View Poll Results: Should I trade my SS hood for a cowl hood?
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Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
01-25-2005, 07:46 PM
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Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
I have a Navy Blue Metallic 99 SS, and while I love the SS hood, cowl hoods are really starting to grow on me. Should I get a cowl hood? Oh, and please post any pics you have of LS1 Camaro's with cowl hoods. Thanks!
01-25-2005, 07:48 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
I personally like the SS hoods, especially on the 98+ cars, it flows with the curves of the car better. But if you like cowl hoods, go for it.
01-25-2005, 07:52 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
Yeah, the SS hood fits the curves nicely, but some cowl hoods do too. I dont like the boxy looking ones, I want one that looks right.
01-25-2005, 09:41 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
I prefer the SS hoods to cowl induction style hoods. especially since with the position of the air inlet you aren't getting cooler air into the engine, just maybe a place for some of the hotter engine bay air to go. I'm not too sure if it would really help power that much.
01-25-2005, 09:56 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
Cowl induction hoods have the classic muscle car look to them plus everyone has an SS hood.
Since you have a real SS you can sell your hood for a much higher price than what a cowl induction hood would cost. It's a win/win.
Since you have a real SS you can sell your hood for a much higher price than what a cowl induction hood would cost. It's a win/win.
01-25-2005, 10:36 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
01-25-2005, 10:37 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
I love this hood it looks great i think and isn't like a normal cowl hood.
btw its the ls1 3" cowl from harwood. Almost got it for my camaro.
http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=509941
www.eharwood.com
btw its the ls1 3" cowl from harwood. Almost got it for my camaro.
http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=509941
www.eharwood.com
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01-25-2005, 11:54 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
the cowl hood doesnt look so good to me on 4th gens because they're curvy and the hood isnt. at least LT1's are slightly more boxy in front...for LS1's im gonna have to say no cowl
01-26-2005, 12:44 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
Originally Posted by blackbirdta
the cowl hood doesnt look so good to me on 4th gens because they're curvy and the hood isnt. at least LT1's are slightly more boxy in front...for LS1's im gonna have to say no cowl
But if you want a cowl hood go for it. good luck.
01-27-2005, 11:21 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
I wanna say that VFn makes it but is the 4inch SS version i believe. Ill try to find pics if I can but its a much more in your face look. then again I love the look of the 4 inch cowl too.
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02-15-2005, 10:07 AM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
Check this out its going to look like the sunoco hood and is currently being worked on by VFN, should be be ready soon.http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/attach...chmentid=23992
02-15-2005, 01:17 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
As much as I love the Harwood cowl hood (it's my favorite hood), I don't think I'd ever take the SS hood off an SS. If I had a Z28, I'd get the Harwood for sure, though.
02-15-2005, 11:01 PM
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Re: Thinking of swapping my SS hood with a Cowl hood, opinions?
you would loose the air inlet too unless you had it opened up yourself, i ordered my hood from there b-12202 not functional.. that was great to find out, and it was 2 seperate layers of fiberglass so i cant have it cut open and it still look good =/ .. the hood looks good on the car though that hood may be different but i figure if it says show series its all the same non-functional status..
