Anyone Using A Custom Hood?
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Anyone Using A Custom Hood?
Hey guys. I was workin on my truck some last night and grabbed my cone style air filter and it burned my hand! It was HOT! I thought to myself this engine can not be running at full potential sucking in all this mega-heated air comin off this big block! I looked around, tried my darndest to figure out a way to get my filter some cool, fresh air from outside, but any 460 owner will tell ya, theres not much room in these engine bays. So if you cant grab air from the outside, then you can ram it in! I like the nostalgic, aggressive look of a cowl induction, but a scoop style might be better at getting air into the engine bay. I think I could fab up somethin to get the cleaner in that clean air once its in there, but iv never attempted body work and dont wanna ruin my good hood... Post some pics of yours and how ya done it!
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You have an aftermarket cone air filter? the stock set up did pull in cold air directly from the openings in the grille I'm pretty sure.
You could always just buy a bolt on hood scoop and sawzall a hole in the hood. That'd certainly jam some cooler air in. I know LMC sells a cowl induction hood for like 700 bucks or something ridiculous. Somebody a while ago did something I'm working on duplicating. Cut the original hood and modified it, pretty killer looking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...with-pics.html
You could always just buy a bolt on hood scoop and sawzall a hole in the hood. That'd certainly jam some cooler air in. I know LMC sells a cowl induction hood for like 700 bucks or something ridiculous. Somebody a while ago did something I'm working on duplicating. Cut the original hood and modified it, pretty killer looking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...with-pics.html
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I can never find a good answer to my questions so it seems like a better idea to just flat out ask it Not to mention, if Iv got a question about it, where am I suppost to ask? In a 4 year old thread no one cares about anymore?
Anyways, Iv never done body work. Iv welded sheet metal before and... it didnt turn out well lol. It burns through crazy easy then it takes forever to patch the hole and then you burn through again.... lol. Iv seen some "awesome" looking scoops held on by tar. Thats classy!
Anyways, Iv never done body work. Iv welded sheet metal before and... it didnt turn out well lol. It burns through crazy easy then it takes forever to patch the hole and then you burn through again.... lol. Iv seen some "awesome" looking scoops held on by tar. Thats classy!
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id also like to fab up a nice ram air hood someday as soon as i can find a cheap experimentle hood but just for the look. im not putting one of those filter things on ive heard they can ruin an engine but id love to have the hood for the look.
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Your welding technic
I can never find a good answer to my questions so it seems like a better idea to just flat out ask it Not to mention, if Iv got a question about it, where am I suppost to ask? In a 4 year old thread no one cares about anymore?
Anyways, Iv never done body work. Iv welded sheet metal before and... it didnt turn out well lol. It burns through crazy easy then it takes forever to patch the hole and then you burn through again.... lol. Iv seen some "awesome" looking scoops held on by tar. Thats classy!
Anyways, Iv never done body work. Iv welded sheet metal before and... it didnt turn out well lol. It burns through crazy easy then it takes forever to patch the hole and then you burn through again.... lol. Iv seen some "awesome" looking scoops held on by tar. Thats classy!
Well I'm no welder but from what I've been told or seen on tv shows your welder is turned up too high. You should be able to dail it down some.
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I have a Lincoln 115 mig welder( either 1200 HD or 1400HD, the biggest 115v mig thay made) any way for sheet metel I usually use heat setting A (on a scale od A-D) and a wire feed speed of 6 (on a scale of 1-10) Yhis is usually good for 16ga, and I am using .035 shielded wire. thinner sheet metal requires turning the wire speed all of the way up and spacing the spot welds farther apart. Some factory sheet metal can be a little thicker than 16ga, maybe 14ga and I can run the heat on B. All sheet metak is a little different and you have to play with the settings to find the right spot for a particular job.
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There is a chart and it is a good general starting point, but I have found that even 2 pieces of sheet metal on the same car can have to different thicknesses, especially on an older vehicle (like my 73 Nova where corrosion can mess up your welds). but afterr you practice enough you can get it down.
I just checked the local pick-n-pull price list and i can get a hood for about $55 bucks, so maybe I will pick one up and fabricate a cowl induction or some other type of scoop and make a forced induction into the air box. could be a fun project
matt
I just checked the local pick-n-pull price list and i can get a hood for about $55 bucks, so maybe I will pick one up and fabricate a cowl induction or some other type of scoop and make a forced induction into the air box. could be a fun project
matt
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So what you gotta do is run some sort of tubing to the air filterbox and this will help with performance some now i might try this. Got a 95 f150 hood i cant sell mayby ill practice with that and then try to do one on my 87. 87-91 looks easier its more of a flat surface to deal with
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Look at how some of the fibergalss hoods with functional scoops are ducted. They use flat square passages to go from the air intake on the hood to over by the air bog, then you only have a short run of tubing to mess with
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You can kind of see what I am talking about on this hood
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I dont see any reason you cant make a channel out of sheet metal
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I dont see any reason you cant make a channel out of sheet metal
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You guys keep this updated! I wanna see your hoods after your done! Another idea I had was to mount a scoop on my fender, right where the air intake is. It might look corny but serve the purpose!
Another question Iv always wondered: is a F-150, F-250, and F-350 all have the same bodies? (i.e. will a F-150 hood fit on my F-250?)
Another question Iv always wondered: is a F-150, F-250, and F-350 all have the same bodies? (i.e. will a F-150 hood fit on my F-250?)