yep, i never said it was for the faint of heart.

 

actually i found the radiator trimming easy compared to the hood. mostly becasue if i dont like how it turned out... trash it. cutting the hood, hard to fix! lol but allin all i love it! need to fix some clearance issues and i will try and post some pics.

 

i hear ya. I had to borrow a cutoff wheel for an air compressor to do a good job on the hood. dremel was not at all cutting it for that job.

 

I did almost all of my cutting to the hood and metal rad support on the car with a set of offset sheet metal shears. It cut through the underside of the hood like it was nothing, it went through the thicker metal on the rad support pretty easily too. I used to work in the heating and airconditioning industry so I've got a pretty big assortment of sheetmetal tools. It makes a lot nicer cut than a cutoff wheel imo. You can get a pair of the offset shears for like $15-$20 at lowes or homedepot.

 

I was not sure about how i was going to make my cut on the core support until i laid my eyes on my friends sawzall....Made my guideline and started cutting. My friends were freaked out when they saw the hood up and the sound of metal getting chewed lol......
Must admit that was the most straight line i have ever cut in my life! I cut more and more i even began trimming with that sawzall, if you have a steady hand you will be fine.....

 

Was not fun but I got it done just couple more things I need to do.

 

why not just make new radiator supports like how mine are set up ? keep in mind i dont have a LID. i went with a slightly different route

 

Lookin good man! Like I said, not the easiest mod I've ever done but well worth it when it's done. You won't be dissapointed by the gains you will feel from it.

 

Man, you guys with Camaros have a hard way to go. I only had to even up the mounting pads, trim the ribs, trim the rubber rad shroud and cut out the center support for the lid setup to fit perfectly on my Ram Air Formula (stock GM hood). It's worth the effort though.

Larry

 

Yeah, The lower profile hood makes it hard to do.

 

What size coupler are you guys using to attach to the LT1 throttle body?

 

all the details are in my writeup on the first post. its a 3"

 

ah thanks, actually i already knew that answer but asked the wrong question to begin with. haven't had my coffee yet...

 

link to the writeup isn't working, just wondering if anyone has it saved in a word document or something like that, or if there is another working link for it.

thanks

 

This thread is full of fail. 11 pages and no underside pics and no detailed write up? Whatever happened to the OP anyway? What a jip.

 

Well obviously you didn't go through the pages. There is a link to a write-up he made on here.

 

I went through every post and the link is broke.

 

You're correct, however, people seemed to wanna play mommy and tell people they are incorrect.

 

hey guys I am REALLY sorry about the link being down. My domain expired when it should not have so I am moving to a new one because this is not the first issue I have had. I WILL have it back up soon i promise. Im still around, its just my last month of college so ive been busy along with the fact that my car got vandalized so Ive been trying to get that taken care of too.

 

I just posted up a new MTI lid and 98 z28 lower air box in for sale section. I was going this route before I went to a victor jr and carb conversion so I no longer need them.

Josh