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Question about a hood

what size cowl induction hood look the best on fox- thunderbirds or cougars?
84 el camino ss-daily driver(efi mild sbc,2004r, posi 3:42 rear.)
84 mercury cougar v6- was a v6/ nitrous drag car, going back to mostly stock
81 chevy malibu-protouring/  drag car.( efi sbc supercharged 283 that will rev to the moon, 2004r, 4:11 posi rear)

Question about a hood

Reply #1 –
2 inch in my opinion.Hey,another Okie.Cool.I'm not alone anymore.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Question about a hood

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Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon-  '81 Granada GL 2dr
 

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1" is the max IMO. Just enough to get air in, but keep teh lines of the car and still look stock. Unless your racing, I'd keep it under 2" or even stock

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I'm going with a Turbo Coupe hood.Smooth,nice looking.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Quote from: Chuck W;127353
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It's Gumby's fault.

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i've seen hoods as high as 4".  these cars look crazy retarded with that much rise.  i agree with 1"-2" MAX

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Does anyone even make a 1-2" cowl hood for these cars?  I would like to see what a 1" cowl would look like (I think it would be about perfect) but it seems that the smallest is a 2.5" and I don't think I've even seen one.  US Body's hood is a 3" correct?  That seems to be the most popular.
2000 Jaguar XK8 Convertible - 4.0L DOHC V8 (AJ27)
2018 Ford Explorer - 3.5L DOHC V6 (Duratec 35)
1999 Mercury Grand Marquis - 4.6L SOHC V8 (Modular)
1987 Mercury Cougar LS - 5.0L V8 (Windsor) [SOLD in 2009]

Question about a hood

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i've seen a 2 inch cowl lift before, and i've seen 4in lift.  the 4 looks just like a 4in mustang cowl.  the 2 looked just like the bod lines in the hood was raised 2 inches.  it looked good to me.  a 1inch lift would prolly be makin it yourself.

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cowls are dumb unless u have clearance issues i think
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Question about a hood

Reply #11 –
what size is your hood on your convertible Eric?
84 el camino ss-daily driver(efi mild sbc,2004r, posi 3:42 rear.)
84 mercury cougar v6- was a v6/ nitrous drag car, going back to mostly stock
81 chevy malibu-protouring/  drag car.( efi sbc supercharged 283 that will rev to the moon, 2004r, 4:11 posi rear)

Question about a hood

Reply #12 –
I built a 3"-3.5" cowl For mine:evilgrin: .  I think it looks good.  I also built a 1" cowl that was on baXo's silver coug.  Looked sweet, it just wasn't good build quality.:hick:  Now that I have built a few and know what I am doing, I plan to try it again.

Question about a hood

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cowls are dumb unless u have clearance issues i think

Well I think that's the general consensus of the people that have replied here so far. I know a lot of people that want something other than stock but are tired of the ubiquitous Turbo Coupe hood. To each his own. We're just lucky enough to have several companies that still make them for our cars. So if you want one, the opportunity is there...if not, that's fine too.

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what size is your hood on your convertible Eric?

It's a 3.5" Dominator hood from U.S. Body Source. It is not a true cowl hood as the back section is not open. The underside is finished though. It is, essentially, for additional clearance and for show...which is exactly why I bought it (1" phenolic spacer on a Cobra intake).

RJ's hoods are awesome...he does a great job. Now if he'd just go into business he could make some money... ;)

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Quote from: EricCoolCats;127502

RJ's hoods are awesome...he does a great job. Now if he'd just go into business he could make some money... ;)



thanks for the props man.:cool:

I still need to do a bit of touch up work to this hood (Primer wasn't dry enough and reacted with the basecoat) but it got too cold to finish it.  At least it didn't seperate from the base after a couple of miles though ;)  And my cowls ARE functional. LOL.  as for making money building them?....  doubt it, but I am open to serious offers to make them. LOL