Stage Two Hood Scoop for Da Wagon

As a result of clearance issue's with the new mill we are playing with some part's generously donated by some very cool board members.
First step, measure the exact center of the carb under the hood & drill a pilot hole 21 1/8 inches from the back of hood lip.

 

step two:
after scribing a circle 8" out from the pilot hole (16" hole size)
with the trusty Skil jig saw & a fresh metal cutting blade we have a hole.

 

step 3:
carefully cutting the under hood reinforcement with a dremel and about 20 or so heavy duty cutting discs so we can fasten the scoop easily.

 

Mock up pre fastening.

 

Looking Kool .. :Brow: PS .. Thanx for the card you guys sent . I needed that ! :beer :TU:

 

No prob Bruce,
We had a special attachment to that cat too,
God Speed Stoner! :shock: :ball:

D.

More pics as we progress :3gears:

 

Sure do miss the lil guy ... Thanx again . p :TU:

 

the hood is lookin' good...now you just need a hood tach and a painter :grin:

 

Thanks Kurt,
Ya, your right about the tach. Trying to find one that'l fill the bill without killing the billfold. ou:
And we do have a painter, its just that he's 876 miles away :moonu:

Glad you approve.

D.

 

How AWESOME is that going to look! :3gears:

Very cool, guys! :TU:

 

That must've been one really big drill bit, or a ton of little holes. :laugh:

Looking good so far. :TU:

 

Very cool! I'm glad you posted this. I have a Skylark hood sitting in the garage crying out for me to cut a big hole in it. How are you going to attach the scoop?
:beer

 

I approve, just glad it's a track hood since it looks so cool with the GS hood on it!
As for my painting skills, the owner of my store is having me paint a tank that got damaged on a Honda RC51 that has 6 miles on it so I guess he trusts my work!

 

Dana,
Looks great. Could you tell me what your final dimensions from the rear of the installed scoop is to the rear of the hood?
Also the final measurement from the front of the installed scoop to the front of the hood????
I've already got my Fiberglass pre-installed scoop and hood from VFN on my car, I would just like to see what the difference is,if any?
There might be some variences,My car is a '70 GS w/SP-1 intake.
Will you guys be at Cecil?? Love to see the wagon again! :TU:

 

Nice!!

That's a nice looking scoop, where can i find one just like that? My brother wants to put one on his '76LTD.
Let me know

thanks

:TU:

 

Checkout Poston or VFN.com :Smarty:

 

I thought Poston was only for Buicks?

 

Thanks Kenny, I can really hack up a nice hood, huh? :laugh:
Its like my last car, really a ten footer. ou:
As for the measurements, I got em from Paul Manuel and tried to follow a logical course with the rest.
The center of the back of the scoop is 12" from the center of the back of the hood.
The center of the front of the scoop ends up being 34" from the center front of the hood.
The sides are roughly 19" 3/8 side to side.
As for fastening , since I got the scoop used, it already had alot of rivet holes in the mounting lip, which kinda limits me so I am going with 3 sturdy bolts on each side & 2 in the back.
Paul suggested using some advesive weather stripping about 3/8" wide to help seal the scoop as it gets torqued down.

next up is flat black paint on the scoop & hood tach & drilling more holes for the tach.
Hoping to have it on the wagon by friday night so we can run it at Cordova in the BOP races there saturday :3gears:

Back to work :spank:

D. :grin:

 

OK so I actually had to buy something for this project ou:
..poston hood tach
cost me a couple franklins. so we had to make some more holes

 

after painting the scoop and the hood tach in flat black we have the finished product :Brow: