Making my own hood

[SMOKEDYA]

When you are finished on the hood could you post pics of the underside with the supports. I made a 2 tier hood with my stock hood and am looking for a better way to support the middle of the hood

Thanks Drew

Is yours fiberglass or all steel? looks good. peace







john

 

[Drews93fox]

Is yours fiberglass or all steel? looks good. peace







john

Thanks mine is all steel. The reason I ask is my total cal is about 3" and i had to take all the stock supports out for the 2 tiers. I have it all painted now so I cant really weld on it anymore. But i did put some louvers in the back piece of steel. I dont know if that causes problems with pressure areas but it looks good

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Went up and did a little more work on it.Ran out of bondo,but cut out the full amount of the cowl.Here is what it looks like on the underside.Still need to deside what i'll do for support or if any is needed and also how or what to do to clean it up some.Heres the pics for now till i get up to bens and bondo more on thursday.

 

[Adams91LX]

looking really nice. tons of clearance.

 

[krisx125]

Just throw some sort of heat shield material in there!

 

[BlownRed5oh]

looks nice!

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Seen this set up on summits cover page car.Might do this if i need support? peace

john

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Went and spent a few more hours on it today

 

[5.0Droptop]

starting to look really good.

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Thanks!Going tomorrow to sand the coat i put on today then see how it looks?Possibly another coat?Then off to primer!Hope to have it atleast primed tomorrow!peace








john

 

[SlammedGT]

awesome work

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Went today and did more work on it,got it to the point (i think) it's ready for primer.So i will go prime it this weekend of 1st of next week!peace










john

 

[ty1er]

nice work man, its coming along nicely.

 

[NIKwoaC]

Wow, that actually looks really good. I'll have to make final judgment once it's done and on your car, but right now I'd say it looks better than a lot of the store-bought hoods. Great work.

BTW, it's called a NACA duct- the scoop you're thinking about doing. It was actually developed by the government division that eventually became NASA, and has found its way into a lot of airplane and race car designs, and of course the early Mach 1s.

NACA duct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have a secret fantasy of putting one in the front passenger side fender near where the air filter sits. Well, I guess it's not a secret anymore. Anyway, I've seen one other Fox with that, and it totally blew me away. I think it's a really freaking cool idea.

 

[5.0Droptop]

Updates????

 

[1991notchbackLX]

That hood looks great, man. Congratulations on thinking outside the box and making what 99.9% of people just go out and buy. Looking forward to seeing it finished!

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

It looks a lot like an SN95 cowl. I like it. Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Trbofox]

OMG that's alot of bodywork, I hate bodywork. looking great.

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Yes it is alot of work!I havent worked on it for awhile.Letting it warm up here so i can do it outside.











john

 

[5.0Droptop]

Wuss go wet sand it in the rain!