I know it sounds funny, but I've always been a fan of detailed underhood liners. IF you don't know what I mean look under the hood of a 5.0 Mustang and see the galloping pony. Or a Buick GN with the turbo 6 logo on the hood liner. I think little things like that really make a car stand out at shows and at the track when you have your hood open.

Well, as if twin turbos weren't enough to attract attention when the hood is opened, I decided to borrow a page from the Buick guys and make a 'Turbo 8' emblem to put on my underhood liner. I'll have completeed pics of it tomorrow, but in the meantime I have attached a few pics below to give you an idea of what I have planned.

Anyone else with customized hood liners, please post up!

Buick turbo 6 hood liner:


My Turbo 8 idea:
http://www.khturbo.net/images/Misc/T...0Emblem-B2.jpg

 

Maybe I'm the only one who thinks they are cool

 

damn thats a nice car. anymore pics of it

 

i think it looks good man... where in SE PA are you? u check out njfboa.org

 

Damn that car looks nice, i really like the look of that liner. What is it made out of?

BTW my buddy paul says your other RMT 89 is quicker than your IROC. true?

 

The hood liner is a stock GM replacement part. I printed out the design on my computer and cut it into a stencil, then hand painted the emblem on there. You need to view it in full size to make it look right (the edges look choppy if you veiw it in a reduced size). BTW, you can't use spray paint to stencil on a design, it is too thin, bleeds out and looks terrible.


You mean Paul with the black Z24? No, my IROC is still a little faster. It goes 12.45@114.8MPH on 18" street tires with 6psi of boost. The Z24 does 12.59 at 114.77 on 10psi of boost and drag radials. The IROC weighs 3700lbs versus the Z24's 3000lbs with me in the car. The Z24 is very close though...


Did Paul get to race his Z24 this weekend, or was it rained out?

 

I like it...though the twin turbo set up I think sets it apart from the average ride more than the stencil. :-p But it definitely completes the package.

 

yea his car was black now its primer grey. I think he goes by midnightriderz24 on some other website. He raced it, blew out a intercooler coupler, rigged it on and drove home. The best time he got all night was a 13.5.

 

Looks awesome, nice custom touch.

 

I think that looks great. Only place I know of that makes custom underhood insulators for our car is this place.

http://carmotorsports.com/Underhood%20Insulators.htm

They have several designs you can choose from.

 

Thanks for that link. That company makes some beautiful hood insulators. I guess thta proves I'm not the only person that thinks they are a cool idea

Car Motorsports - Underhood Insulators

 

not a thirdgen but easily adaptable to one

 

i think they are awsome. also, off topic but scope out the cars the guys at car-motorsports own. awsome.

 

i think i saw in camaro performers, they lined the inside of a hood with this hood insulation material. it looked similar to dynamat, and i believe it was made by becool. it was different, but it looked pretty sweet to me.