SB with ClassGlass Cowl Hood (56k pic warning)

[ctrlraven]

Purchased Impalaslayer's (04impalaslayer) hood from him last month and also swapped taillights since did the S55 paint treatment to his and I gave him mine and installed his radio for him, damn double-din unit lol. Love the reactions I get when people see it, only a few negative comments but the rest have been all positive. If your thinking about getting one I will def. say it is worth it. Light enough for one person to carry it and with the mesh openings it does allow a lot of heat to roll out especially when the radiator fan kicks on.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/ctrlraven/marauder/DSCF2016Medium.jpg
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Car looks totally different with the stock wheels on compared to my 4x4 snow tires lol.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/ctrlraven/marauder/DSCF2049Large.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/ctrlraven/marauder/DSCF2048Large.jpg

Thanks to Merc for these pics.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/ctrlraven/marauder/DSCN0109.jpg
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[2,4shofast]

Damn work blocks wont let me view it :( Sounds pretty awesome tho.

[Aren Jay]

Why not have it with a Hood Scoop and the Air intake on the scoop?

[Hacklemerc]

man i gotta get one of those. they look sweet on a SB, I bet they look awesome on a Black.

Just curious tho, why the switch? Didn't Impalaslayer like the hood?

[offroadkarter]

Friggin lucky, i'd love to have that hood :(

Thanks for letting me know it was for sale dave! lol

[ImpalaSlayer]

Ryan, i sold it to Chris because his car is already silver@! lol. well no money was really involved just swaping parts, gota love havin the same color. Looks good on there Chris. specialy with that chin spoiler

[PRCARGUY]

:D Thats a great look. The hood plus the chin spoiler, and the color, it looks great! :banana2:

[ctrlraven]

Ryan, i sold it to Chris because his car is already silver@! lol. well no money was really involved just swaping parts, gota love havin the same color. Looks good on there Chris. specialy with that chin spoiler

Thank you again Dave for accepting parts as payment, shame you have to wait until your rears wear out to put the kdw2's on but hey at least you got tires for a while now lol. You should def. do the chin spoiler, its a small item but adds to the overall look of the car. Having the same color did make things 10x easier. Still waiting on word from my uncle when he is going to drop his truck off to me so I can pick up my oem hood.

Found out one of the guys I know on my myspace panther group also purchased a cowl hood for his CV.

[DOOM]

Car looked good and was a BEAST at the track.

[SID210SA]

Slayer....What was the final cost of the hood + shipping? Not including painting.

[ctrlraven]

Car looked good and was a BEAST at the track.


Haha thanks, the only thing beastly was my burnouts and R/T. I will have 13's this month or I give up!

[MarauderTJA]

Nice pictures on a great color:D. I will be purchasing one for my car in the next month. Love the heat extraction vents. Really needed here in Florida during the summer months.

[ctrlraven]

Nice pictures on a great color:D. I will be purchasing one for my car in the next month. Love the heat extraction vents. Really needed here in Florida during the summer months.

Thanks and your car will thank you for adding the vents since they do work nicely. At just the right angle from sitting inside the car you can look through the hood vent and see ground through the grille. Def. allows air to flow a lot better.

[ImpalaSlayer]

not includung paint it was i think 595 when they were still offering the initial discount. paint was about 200, and thats doing it myself

[ImpalaSlayer]

Thank you again Dave for accepting parts as payment, shame you have to wait until your rears wear out to put the kdw2's on but hey at least you got tires for a while now lol. You should def. do the chin spoiler, its a small item but adds to the overall look of the car. Having the same color did make things 10x easier. Still waiting on word from my uncle when he is going to drop his truck off to me so I can pick up my oem hood.

Found out one of the guys I know on my myspace panther group also purchased a cowl hood for his CV.

no prob man. glad you had parts to trade :up:

just let me know when you wana come up and get the stock hood

[DOOM]

Hey raven i want to do that mesh behind my grille. That looks cool.

[ImpalaSlayer]

you can get that suff at a lowes or home depot its like 6 bucks for enough to do about 4 grillies

[bigmerc2003]

who is selling the hoods! I have searched all over the site and am missing the thread that shows where/how to buy them. that is the best looking hood and i have to have one!

[ImpalaSlayer]

www.classglassperformance.com

[Egon Spengler]

I don't care what people say.... I love these cars with cowl induction hoods... just wish it wasn't fiberglass... any fitting issues?

