Here's A Few Pictures Of The Hood On My Formula.... The Scoop Is From Pat At www.fibersmith.net I Cut The Hole In The Hood With A Jig Saw And Then Had The Scoop Bonded On And Painted By A Friend That Has His Own Body Shop.
What is the point of this? I love Firebirds so I cant help but kinda like the way this looks but a Fiero's not a Firebird and I dont understand why you would put a forward facing scoop on a Fiero. The only purpose of a scoop on the Fiero is to vent the area for better cooling so I just dont get the point of this.
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Reality Member
Posts: 1026 From: Marietta,OH,USA Registered: Nov 1999
Bazooka,I'd like to see more pictures of that car. ***************************************** LT-5Fiero, I built my hood by making a model from clay and developing a mold. Then laying in about 3 layers of mesh and fiberglas and bonding it to my hood with SMC.
Hugh, Here's a couple a pics. One shows the back end on which I built a Twin Snorkel outlet for the V8.
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hugh Member
Posts: 5563 From: Clementon,NJ,USA Registered: Jun 2000
Thanks Hugh. This Forum has always been a valuable source of ideas thanks to people like yourself. Just looking thru this thread you can see some of the exceptional work.
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California Kid Member
Posts: 9541 From: Metro Detroit Area, Michigan Registered: Jul 2001
I need quite a few MGD's for those bugeye headlights to grow on me!!!
Just wanted to acknowledge the other hood modifications, shows some nice creative thinking, and execution. I'm still thinking about what I want to do with my hood, and just bought a spare to play with. Actually thinking about the hood and decklid to have a 'matching' type scheme including some carbon fiber inlayes to set it off. Goals are functional and cosmetic to blend into the aero theme of the car.
I like the look of the forward facing scoops. You guys need to remember that just about 99% of all cars coming out of Detroit with hood scoops have fake hood scoops. It's just a look ! For example all but the Ram Air GTO's and Firebirds from the 60's and early seventys. Most all of the Mustangs, Torinos, Challengers, Chargers and Cudas, AMX's, Tran Ams, Camaros, Chevelles, etc, had FAKE hood scoops .... once again just a LOOK ! ... One that I like. :-)
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Smoooooth GT Member
Posts: 8823 From: Lake Palestine, Texas Registered: Jun 2001
Now that's resourceful! Second Gen. T/A fender vents huh? I might just have a couple of those laying around too! Any other pics? Maybe from slightly farther away?
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jscott1 Member
Posts: 21676 From: Houston, TX , USA Registered: Dec 2001
What else have you been doing?? I heard that you were thinking of swapping something on your interior..... steering wheel's??
Yeeeeaaah,
I've been busy swapping a steering wheel, and a radio, all 4 speakers, a subwoofer carpet, trim, seats, console, door panels, gauges, headliner, sunvisor, seatbelts, the little cover over the third brakelight, oh and a dashboard. Nothing too much.
Hey Monkeyman, I Just Went Outside And Looked And My Paint Still Looks Like Sh!t.. So Whatever You Did It Didn't Work But Seriously....I Hope You Get The Picture To Post Soon. Could You Also E-Mail Me A Copy Please???
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sc3888gt Member
Posts: 28 From: pittsburgh,pennsylvania,U.S.A. Registered: Mar 2002
hello all i've got a new hood design and ventilation system that i will not show pictures of but if you want to see it come to carlisle this spring it brand new and has not been done like this before as far as i can tell by any thing i have ever seen online or at any show
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Bazooka Member
Posts: 1301 From: Chicago, IL. Registered: Mar 2001
I'm still thinking about what I want to do with my hood, and just bought a spare to play with. Actually thinking about the hood and decklid to have a 'matching' type scheme including some carbon fiber inlayes to set it off. Goals are functional and cosmetic to blend into the aero theme of the car.
******************************************** Cal Kid, On the subject of carbon fiber, what bulk shapes can it be acquired in? Whats the best bonding material for using it on SMC? It seems that c.f. would open up endless possibilities in form and function. See if you agree on a scale of 1-10. Cost-3, Lt. Weight-9, Strength-9, Durabilty-9, Finishing/Paint-9.
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Dec 17th, 2002
USFiero Member
Posts: 4877 From: Everywhere and Middle of Nowhere Registered: Mar 2002
I've seen the Trans Am scoops before, but I've always thought that swapping the sides and making the edges sort of line up with the headlights would be better. Making a 'V' in the center with the vents facing rear of course. Gary's customs in Newport News used to sell a Ford turbo thunderbird scoop kit which I thought would look cool. The neat thing is our application is for venting air, not forcing air! Otherwise I'd go for Jon's (rokcrawl) JL extractor look, or drop some NACA style ducts in the top; http://www.up22.com/scoopw3.htm $20 each.
I want Knight Rider lights in the front. Will somebody make me a hood? I will handle the lights part.
I recall seeing a GT back in the early to mid nintes at a FOCOA national event that had the KnightRider light bar built into the front fascia... looked pretty cool (just keep in mind that it's illegal to have red flashing lights on the front of your car).
I recall seeing a GT back in the early to mid nintes at a FOCOA national event that had the KnightRider light bar built into the front fascia... looked pretty cool (just keep in mind that it's illegal to have red flashing lights on the front of your car).
He is right though, it's not a JC Whitney light bar modified, as the dimensions are different, to be "more exact" with the true KITT. Plus it looks like Mark's is already built, just ready to mount, whereas JCWhitney's requires some building.
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87GTBro Member
Posts: 1223 From: Edinburg,TX,USA Registered: Oct 1999
I will take pics of mine still in progress. It is not finished yet by any means. All hand made and currently in several different colors. It still needs touch ups, sanding and painting and grills mounted from inside.
Will edit and post in a little bit.
Here they are... Pics were taken at night so they are not very good, but you get the idea of it:
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