LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old 05-27-2010 | 10:52 PM
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Tony

that looks really good
Old 05-28-2010 | 12:42 AM
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Thats the same way I did mine. IMO it looks way better.
Old 05-28-2010 | 03:17 AM
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Wow, way more room than what I expected to see. How many hours to do that job?
Old 05-28-2010 | 03:42 AM
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it's a shame you got to get rid of that SS hood though, looks so damn good with those stripes ya got now...(that's the crown jewel of the SS package, dont ya know?) nevertheless, it will look fantastic with the new hood, I'm sure.
Old 05-28-2010 | 07:24 AM
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That looks awesome, Tony! I hate the look of that flat black plastic cowl and hate having to squeeze my arms under it even more. I would love to do the same to mine, but I gotta have wipers.

Originally Posted by 6089wally
I just put that hood on mine. Just be ready cause they dont fit well. We had to pull fenders in almost 1/4 in just to close the gaps. I will try to post a pic later.
Yours was way narrow too? So was my bolt on regular Sunoco. I took my measurements at 38" up from the back and at that point its around 5/8" narrower than the stock hood. Also had a bigger gap on the driver's side than passenger side while being otherwise aligned. Not a bad piece but definitely not direct fit, at least mine wasn't/isn't. I'm gonna end up having a body guy reglass the edges (fortunately I can get a good deal) and once its back from that I can tell its gonna need some blocking/filling in order to really fit good and look nice.
Old 05-28-2010 | 08:48 AM
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Thanks guys and thanks for the great info on the hood.

Total time spent was about 8 hours.
Old 05-28-2010 | 11:11 PM
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My sunoco wide fit well.
Old 05-29-2010 | 09:01 AM
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got rain-x?
that looks clean as hell! nice work! I'm gonna be sad to see the SS hood go tho
Old 05-31-2010 | 09:35 AM
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Nice job overthere Tony.
keep up the good work
Old 05-31-2010 | 11:37 AM
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look'n good
Old 06-02-2010 | 04:33 PM
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Had to make room for this. (T-body will be polished) More pics of this intake coming soon.
Attached Thumbnails Cut my cowl-intake5.jpg   Cut my cowl-intake6.jpg  
Old 06-16-2010 | 06:52 PM
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just finished my sunoco extended install, with the race craft rails....for 93-97 the side rails will work but not the fronts without modifications...plus those dam hoods have a 90deg lip now that runs around the hood wich is a good thing for strength, but you have to trim off the lip or what we did was space the rails out off the fenders 1/2 inch on each side works great..here are a few crappy cell phone pics...cant believe we used 18 dzus's
Attached Thumbnails Cut my cowl-img00159-20100609-1508.jpg   Cut my cowl-img00158-20100609-1508.jpg   Cut my cowl-img00161-20100609-1511.jpg   Cut my cowl-img00154-20100608-1633.jpg   Cut my cowl-img00157-20100608-1634.jpg  


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Old 06-16-2010 | 06:53 PM
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here are a few of the front
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Old 06-16-2010 | 07:29 PM
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Tony, you didnt cut the cowl....you cut it OFF LMAO.

Nice work, your an **** ****....and I dig that about you!
Old 06-17-2010 | 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ROBS SS
just finished my sunoco extended install, with the race craft rails....for 93-97 the side rails will work but not the fronts without modifications...plus those dam hoods have a 90deg lip now that runs around the hood wich is a good thing for strength, but you have to trim off the lip or what we did was space the rails out off the fenders 1/2 inch on each side works great..here are a few crappy cell phone pics...cant believe we used 18 dzus's
Thanks man!!!!!! Looks great!

Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
Tony, you didnt cut the cowl....you cut it OFF LMAO.

Nice work, your an **** ****....and I dig that about you!
haha..thanks dude!
Old 07-05-2010 | 05:31 PM
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Tony, you get your hood yet?....just got my hood back from paint, here is a few crappy cell phone pics....
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Old 07-06-2010 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ROBS SS
Tony, you get your hood yet?....just got my hood back from paint, here is a few crappy cell phone pics....
Wow! That looks great!

Mine has not made it in yet. I think another couple of weeks maybe?
Old 07-06-2010 | 02:36 AM
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Looks badass guys, I wish my car could like you both

Keep up the excellent work guys
Old 07-07-2010 | 08:59 PM
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well heck! i guess i aint doin the extended sunoco any more! lol!
Old 07-08-2010 | 08:35 AM
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Looks good. You have a lot more room to work now!



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