If you have a motor that's gonna stick out of the hood, what has to be done so when you cut the hole in the hood it doesn't warp? Is the X-brace cut out? Is it left in? Is it tac-welded to hood before cutting? Whats the difference between cutting a hole in a steel hood vs. a fiberglass hood? Is on easier than the other? The Pros and Cons? really looking for someone who know what to do when cutting a hole in the hood. ALSO IM NOT BOLTING A SCOOP TO THE HOOD!!
Hey Josh we cut up a perfectly good hood a while back. :shock: go ahead...cut up that hood! Not as hard as you might think as long as you have the right tools, and as with anything....measure twice...cut once:Smarty: good luck D & B
I wouldn't dare cut on a GS hood or anyother stock ram air hood, unless it was to repair the hood. no its a sonoma hood.
when i've done them in the past, i've bought a long piece of 1/4-20 all thread and put in the carb, cut it so it's about two or three inches higher than the hood. Then easily lower the hood down on top of it. Then I cut a hole with a hole-saw where the mark on the underside was. Then a good piece of string and sharpie and you can mark a nice circle. Then just get your jig-saw and cut an opening for your Air cleaner. If you're doing a non-circle cutout, I'd do the same way, but obviously you don't need the string. Just use the all-thread as your reference point. BTW, get good metal blades and use a good heavy tape like duct tape, along the line you're going to cut. And file your edge when done. You can buy plastic door guard material to cover up the edge when you're done for a cleaner look. Whether or not you need to tack the bracing up depends on where it is in relation to your hole. On my chevys that I've cut up before, some i did put a tack in, and some i didn't even hit the brace. I would think a glass hood would be easier, but I've never cut a glass hood.
the April 2006 issue of Car Craft page 48 has an article that gives step by step instructions on installing a hood scoop, where they cut a hole in the hood. i saved it because i am planning on putting a hood scoop on my 67 sky, unless i can find a 67 GS hood to put on it. JC's_67_sky
I cut a Skylark hood for a Stage 2 scoop 2 years ago. I used a Rotozip to do it. It made a great cut. Use masking tape to cover the area you want to cut and use it to draw your cut line on. Works great. I did remove the "x" bracing. It did make the hood noticeably weak. I would leave as much bracing in as you can to keep the structural integrity of the hood in tact.
