Help Installing Fiberglass Cowl Scoop On Stock Hood..

Well this might not be what you've got in mind but here's what i plan on doing....


Eventually my car is going to get a Holly roots style supercharger (carbed) and i'm going to run the classic butterfly snorkel breather through the hood. I don't like the idea of it constantly being open to the elements because i get caught in the rain a lot when i'm out, so i want some way to go from full hood to open breather, so i'm going to get a cowl similar to what you've got but instead of glassing it on permanantly, i'm going to use hood pins (not the typical loop/pin kind, but the flush kind that you see on the big dog's racecars that hold the whole front end on). That way i can pull the scoop off and put it in my trunk and go out, and if it rains or if i just want to hide the scoop, i can stick the cowl on and go.

Mustang78 said:

good idea, i hope the scoop you buy has room for those quarter-turn fasteners on the sides...my buddy has that butterfly 3-hole type scoop on his chevy C-10 pickup, he doesn't run a hood for now and only drives it on nice days, luckily its summer because this NW weather SUCKS! and BTW nice car, did oyu put that front end on an 85? i have an 82 GT with the same everything on the front from the fog lights in the stock body kit to the hood scoop, i am using a different hood for this cowl also, good luck and if yours is flat black do you have any close ups?? within a month or two i plan on spraying my car flat black, i just wasnt sure if i can paint the front end or not without it cracking when i bump the curb..

~Mark~

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I believe Summit and/or Jeggs sell the scoops with enough lip on the sides to put the fasteners on. The only problem is that i don't know if a cowl is going to be enough rise to clear it...i may have to get a scoop kinda like the stock GT scoop only taller. As for the primer...it's not perfect but it was better than the car being 2 colors. It's rattle can spray paint style, but it turned out really good for being so cheap. It's faded now and is started to look like crap....needs to get redone or painted soon. It doesn't chip or flake unless the paint underneath does, as long as you get the sandable primer then it's pretty flexible.

The nose came from a parts car that a guy sold me....it was put together (the parts car) from a wrecked '82 GT and a wrecked '79 Cobra, so there's a mix of parts on it. I gave a measly 200 bucks for the whole car, and i've seen these noses on eBay for $450, and the car had a roller motor and lots of other stuff...i actually profitted off of it.

I'm gonna use one of these http://store.summitracing.com/partd...4294925239+400053+4294839057+115&autoview=sku

And then maybe something like this http://store.summitracing.com/partd...&N=700+4294925242+4294839005+115&autoview=sku

There should be enough lip around that cowl to put the fasteners on.

I'm not sure how you would glass it to the stock hood without it looking rough around the edges but i'm sure it can be done. It might be a lot of work and hastle...might be better off with just a fiberglass hood if you want it to look smooth and perfect like a fiberglass hood would look.

I don't know if that's the going price for those noses, but sometime before i found the parts car i bought, i was doing regular searches for them and there was a particularly nice one for 450 and it sold. It did have the Cat foglight covers on it which are pretty hard to find, but otherwise it was just like mine. I wouldn't advise selling it if you like it...they're getting damn hard to come by...i'm almost paranoid about driving mine for fear of hitting something.

Oh yeah, thanks for the compliments! I wish the money would come faster for me to finish it...it's been 3 years and running since i got it...it's come a long way but it's still a long road ahead.