Raised SS Hood?

Does anyone know of a company that sells 93-97 Raised SS Hoods, that have are like 3-4" high?

I found a link to one company but they only have them for 98+.

Also does anyone have a pic of the hood actually on a car?

Thanks!

i dont know much, but try looking at the z-roc hoods

There is a company called VFN I believe it is a local area to me. I am from the chicago land area. I know they made a taller WS6 hood and were in the works to make a taller SS hood. I have seen pictures but I am just not positive if it was them who made it or not.

I can get a number if need be, email me

The Z-Roc hood isn't really like an SS. They're a lot different if you look at the two. Mine is a 3" cowl induction :)

Yeh im looking for a SS raised hood, a little difrent.

I talked to VFS and they said that they are making one but it wont be out for a few months. Anyone else know of one?

VFN or VFS. Is that just a typo on your end?

Besides them I have not heard of anyone making one or in the process.

kmook, who sells the raised ss hood for 98+ cars?

kmook- the raised ss hood is from vfnfiberglass.com ... that is what i am going to get it looks sick...try a search here or at ls1.com some dde hasit on his car:bow:

Argh, i know VFN has them for LS1s :) I am wanting one for 93-97 LT1s....

Kenny, now you calm down. We'll find a solution to this! :D :D

I've seen the stinger hoods get pretty large, but never a SS hood.:think:

I've been looking for quite some time, and I can't find anyone who makes the 3" SS hoods. VFN is the only place that I can find and they don't have one for our cars. But if you find one, let me know!!

Try www.usbody.com. They have a fiberglass SS hood for 93-97 Camaros that has 2.5 inch clearance which is 1.35 inches taller than the factory SS hood and has a larger front opening. Cost is $649. Hope this helps:)

Originally posted by LJ93Z28GM
There is a company called VFN I believe it is a local area to me. I am from the chicago land area. I know they made a taller WS6 hood and were in the works to make a taller SS hood. I have seen pictures but I am just not positive if it was them who made it or not.

I can get a number if need be, email me

That's where I bought my hood from, even if it's not out yet they'll make one for you. They do pretty much anything you want, for a price of course. I've been very happy with their customer service and my hood.

Ive yet to see one

KMOOK,

I just was looking at a picture of I think it was Dave Deluc car(Sled28)? He has a picture of a raised SS hood on his LT1 Camaro:

www.landrocket.com/sled/SLED28/car2

You can see some what of the hood. If my memories serves me correct I remember him mentioning it was a very limited production or ever one off?

Hope this help,
Jim

Thanks Jim, ill look into that more.

Oh and i called VFN again and asked about a custom hood. They are on crack :irk:

They said they'll put a raised ss scoop from an ls1 setup on a lt1 hood, but that it will still have the stock slits on the lt1 hood and that the scoop would be covering part of the slits WTF that would be insanely dumb. I said "well cant you just fiberglass the slits and then put the scoop on"? "no we cant do that".

And they wont sell the raised hood seperately in fear of someone copying it, so i cant even do it myself. ARGH

i think rksport sells a bigger SS hood it is called the big block hood. It isn't the one the iroc one either some companies call that a big block too. It looks just like a larger SS hood i believe it is wider and taller than a stock SS.

Hmm ill have to call them and see how high it is... the picture doesnt make it look very tall-
http://www.rksport.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=01011103&view=detail

Originally posted by kmook
Hmm ill have to call them and see how high it is... the picture doesnt make it look very tall-
http://www.rksport.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=01011103&view=detail

the big block is only wider maybe like 1/2 taller not a big diff....why dont u just let them fiberglass the 98+ taller scoop on an then fiberglass the older 97 scoops up yourself? glassing is easy

Originally posted by BIGKerneL44
why dont u just let them fiberglass the 98+ taller scoop on an then fiberglass the older 97 scoops up yourself?

I dont get ya, can you restate what you mean?

"They said they'll put a raised ss scoop from an ls1 setup on a lt1 hood, but that it will still have the stock slits on the lt1 hood and that the scoop would be covering part of the slits WTF that would be insanely dumb. I said "well cant you just fiberglass the slits and then put the scoop on"? "no we cant do that". you could glass them up after you got the hood back

Originally posted by BIGKerneL44
you could glass them up after you got the hood back

Oh i get what you mean now. I guess that is an option. I ruled it out since the scoop covers part of the slits but i guess you could just fill in the parts of the slits that are exposed... Didnt think of it that way but i guess it could work.

I just remembered another place that offers very good quality light weight fiberglass and they also have SS hoods for the LT1 without the hood slits. They may also be able to streach the hood. Here's the link: www.glasstek.com

I have been meaning to call them my self to find out if they will streach the hood and how much they can go? If you call them and they will streach the hood please post what they said.

Thanks,

Yeh ill call them tomorrow, thanks for the link.

When you say strech, are you refering to a longer hood to compensate for no wipers/shroud or streched higher scoop?

Why not just get a SS hood and take it to a body shop and tell them to make it a couple inches higher? :confused:

thats what i was thinkin just buy an SS hood tell the shop to cut the scoop an glass it up higher

KMOOK,
Did you check www.usbody.com? If so, what did you think? Their SS hood is 2.5 inches tall (1.35 inches over OEM).
Thanks!

Originally posted by fastcamz28
KMOOK,
Did you check www.usbody.com? If so, what did you think? Their SS hood is 2.5 inches tall (1.35 inches over OEM).
Thanks!

Hmm i guess 2.5" would be ok, i was wanting 3-3.5" but i think 2.5 would be enough.

I also liked the idea of gaining a lot of room by removing the wipers/shroud and using a longer hood like VFN has, but it seems like they arent cooperating. If i can get VFN to make me a longer 3" hood ill definately go that route if not ill probably use Usbody.

I was speaking to my chassis builder and he said talk to the hood company because in some hoods the company can actually streach the scoop to make it higher. Say going from 2" to 4".

I know what your talking about when it comes to VFN I spoke them a few months ago. They will do just about anything but for a small fee! LOL! Ya right!

I have a coul hood that is both streached to the windshield and streached height of the coul. My chassis builder did the work him self. My hood is very simaliar to a prostock truck hoods.

Maybe a chassis company could streach a hood you purchase but then again in the long run you end up having a ton of money in a hood.

Good Luck,
Jim

anyone know where there are pictures of that USBody hood on a car?