!

 

i would say the same above sketches( heat extractors) with the superhawk , man that will look great, like the corvette hood but on the superhawk . this is my 8th year looking for a hood and still no luck finding a nice one

 

I agree, keep the ram air part.

 

That would look nice! Superhawk styling with extractors

 

Yup!!! Although I dont think the nostrils need to be as big as the superhawk but the same style with mecham style extractors would be awesome.

 

Superhawk styling would be the wrong way to go...they're not a good looking hood to begin with.