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CodyK
Feb 19th, 08, 11:21 PM
From what I've looked at I can't seem to find one. I've seen the one with the cowl toward the windshield but it's always better to have the hood toward the front. Does anyone know who makes one?

67shovel
Feb 20th, 08, 8:59 AM
From what I've looked at I can't seem to find one. I've seen the one with the cowl toward the windshield but it's always better to have the hood toward the front. Does anyone know who makes one?

I disagree with you on this. If you have a hood facing foward and it's high enough to clear the boundary layer of air (about 2") it will work great at the drag strip where your at WOT all the time. The problem is when your street car is at speed on the highway, the scoop is ramming air into your motor weather it wants it or not. You will get a lean fuel mixture when you back off the gas to cruise. The rain, bugs, and leaves are out of the equation with a cowl type hood too. The cowl hood from the 69 Camaro has been copied and used by all since it came out. The cowl hood uses the same high pressure air at the base of your windsheild that your kick panel vents use and without the drag of a forward facing scoop.

CodyK
Feb 20th, 08, 10:45 AM
Ok then I might just go with a 69 SS hood. Wouldn't mind having a fiberglass hood something a little lighter than the heavy metal one. Anyone got a website that makes them that has had good dealings before.