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Old 04-10-2006, 07:35 PM
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Technical question about hoods.....

Does anyone know what the deminsions of the scoop on the RK Sport Competition hood are? Are they the same as the SLP SS hood? I know that in order to patend something there has to be a certain % variance there.

The Suncoast SS hood scoop is considerably smaller than the SLP SS hood scoop,that's why I dont want to order that one. I am going to order a hood, but I rather avoid spending $899 on the SLP SS hood if I can.

The RK Sport competition hod is $537. If the scoop size is the same or very close, then I may buy it. If it is considerably smaller like the Suncoast hood, then I'll have to bite the bullet and order the SLP hood.

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Old 04-10-2006, 09:01 PM
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Re: Technical question about hoods.....

The RK sport isn't the same size scoop as a stock LT1 hood scoop. I have the RK sport hood and had to have my hood modified to fit a stock SLP hood scoop grill. Also my RK sport hood is junk.
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Old 04-10-2006, 09:18 PM
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Re: Technical question about hoods.....

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The RK sport isn't the same size scoop as a stock LT1 hood scoop. I have the RK sport hood and had to have my hood modified to fit a stock SLP hood scoop grill. Also my RK sport hood is junk.
What did you have to modify and why is it junk?
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Re: Technical question about hoods.....

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What did you have to modify and why is it junk?
The hole had to be cut a lot bigger, and it's junk because it cracked 3 times, and will be getting fixed again for the forth time. Also its not very straight, i have a friend with a 97SS hood and the differences are night and day. To me if you have an opportunity to buy a real SS hood for $900 you'd be an idiot not to. By the time you buy a 96-97 SS hood scoop grille and get it modified to fit that'll be a $100 easy, you'll spend way more money in prep and trying to get the hood to fit, and then it still won't be anything like the real SS hood.
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