Custom Hood
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Custom Hood
I have an extra hood for my 82 F100, and instead of spending 500 or more on a cowl induction hood, i thought about using the extra one i have and making a cowl hood myself. I found one page about it from openexhaust.com, but i was wondering if any one else has tried this or anything youd have to say about doing it.
Heres the webpage:
Open Exhaust | Hood Scoop Fabrication
Heres the webpage:
Open Exhaust | Hood Scoop Fabrication
Laughing Gas
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Seems pretty straightforward. It's all going to depend on your skill set for sheet metal work though. If you have never done anything like this, take your time, measure, measure again, and keep the heat out of the panel or it will warp really bad.
Here's two I have done so far. (Two different hoods).
Here's two I have done so far. (Two different hoods).
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From: White Mills, PA
Seems pretty straightforward. It's all going to depend on your skill set for sheet metal work though. If you have never done anything like this, take your time, measure, measure again, and keep the heat out of the panel or it will warp really bad.
Here's two I have done so far. (Two different hoods).
Here's two I have done so far. (Two different hoods).
Laughing Gas
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From: Wausau, WI
What was done is I used a '70-'71 Torino GT hood center, cut it and fit it to the trucks hood. There's probably 20-30+ hours into each of them. The Torino hoods I used were rusted badly on the front edge. I wouldn't recommend using a mint hood as they are getting really hard to find. I've gotten some dirty looks from the Torino guys until I tell them the hood was not usable due to rust. There's more pics of the making of it in the link in my sig.
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