[ImpalaSlayer]

fits like a glove. why no like fiberglass>? it literly weighs about 15lbs instead of about 60 of the stock hood

[gdmjoe]

tjmorin82 ... just wish it wasn't fiberglass...
*3" fiberglass scoop grafted to stock hood.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/2206000-2206999/2206612_144_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/2206000-2206999/2206612_143_full.jpg

[Bradley G]

That might be a little light, maybe saves 15# or so.

fits like a glove. why no like fiberglass>? it literly weighs about 15lbs instead of about 60 of the stock hood

[TAKEDOWN]

It looks great, one of these days I hope to purchase a black version.

[ctrlraven]

ClassGlass only sells them with the gel-coating on them I believe. You have to have them prepped, primered and painted yourself.

[TAKEDOWN]

ClassGlass only sells them with the gel-coating on them I believe. You have to have them prepped, primered and painted yourself.

It's still worth the effort or extra cash, I like it a lot!

[bigbillybbs]

:rolleyes: It LOOKS SO AWSOME....! :rolleyes:
((Mean Looking))

[ctrlraven]

I'll have to take some new pics at different angles. Some look blah and others make it look sinister.

[MarauderTJA]

Here is my hood after prep and paint. I love how it came out.http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/MarauderTJA/DSC02541.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/MarauderTJA/DSC02540.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/MarauderTJA/DSC02539.jpg
Had to add hood pins


Painted rear deck and spolier with the same slate gray metalic paint and painted silver on the tail lights.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/MarauderTJA/DSC02538.jpg

[Taemian]

Not trying to derail this thread, but none of these are truly cowl hoods.

A "cowl" hood is not a bump with vents at the back to expell hot air. The term "cowl hood" came with the word "induction" between them. By definition, a cowl hood reaches back nearly to the windshield, and over the car's cowl itself. (the area between the front glass and the hood.) The theory was to use the low vs high air pressures along the edge and PULL air into the engine bay.

http://www.camaro-untoldsecrets.com/articles/rpo_zl2.htm

The upper edge of the hood bump should nearly touch the windshield, I'm sure you've seen these before on old Chevelles and such. Without that upper lip right along the windshield edge, it won't induct.

To name something is to know it, and I'm not sure how so many people have come to know it by the wrong name. Can't really call it a cowl hood when it doesn't even come close to the cowl area.

Personally, I think your extraction hood is better for our cars, and for the way our intakes are set up, which is so much different from back then. Maybe just call it an extraction hood though. And a good looking one at that!:up:

Not trying to insult anyone here, just trying to educate.;)

[imorb1994]

Not trying to derail this thread, but none of these are truly cowl hoods.

A "cowl" hood is not a bump with vents at the back to expell hot air. The term "cowl hood" came with the word "induction" between them. By definition, a cowl hood reaches back nearly to the windshield, and over the car's cowl itself. (the area between the front glass and the hood.) The theory was to use the low vs high air pressures along the edge and PULL air into the engine bay.

http://www.camaro-untoldsecrets.com/articles/rpo_zl2.htm

The upper edge of the hood bump should nearly touch the windshield, I'm sure you've seen these before on old Chevelles and such. Without that upper lip right along the windshield edge, it won't induct.

To name something is to know it, and I'm not sure how so many people have come to know it by the wrong name. Can't really call it a cowl hood when it doesn't even come close to the cowl area.

Personally, I think your extraction hood is better for our cars, and for the way our intakes are set up, which is so much different from back then. Maybe just call it an extraction hood though. And a good looking one at that!:up:

Not trying to insult anyone here, just trying to educate.;)
I feel Dumber now :lol:

Thanks for the info Though:up:

[ImpalaSlayer]

That might be a little light, maybe saves 15# or so.

ok 15 maybe a lil light but its definitly no more then 20-25. just ask ctrlraven

[ctrlraven]

Not trying to derail this thread, but none of these are truly cowl hoods.

A "cowl" hood is not a bump with vents at the back to expell hot air. The term "cowl hood" came with the word "induction" between them. By definition, a cowl hood reaches back nearly to the windshield, and over the car's cowl itself. (the area between the front glass and the hood.) The theory was to use the low vs high air pressures along the edge and PULL air into the engine bay.

http://www.camaro-untoldsecrets.com/articles/rpo_zl2.htm

The upper edge of the hood bump should nearly touch the windshield, I'm sure you've seen these before on old Chevelles and such. Without that upper lip right along the windshield edge, it won't induct.

