sunoco and ls1 lid -not fitting so far
10-22-2011, 10:13 PM
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sunoco and ls1 lid -not fitting so far I finally got around to putting the hood on the car and after clearancing the hood to go down around the lid, i still have about 3/8- 1/2" that will not come down. something is touching or in the way. Anyone with the same setup have a pic of your lid? Mine is SLP, not sure if it's too tall or something else is going on.
10-22-2011, 10:14 PM
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Did you grind down the bottom of the filter housing? I had to thin mine out pretty good and even lift the hood latch very little. It is a very tight fit but it works. You cannot tell the hood is lifted a tad. Well worth it IMO
10-24-2011, 12:55 AM
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I'm assuming you have to correct radiator support? If you got the ws6 one it won't work. I got mine to fit but I have a Glasstek hood. But like stated you gotta grind the **** outta the bottom of the support so that everything sits almost flush with the core support. Also consider moving the hood latch up slightly on the core support, I did that n it made a big difference
10-24-2011, 10:30 AM
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Yes I have the regular ls1 stuff, no ws6 box.
Honestly guys, the quality of this hood from VFN is junk. I have a 98-02 VFN hood to compare side by side and the lt1 is just garbage. Very thin, doesn't fit well, hits the cowl, and the latch on the hood needs to be spaced down to close without slamming it. I bought it used, but I wouldn't buy this thing again, as much as I like how it looks overall.
Honestly guys, the quality of this hood from VFN is junk. I have a 98-02 VFN hood to compare side by side and the lt1 is just garbage. Very thin, doesn't fit well, hits the cowl, and the latch on the hood needs to be spaced down to close without slamming it. I bought it used, but I wouldn't buy this thing again, as much as I like how it looks overall.
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10-24-2011, 11:58 AM
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How does the bottom of that plastic support look? Did you cut it down? I took a cutoff wheel on a dremel (well, like 10 wheels lol) and kept cutting it lower and thinner until it fit.
. I basically cut all the support under it so that the factory sides are in contact with the radiator support.
10-24-2011, 09:53 PM
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ok guys, here are the pics.
First is the fit on with no radiator support or lid.
here's what I did the the lower box and how it fits...
and here's how far I can get it with the lid on... I've got about 1.0-1.25" to close the gap.
how does this compare to you guys?
First is the fit on with no radiator support or lid.
here's what I did the the lower box and how it fits...
and here's how far I can get it with the lid on... I've got about 1.0-1.25" to close the gap.
how does this compare to you guys?
10-25-2011, 02:52 PM
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ha!
I've been trying this out over the last week as well... I'll try & get some pics but I'm pretty sure I took off a lot more underneath the rad support. Hood was cut out underneath & I'll need to reinforce/fibreglass that.
Also, what made the biggest difference was I mounted the rad support further back (like you see in all the write ups). I used some self tapping screws to bolt it all down. Really close but not perfect yet.
The only possible issue might be the angle that the MAF comes down to the throttle body (haven't gotten there yet)
I've been trying this out over the last week as well... I'll try & get some pics but I'm pretty sure I took off a lot more underneath the rad support. Hood was cut out underneath & I'll need to reinforce/fibreglass that.
Also, what made the biggest difference was I mounted the rad support further back (like you see in all the write ups). I used some self tapping screws to bolt it all down. Really close but not perfect yet.
The only possible issue might be the angle that the MAF comes down to the throttle body (haven't gotten there yet)
10-25-2011, 05:30 PM
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I wish my car was accessible for me to show you some pics. I shaved it down waaaay more. It took a while though. Constant trial and error. Just kept testing it every so often for fit, then continued shaving it down and so on/so forth.