I really like that look, the cowl hood that's got a lifted center section so it looks stock. The only big expense I see is the chrome molding on the rear edge of the hood.
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85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car) -
Raising the Dead
So I am thinking of using counter sunk rivets for the hood scoop. My question is, will steel rivets crack a fiber glass hood scoop? I may back the rivets up with a copious amount of epoxy.
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In answer to my own inquiry, I will buy aluminum countersunk rivets and use them. That way I run less of a risk in cracking the fiber glass. If that doesn't work, I'll get steel rivets; or use a different method.Originally posted by packman View Post
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The aluminum ones should work well. Fiberglass is actually some tough crap, but the malleability of the aluminum should help keep cracking out of the equation.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
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I cut the hole for the hood scoop last Thursday evening whilst waiting for the snow to do its thing. I got a bunch of Home Depot panel bracing and lined the perimeter of the hole that I cut. I doubled it up where the old bracing was. It touches what's left of the old bracing; so I am thinking of welding the two together. Hopefully that will stiffen the hood back up sufficiently. I'll get some pics of it soon.
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Yes. PIcs are a must.~David~
My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz
Originally posted by ootdega
My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck
Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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Did you do some measuring?
I have a tall dual plane intake on the big block, a stroker clearance oil pan and the air cleaner nut only comes out past the top of the hood.
You might be surprised that it fits!!!sigpic
89 LTC 429>557 Cobrajet stroker
13 F-150 XLT 6.2 l
"If I could separate what's real from what I've been dreaming I could live to fight another day"
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That would be ideal. Hard enough for my mom to look over the dash as it is without obstructions (hood scoop).
I measured the hood a half dozen times using different methods. All methods had one measurement in common; which is a point from the rear of the hood to the front and back of the intake. I couldn't think of any other way. They were all within a 1/2" of each other. So I extended the hole a 1/2" on all sides. The six pack hood scoop easily clears the hole with a lot of room to spare. I just have to find a space to weld the bracing. I will wait until the engine is mounted in the bay before installing the scoop. I have to see if I got the hole in the right spot; or if I need the hood at all. I haven't welded in ages; and my father doesn't weld in the yard anymore on account of jerky neighbors. This is part of the engine swap that has stumbled me for the past year.
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