to keep the cowl or lose it
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to keep the cowl or lose it
Hey guys. im having a hard time deciding what to do about my hood. I love the 4inch harwood cowl that i have on my car. however i dont have anything under it to realy back it up. i love the look however i also love the look of the oem iroc hood. So what do you think would look better the iroc hood or keep the cowl. and y?
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got any recent pics of your car? you can share with us
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Hey guys. im having a hard time deciding what to do about my hood. I love the 4inch harwood cowl that i have on my car. however i dont have anything under it to realy back it up. i love the look however i also love the look of the oem iroc hood. So what do you think would look better the iroc hood or keep the cowl. and y?
Seriously, I personally like the functionality of a cowl on any car vs. the non-function of the Iroc hoods...
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trust me...i wanna build me a nice motor. but right now funds are kind of limited and i just wrecked it because of some lady not paying attention and need a new front passenger fender and repaint pretty much the whole front end.
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what size tire is on the rear of that thing?
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Re: to keep the cowl or lose it
tuff call. i like the cowl and the iroc hood. id go with the iroc hood.
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Well, I'm in the same boat as you. I have a cowl hood and a V6 under it so I say keep it. I also have future plans for the car to put a V8 in it
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Re: to keep the cowl or lose it
A smaller cowl like the one Coolwheels84 has looks better in the pic, but yous looks pretty good too. Who cares whats under the hood, most cars can't back up their looks anyways lol. Either way you go it will look good, it's a 3rd gen!
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well right now its got a 305 so its prolly slower than a v6 haha. na it will run a 15.8 in the quarter. il have to run check the tires to make sure but i believe they are 295/50 15
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Depends, stock for stock your is faster, but gears and a tune, I've read V6 cars out running the TBI 305s. I've got a cam, roller rockers, ported heads, and other things in my motor, I bought it as a replacement for the stock V6 that for 250 bucks, if I tuned the computer, and gave it a new tranny, it would be a lot faster than it is. But really, if it looks good, and sounds good, that's all that matters.
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thats how i feel. I guess im stuck with this decision because i like how both look. haha. i just need to win the lottery and il be set
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Oh no, this is absolutely the slowest car I've ever owned including some hondas. The 2.8L only has like 108hp at the crank. I couldn't outrun a plastic bag blowing in the wind. lol.
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lol i call BS! i had a 1990 RS 3.1 and traded it for a 85 Z28 305 TPI, the 3.1 n 2.8 make roughly 140 at the crank, new of course, n they r slow as all **** but hell iv eaten a honda alive in it, but jump from a 130hp v6 camaro intoa 230hp-ish 305 tpi camaro, n woah, big dif, not FAST but POWERFULL
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keep the cowl.
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Re: to keep the cowl or lose it
No its a SS hood.. which is the one I want.. I wish they made an SS hood in like a 3in cowl that would look really good. As for the cowl question keep it it looks a lot better then the plain stock hood..iroc or not.. but if u wanna change it I have a iroc hood that's ready for paint with a quick wet sanding.. if u wanna trade
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cowl hoods are mean looking. even if you cant run with it i would keep it just because i love the way cowl hoods look. you can always start building later and then you will be glad you kept it.
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Re: to keep the cowl or lose it
No its a SS hood.. which is the one I want.. I wish they made an SS hood in like a 3in cowl that would look really good. As for the cowl question keep it it looks a lot better then the plain stock hood..iroc or not.. but if u wanna change it I have a iroc hood that's ready for paint with a quick wet sanding.. if u wanna trade
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OP: Keep the cowl, if you're gunna build you motor there's no use in buying a hood that won't work later on. that's just my 2cents.
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its not an SS hood its a stock RS hood that i molded a scoop onto and then cut open a vent for the ram air effect. Im actually trying to sell it. so if anyone knows someone that wants one in NC give me a shout.
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Re: to keep the cowl or lose it
I like the old one .... then thinking about it I think I like the look of the old one, which may have to do more with paint than function. I would .... keep the new one for function and .... it's something with the paint, too much black. Take a look in photoshop.
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Re: to keep the cowl or lose it
Thanks! It's a 3" And btw, the '84 2.8 only has 107hp at the crank which is like driving a 245hp Z in slow motion.
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If i keep the cowl,which i prolly will, its gonna get painted red to match the car with 2 black stripes down the side of the cowl.
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id keep the iroc hood its up to you thoe really. i have a cowl hood only because i need it for the supercharger and carb to clear........ the stock hood looks clean you can make it functional
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