Hmmm, i have a shaker hood and air cleaner assembly from a 74 gto. Would be interesting indeed. It might be a tad small. I may set it on the old truck and see.

http://www.allmusclecars.com/pontiac/74gtoscoop.jpg
http://www.allmusclecars.com/pontiac/74gtodf.jpg

 

I've thought about the shaker hood too. Just don't glue it to the hood.

The air-grabber would be cool, too, and we've even got a vacuum source to run it.

 

Viva Mexico! (and Arizona I gather).

 

That depends on if you have enough engine to require one of them......... Ain't no way my Nova would have a hood without one of them.

"Slightly over stock"

But yea, without a huge by large big block under it, they are fugly.

 

Do you have a blower sitting on it? Is it a 500 CU crate motor? I have a 68 impala SS with a 396 cu, 325 hp (numbers matching) under the hood. The car is so big though that it looks kind of small down there. When my house down here in Mexico is finally done, that is my next restoration project...Mark

 

Didn't see the pic ...Mark

 

I am going the other way on this one. I want to get a bird bath for my 90'

 

Rumblefish had one and another local guy has one on his white 92 D350.

 

http://riekmann.prohosting.com/verka..._hood_tach.jpg

Not a hood but Ive been rolling this idea around in my head for a few years.

anybody put a hood-tach on their first gen?

too bad i just did my column mount tach...

 

I've thought about the exact same thing....many times!!

 

Like this?

 

Have you ever noticed that spider/bug clinging to your hood as you go rolling down the hi-way at 70 mph? Is that little spider stronger than 'Arnold' ... or is he just in a 'dead air space' as any wind tunnel test will attest? Hood scoops are for looks only unless they are high enough to get above that 2-5" non-turbulent 'dead air' that envelopes your moving vehicle.

 

The cowl area has a lot of pressure! that is why the vents are placed there. If there were no pressure the vents would be it front or in side scoops. like the ones used for brake cooling on CanAM cars
And what about all the cold air packages on muscle cars of the 60s and 70s?

 

I have one of the 6-pack scoops mounted in reverse on my hood mainly for the removal of heat when off-road.

I can tell you that going down the highway at 50 mph and up the air being pushed into the scoop is significant. If I attempt to use the windshield washers the fluid is sucked right into the scoop at highway speeds.

 

How far above the hood level are the 'Pro Stock' type hood scoops? Why?

You should be able to find a wind tunnel video on U-tube .... with colored smoke. Hood scoops do work, if they are set-up properly. Most are just for looks.

Maybe that little spider on your hood is stronger than Mr. Schwarzenegger