I'm getting ready to order the ground effects and put the cougar in the body shop but this is the last time I want it in the body shop so I want to do everything and I'm thinking about gettin a hood. What's out there beside the cowl induction hood and the tc hood? I really like the look of the ram air hood on the ws6 trans ams, does anyone know if anything similar is offered for these cars? What do people reccommend getting? Thanks.
well theirs cowl hoods, or you can get a cowl hood, and if you want to switch it up, theirs tc hoods lol... anything different you need to coustomize. i was thinking of a 2-3" cowl with svo, or tc scoops useing the cirvinies ram air system. or that one crazy ram air hood from crites
youre stuck unless you make something custom
I haven't found one like the WS6 hood. One dude put those stick-on scoops on his stock hood, and it sort of looks like that. That's the closest I've seen though.
If i had the money to buy the hoods I would take the scoop off of a 2001 Toyota 4runner and make the scoop almost horizontal. It might look alright. Its something to think about. I'll come up with some drawings
look on http://www.critesrestoration.com/mustang.htm and look at there ram air hood
molded from and hacked up cobra r hood...thats all i know
shagy though...
(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/11/web/599000-599999/599075_2_full.jpg)
:repost: :sorry: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-88-thunderbird-ram-air-hood_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34204QQitemZ4569019034QQrdZ1
found this on ebay looks awesome
These look cool black.(http://tinypic.com/alp69u.jpg)
I like the one on that stang. I like the ws6 hood better but since nobody makes anything remotely close, that'll do but do they make it for these cars?
no. that is for stangs only.. and I am pretty sure they won't fit any of our cars without some major modifications. there might be a few sites out there with hoods, but they would all be custom.
I use to make my own hoods a few years ago. I made a cowl and a ram air hood. The cowl hood was my first attempt and it wasn't that great, but the ram air turned out decent. here is a pic of the ram air one.
I'm glad you can't find a Trans-am scooped T-bird hood. Those only look right on one car, and it's not a Ford. The CobraR hood is actually surprisinglly good looking, for a cowl.
I've always thought the '83-86 thunderbirds looked good with a cowl hood. The '87-88's, I dunno...the car has such flowing lines that it seems like a cowl hook kinda messes them up. It would be pretty sweet if you could get a heat extractor hood though.
There was a dude up in Canada named Andy Cap that used to make Cobra R-style hoods for our cars. He disappeared a few years ago though.
maybe you could hack this one up for the 89-93 birds that cervinis makes?
(https://www.cervinis.com/shop/images/109_1.jpg)
not even close to fitting, would be a waste of fiberglass
That one you made looks actually pretty cool. The cowl needs a slight curve, the straightness takes away from it. nice work though, how did you do it. I want one for mine.
i plan on using this one, and it's a bolt-on:
(http://www.championfiberglassproducts.com/images/otherfords/8388tbird.gif)
http://www.championfiberglassproducts.com/caprirangertbird.html
I wouldn't. The fit is absolutley brutal, mine sits in my shed because I am embarrased someone may see it. :yuck:
As far as "aftermarket hoods" go, I'd have to say that Crystal has us ALL beat!
thats not an aftermarket hood, its factory, just has a little work done to it
I know it's just a modified factory hood, (hence the quotation marks around "aftermarket hoods") but it's still IMO one of the best looking hoods I've seen.
IMO I hate louvres. They ruin a car. That one I will make an exception for.
You could always check out the one from this company.
http://www.usbody.com