3" cowl hood for V1
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I believe the measurements have been taken but the cowl actually needs to start further forward than the V2 hood, the V1 needs the front clearance more than ever..
Might want to tripple check before ordering a hood that doesn't fix the problem.
Might want to tripple check before ordering a hood that doesn't fix the problem.
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I believe the measurements have been taken but the cowl actually needs to start further forward than the V2 hood, the V1 needs the front clearance more than ever..
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I haven't seen this discussed, and I haven't looked at the car yet so I'm not sure of the feasibility, but could we run front cradle spacers like the corvette guys do to gain 1/2"? that may allow a little more creativity with the hood design.
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Why would it not give extra clearance? Isn't the clearance needed in the middle of the hood towards the front? Also thanks for your opinion but if done right it may not look that bad.
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To have a fiberglass hood with the clearance we need, it'll have to start off looking like an 8" cowl hood on a 5.0. The fiberglass needs the reinforcement more so than the OE metal hood where we cut out some of the reinforcement ribs around the throttle body.
The only was to get what we need without it looking retarded is for it to look like a V2/ZL-1 style hood.
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I wounder if a taller version of the ATS-V R hood would work. If it did I think they would sell like hotcakes. You likely can't go as deep as this one but even so this is a looker.
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http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/...pse7ef9c42.jpg
This pic got posted on the custom hood poll thread a while back. A little bulky looking, but closest I have seen other than playing with photoshop. Something like this, but refined.
This pic got posted on the custom hood poll thread a while back. A little bulky looking, but closest I have seen other than playing with photoshop. Something like this, but refined.