I'm switching to carb in a short while so I might have clearance problems with the stock hood. Where would you guys recommend I get one and how much is a good price (I don't want to get ripped off). Is latch style or pin style better? Is fiberglass lighter than the stock hood or heavier? How big of a cowl would be sufficient to clear most air cleaners? Do they really let the hot air out? Thanks.

 

I have an Unlimited Products 4 3/4" pin on cowl hood on my '83 Z28 and a Harwood 2 1/4" latch cowl hood on my '90 IROC-Z. The unlimited is extremely light (and really cheap), but that is all it has going for it. It was really poorly constructed and the second time I took the hood off, the fiberglass around the bolt broke so now I have to cut it apart and repair the fiberglass. The Harwood on the other hand is an excellant piece. It comes with a black gellcoat on it that if you have a black car like I do it doesn't even look that bad unpainted. Then again the Harwood cost twice as much as the Unlimited hood.

http://www.up22.com/ - Unlimted Products

http://www.eharwood.com/ - Harwood

http://www.americansportscardesigns.com/ - Read the addy

http://www.cervinis.com/ - Cervinis

I am sure there are more
Martin

 

i have the harwood steel 2 1/2 cowl hood and love it

it also clears my 14x6" k&n filter on top of an edelbbrock air gap intake and edelbrock 750 carb and my air cleaner only has 1/2"
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