I am thinking of getting an L88 hood for my 72, What I would like to see is some pictures from those that have one on a 70-73 Camaro. Thanks in advance. Mr.Bill Merry Christmas.
Thank You Sir. The reason I am thinking of going a L88 hood is for the clearance, I have a 468 BB and have a 2" cowl hood now and I have to use a drop air cleaner base and I really don't like it, I feel the drop down base really restricts the incoming air and was thinking the L88 would give me more room for a larger filter without the drop down base. Plus I like the looks.
your better off putting an l88 scoop on your stock hood,rather than having the nightmares of getting a fiberglass hood to fit right.
I thought of that also, But the cost to have someone do it for me isn't in the cards, I have access to a VFN L88 bolt on hood for 100 bucks and I can paint it. My hood now is a steel 2" cowl and I would like to keep it that way.
A guy I knew back in the day had an L88 hood on his Camaro, he said the main drawback is that it held water after it rained or washing it (obviously), and you had to make sure and soak up the water or it would stain/fade the paint.
Yep, mine did too back then so...I drilled 3 holes in mine and with the longer style L88 scoop (towards the front) the rain drained onto the fan shroud which directed it to the ground. Nowadays it don't see rain!
I ran an L88 fiberglass hood back in the late 70's on my 72 and it fit quite well. It was a Harwood and bolted to the stock hinges with hood pins. I used lighter tension springs from the hardware store. I never drilled holes, so I always had to dry the water puddle in the middle of the hood when it rained. Mine was painted similar to cws455's car with regular stripes straight over the hood. I'll try to find a picture to post. -Mike OK, found a couple, sorry for the poor quality, these pictures are 30+ years old.