1slo_camaro

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hey guys with the LT1 camaros? have you taken the fake hood scoops out of the hood and cut the back out so its an actual working hood scoop? i just finished mine. took me about 2 hours other then painting them. a dremel a file (round and flat)and sandpaper i shouldve laid some bondo over them first but i was planin on spraying the car soon before i blew the motor so they wouldve came off and been done right. im sorry i dont have pics i will try and get them posted today.

import_raper

How would the hood scoop be working?

hlaalu

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by working i think he means they will throw in a good amount of air under the hood... same thing an ls1 ss scoop does.

snake_skinner93

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It still wouldn't direct the air in the needed places. The air intake is on the front of the driver side of the car. The only thing I can see you'd benefit by doing this is just allowing heat to actually escape.

mrburnout81

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98 WS6

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Oh c'mon you negative nancy's I'm pretty sure he just means that it'll let hot air out/cool air in. Regardless of whether or not it's going RIGHT INTO THE AIR BOX, it's cool nonetheless

Rhedalert

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It IS "Cool" . Post pics!!!

Johnny-LT1-runner

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You make it sound like he dosen't even know the layout of the engine! lol

They actually sell kits to replace the CAI and use a Scoop.
Sounds to me like it has no air routing on the hood since it was non functional to begin with.

OP, did you fab up a new intake to go with it?

1995blacktattop

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not with the correct airbox it's not. it's just like the LT1 WS6 airbox (well not quite as direct) where the filter sits behind the screens (with a baffle to keep water out)

import_raper

Hey, my SS hood adds 20hp!!

And I also agree with

1slo_camaro

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ok guys holy ****. im on my phone now. but headin to an internet cafe to post pics and defend myself lol hold on

1slo_camaro

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HERE YA GO guys i know they are big but its kinda a timeline of how i did it.

whytryz28

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Nice i like it. Throw some stainless mesh behind it, i think it would look good on my black car.

1slo_camaro

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i was afraid mesh wouldve made it importish. lol

Counted Out

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I see where your coming from, but the air vents on a stock Camaro hood would be to the sides of the air box. The airbox you posted is from a stock Camaro SS, so it would still need a functional SS Hood to have a functional Ram Air.

The OP's idea will help move hot air out of the engine bay, which will add some power, but not much. I think it looks good though, I always thought it was stupid to have fake holes.

z_speedfreak

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I'm assuming your car doesn't see rain..?

1995blacktattop

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I misunderstood what the OP's post was about. i thought he was saying he had a non functional SS hood and wanted to make it functional and didn't realize that there was a box to do so.

Johnny-LT1-runner

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I thought the exact same thing!!!

THANK GOD FOR PICS!!!

I have actually had this idea before, but was too scared of ******* it up. I'm glad someone finally did it.

Now that we know how to do this...I might actually do this tonight.
And if i do, i'll post some pics too.

1slo_camaro

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hey Johnny its really simple man. i had a roto zip made the basic cut then took a dremel to smooth it out and actual found a sounding bit big enough and just used the to make the corners. i think it turned out pretty decent then obviously the basic sandpaper and again i would have used some bondo or glazing putty to smooth it out. but i just sprayed it.


Speed Freak i had the vents out of the car for about two weeks looking at them cause i really wanted to do it. but i was afraid of ******* it up and it saw LOTS of rain and no problem at all.




and to everyone about the performance and whatnot about it i did noticed a minor add just cause my motor ran about 20 degrees cooler and its pretty cool sitting at a red light watching all of the heat escape out of the hood. lol im glad i did it. but the shitty part is i snapped my crank about two weeks ago and i just got rid of the car yesterday so now any camaro i get thats gonna be ther first thing i do to it.



and to throw it out to anyone who is afraid to do it. send me the pieces 20 bucks and enough to cover shipping back to your door and i will do them in a weekend. paint and all and you can slap them on your car.



THE PROBLEMS::: the only problem i noticed is if you look at the one picture you can see where the brackets come down from the hood. i was thinking about just spraying them black or figuring out a different way to mount them to the hood

thankyou all for the feedback i loved it and would recommend it to everyone to do it.

Johnny-LT1-runner

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wow, 20 degree difference. That's totally worth it right there, with these ol iron blocks runnin so hot.