cowl induction hoods plz look and post
 

i'm thinkin of building my own cowl induction hood has anyone done this or am i goin to be the first...............lookin for the size of it i know they r 2 inch's high but not sure how wide not sure how to go about it i have to hoods incase it f's up thanks in advance for all those beautiful chevy's :gi: or not good idea..........

Unless your just bored it sounds like waaay to much trouble.... :cool:

Ken he may not be bored just snowed in. There was a hot rod magazine article years ago where they made a cowl hood for a camaro. They used a nibbling tool to cut the part that need to be raised then used spray paint can lids as spacers to lift it to the desired height. Next they used trimed metal strips to fill in the spaces where the hood was lifted. It looked pretty cool, but I've never had the guts to try it.

yes i'm snowed in and i'm to cheap to buy a hood so i still have 2 months of snow and i'm bored my truck is ready for paint so lets try something new yes and thats where i got the idea from was that magazine..........hahaha and my wife says throw those old books out yea right i say

custom cowl
 

I built one on my 87 mazda truck, its a 69 ss camaro cowl, just custom fit, here's some pics

Why sure! I say go for it... I did that to my hood but I cheated. I bought a wrecked SS Chevelle hood for $20 & cut off the scoop & welded it on my hood. Here it is in the "preweld" stage. Sorry, I dont have any finished pics of it but Ill work on that for you...corn

just buy one
 

or you can just buy one and save the hassle... :hm:

i did what u did my friend had an old 71 chevelle hood i just cut out the induction part and i'm startin to weld it in this week thanks for the good idea i'll be happy with the results i'm sure..........oh did u cut out the under side of the truck hood,i did so i can see my lights under the hood threw the cowl.and did u put something in the center so it's not to flexible...

i'd just use rebar or something along the ends and such to strengthen it..

Rebar may not be the most attractive though :)
I would use flat bar, small solid round rod or sq. tube.

Here's ours

Hey RC,

Can you post that article form the mag. id like to see it i have a harwood glass hood on my truck and i still have the original steel hood and i may want to do that on my old hood.

Depending on how good it looks id'e rather have my original hood on my truck cuz that harwood hood is a real POS.