Cowl induction hood

[crazyjim]

I was thinking about trying to make a cowl induction hood by cutting slits in the hood, bending the plastic up, and use some Evergreen to fill the sides. Does that make sense or is there a better way?

[Peter Lombardo]

Jim, I do it just like that all the time....it will work fine, just use some putty to round the contours so it looks natural. By the way, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[crazyjim]

Thanks Peter. And Merry Christmas to you too.

[Eric Stone]

I've never personally done it that way, but I've seen that exact method shown in a book. It also included adding a few scale inches to the back of the raised part to lengthen it toward the windshield to compensate for the bit of length lost by bending the middle up.

[crazyjim]

You wouldn't happen to have that article around somewhere that it could be scanned or copied and emailed or snail mailed to me would you, Eric? Or post it here on the forum?

[Nova-ss]

That would be nice.I've never heard of making a cowl induction hood that way so if we can get the info on how do...that would be great.have a merry christmas and thanks,Chris

[Eric Stone]

You wouldn't happen to have that article around somewhere that it could be scanned or copied and emailed or snail mailed to me would you, Eric? Or post it here on the forum?

Not handy... I'm thinking it's just something I saw once that had stuck in my mind. I don't know if I saw it in a book, SAE, or Model Cars, or if I own a copy of it somewhere, or just read it on a newsstand at some point.

[diymirage]

I've never personally done it that way, but I've seen that exact method shown in a book. It also included adding a few scale inches to the back of the raised part to lengthen it toward the windshield to compensate for the bit of length lost by bending the middle up.

that and the slant of the windshield

in order for the hood to properly "hug" the contours of the glass you want to ad the piece to the top

you should do fine Jim

that is also how i build the AAR hood on this cuda

(in the second picture you can see what i mean with fitting to the windshield)