Is bigger really better ??
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Is bigger really better ??
Im about to slap a scoop on my hood, I can get a 5 inch for about 80 bucks. Although I keep hearing people tell me 5 inches is way to big. Ive never seen a 5 inch up close so Im not sure. Can anyone help me out here ?
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if you are worried about what it will look like from inside the car (being able to see of course) then simply measure 5 inches and cut a piece of cardboard and slap it on your hood to see what it looks like, as far as looks, just do a search for 5" scoops on the site and i am sure you will come up with a bunch...
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thats an awful big scoop , it might look funny if you dont back it up with and engine and some wide tires and rims . If you gave us a pic i could get a better idea of what you could do to put it off.
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My Novas got a 4 inch cowl and i dont have any vision problems and along with the motor being visiable from standing behind or next to the car,a lopey cam and mean exaust note i think its fitting. But a 5 inch non-funcitioing scoop is overskill simply put
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haha, use it wisely , some guy on here with a teal maro has a 5inch hood and the 5 inch spoiler , ask hi how vision , i know when i got my ram air hood it took away some vision and some getting used to .
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i seen a few 5 inch cowls hoods up close and they dont look too bad once laying on the ground, but on the car and painted, they are huge. 5 inch is too big i believe. especially if the car doesnt have the rest of the supporting mods to go with the "speed/power" implied by the big hood. like roll cage, big slicks and a tunnel ram
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Re: Is bigger really better ??
Originally posted by Cryptik
Is bigger really better ??
Is bigger really better ??
LOL... sorry man, had to....
To answer your question, 5" is WAY too big IMO...anything over the low 1.5"- 2" is too big for a hood IMO...
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personally I don't like cowls higher than 2" anything more and it just looks like a big box on your hood.
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