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Orence1 05-07-2006 07:11 PM

Cowl Scoop Install
 
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After a few weekends of fabricating, the metal cowl scoop is attached. I used a two part epoxy adhesive designed for metal with large head sheet metal screws to hold it down. I will grind the heads off next weekend and begin the body work to blend the scoop edges into the hood. Welded the front tip to the hood. After a lot of head scratching we chose to flatten the front point of the hood rather than try to notch the scoop to fit over the center rib of the hood. I will post a few pictures of that if any of you are interested. If I had to pay to have this done it would have been cheaper to buy a cowl hood but with a little help it cost about 1/4 of a new hood. Enjoy the pictures.

Orence1 05-07-2006 07:15 PM

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Finished project. Onto body work next weekend.

matthufham 05-07-2006 08:28 PM

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nice, cant wait to see it done.

QKENUF4U 05-07-2006 08:44 PM

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so why not weld the whole scoop onto the hood ? if ya do a spot at a time and cool it off there would be minimal warpage and it would be forever. ?

stllookn 05-07-2006 11:15 PM

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Looks good Larry. Can't wait to see it.

Orence1 05-08-2006 12:05 AM

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I had a lengthy discussion with the vendor. They recommend the epoxy and feel that it is every bit as strong as a weld. They use this stuff on aircraft wings. Thanks for the input.


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