To name something is to know it, and I'm not sure how so many people have come to know it by the wrong name. Can't really call it a cowl hood when it doesn't even come close to the cowl area.

Personally, I think your extraction hood is better for our cars, and for the way our intakes are set up, which is so much different from back then. Maybe just call it an extraction hood though. And a good looking one at that!:up:

Not trying to insult anyone here, just trying to educate.;)

The air does get sucked back in thru the vents. After washing my car at the local car wash as I drive away I can watch the water beads crawl into the vents, the faster I go the faster they get pulled in.

I have to agree with the heat extraction hood thought, I would have loved to have one made for my car, maybe one day I will since I have the stock hood to play with.

[MarauderTJA]

I agree with the definition of cowl vrs heat extraction. Cowl hood is just what ClassGlass hoods called them. I bought it for the looks as well as heat extraction for the hot Florida summers. With a SC application a true cowl hood wouldn't matter anyway.

[ctrlraven]

Yep, I remember the first time I was sitting at a light and could see the heat wave vapors coming out the vents of the hood, even if it's a little bit it is better than stock.

Did you get new lower lb. gas hood shocks or are you using the stock ones?

[gdmjoe]

Taemian ... but none of these are truly cowl hoods.

A "cowl" hood is not a bump with vents at the back to expell hot air. The term "cowl hood" came with the word "induction" between them. By definition, a cowl hood reaches back nearly to the windshield, and over the car's cowl itself. (the area between the front glass and the hood.) The theory was to use the low vs high air pressures along the edge and PULL air into the engine bay.
Beg to differ ..... Can be a cowl induction hood -or- a cowl hood ...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/2206000-2206999/2206612_93_full.jpg

As you mentioned ... It's just that the Panthers' intake design does not easily allow for it's use as induction.


The upper edge of the hood bump should nearly touch the windshield, I'm sure you've seen these before on old Chevelles and such. Without that upper lip right along the windshield edge, it won't induct.
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/2206000-2206999/2206612_104_full.jpg

The scoop covers the cowl area and there is 2½" between the back-edge and the windshield; predicated by the slope of the windshield and the lift-angle of the hood.

And Yes! it does induct when the car is moving; otherwise, standing-still you can watch the heat-waves exhaust from the opening.


To name something is to know it, and I'm not sure how so many people have come to know it by the wrong name. Can't really call it a cowl hood when it doesn't even come close to the cowl area.
Regarding the ClassGlass offering ... True, however, cowl sounds so much more betterer than bulge-with-openings-in-the-rear. :D
*More reminescent of the Thunderbolts' tear-drop.


Personally, I think your extraction hood is better for our cars, and for the way our intakes are set up, which is so much different from back then. Maybe just call it an extraction hood though.
Some personal chilling stat's (http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1289196&fpart=3) <<<<< -click-
*Scroll-down a bit past the bickering.

Regarding the ClassGlass offering ... Since the rear openings are a bit forward of the back-edge of the hood, is there any evidence of (and concern for) rain / water infiltration to the engine bay ?

[MarauderTJA]

Yep, I remember the first time I was sitting at a light and could see the heat wave vapors coming out the vents of the hood, even if it's a little bit it is better than stock.

Did you get new lower lb. gas hood shocks or are you using the stock ones?

You have to remove the gas hood shocks. I have to get a hood prop rod set-up. I also added hood pins which was recommended due to my occassionally drag racing the car.

[MarauderTJA]

Regarding the ClassGlass offering ... Since the rear openings are a bit forward of the back-edge of the hood, is there any evidence of (and concern for) rain / water infiltration to the engine bay ?

No rain/water issues at all. There are channels in the opening areas behind the screens that allows the rain to run off in the deck channels of the car. I wanted to make sure that there were no water issues to mess up the engine bay.

[Aren Jay]

unless this serves a purpose such as learance for a SC or 5.4L then it is just long grain rice. Add the Chin spoiler and an Outlaw wing and your set.

[MarauderTJA]

unless this serves a purpose such as learance for a SC or 5.4L then it is just long grain rice. