Cowl induction hood

[Chris shipley]

I know they been out for our Montes.  Just curious how much popularity they become. If alot of you have installed them.  

[Dtret]

They have bed out for a while. I’m not a big fan of the long hood with the chevelle short cowl. To me it doesn’t proportionally look right. 

[ouch]

I might have to get one. Just put in stroker LS with high rise intake and carb. Stroker pan just touches frame so i have to raise engine. I have no experience with any fiberglass hoods. This is the one i was looking at from US Body Fiberglass. https://usbody.com/product/1970-1972-chevy-chevrolet-monte-carlo-fiberglass-hood-2-cowl-induction-style-bolt-on-heavy-duty/ . I like the look personally. I'll be following to see recommendations.

[cny first gen 71]

I like mine, I built it I didn't buy it.

[Chris shipley]

1 minute ago, ouch said:

I might have to get one. Just put in stroker LS with high rise intake and carb. Stroker pan just touches frame so i have to raise engine. I have no experience with any fiberglass hoods. This is the one i was looking at from US Body Fiberglass. https://usbody.com/product/1970-1972-chevy-chevrolet-monte-carlo-fiberglass-hood-2-cowl-induction-style-bolt-on-heavy-duty/ . I like the look personally. I'll be following to see recommendations.

Not a bad price.

[Chris shipley]

Just now, cny first gen 71 said:

I like mine, I built it I didn't buy it.

That's even better. When you don't pay for it. Best price. Car looks great

[cny first gen 71]

3 minutes ago, ouch said:

I might have to get one. Just put in stroker LS with high rise intake and carb. Stroker pan just touches frame so i have to raise engine. I have no experience with any fiberglass hoods. This is the one i was looking at from US Body Fiberglass. https://usbody.com/product/1970-1972-chevy-chevrolet-monte-carlo-fiberglass-hood-2-cowl-induction-style-bolt-on-heavy-duty/ . I like the look personally. I'll be following to see recommendations.

From what I understand glasstech is a better product.  I have no personal knowledge about it just what I've seen around. 

[MC-71]

They have been making those hoods for years. I always read good reviews on the Monte hood and the 2” cowl is perfect. 

[cny first gen 71]

1 minute ago, Chris shipley said:

That's even better. When you don't pay for it. Best price. Car looks great

Well when you figure the hours spent it's probably cheaper in the long run to buy one 😅

[Chris shipley]

3 minutes ago, cny first gen 71 said:

Well when you figure the hours spent it's probably cheaper in the long run to buy one 😅

I'm sure.

[Dtret]

1 hour ago, cny first gen 71 said:

Well when you figure the hours spent it's probably cheaper in the long run to buy one 😅

And of course turning into the Smurf. Don’t forget that, because we won’t. 😆

[Blackhawk]

I'm running the JEGS branded steel cowl induction hood, it comes in a CHL box. It fit pretty well, but it rubs the safety bolts that catch the hinge in an accident.

I had to go through a few until I got one that could be used without too much damage. Their packaging doesn't protect the cowl very well. 

[cny first gen 71]

1 hour ago, Dtret said:

And of course turning into the Smurf. Don’t forget that, because we won’t. 😆

Of course your never going to forget that 😅

[DragCat]

6 hours ago, cny first gen 71 said:

From what I understand glasstech is a better product.  I have no personal knowledge about it just what I've seen around. 

Ive heard the same about glass tech 

[DragCat]

6 hours ago, ouch said:

I might have to get one. Just put in stroker LS with high rise intake and carb. Stroker pan just touches frame so i have to raise engine. 

Just curious, why not change the pan ? I had to do that with my crate motor swap. 

[ouch]

I have the thinnest pan available for a stroker. It's slightly deeper than regular Muscle car pan. 

[Blackhawk]

7 minutes ago, ouch said:

I have the thinnest pan available for a stroker. It's slightly deeper than regular Muscle car pan. 

Which pan? The GM muscle car pan is a bad choice for almost every car. 

[DragCat]

19 minutes ago, ouch said:

I have the thinnest pan available for a stroker. It's slightly deeper than regular Muscle car pan. 

For my own knowledge because I no nothing about LS and or Strokers why ? When you say touch the frame do you mean crossmember? Again, I removed an original 454 and swapped in a GM 502 crate. The only thing I need to change was the oil pan for fitment.

[ouch]

Sorry for the delay. Yes when you stroke a motor you need a deeper shallow section of the oil pan. This gives clearance for the longer stroke of the crank. And yes my oil pan was touching my crossmember. If I had the original 6.2liter crank they make a shallower thin section pan I could have bought. I just fixed that issue. I had wrong mounts. I knew I needed tall and narrow mounts but ordered wrong kit with adapter plates and short and wide mounts by mistake. Now all good with frame clearance but hood is going to be close. Will be putting on carb and air cleaner soon. Hood will be off for a while longer while waiting for new hinges. 

[DragCat]

Good news 🤘glad you got it figured out. The attached is from a 70 on BAT that just sold, just fyi. I am a fan of the cowl  hoods, just with the right look ( and yes everyones eyeball appreciation is different)🤣

[ouch]

Thanks. Mounts were stopping all real progress. Whats BAT?

[DragCat]

8 hours ago, ouch said:

Thanks. Mounts were stopping all real progress. Whats BAT?

Auction Site.........Bring A Trailer 

[Scott S.]

Anyone remember the cowl induction hood on Mark Hamill's Corvette in "Corvette Summer" ??? 

[Scott S.]

[Rob Peters]

4 hours ago, Scott S. said:

Maybe a bit overdone for my liking.

rob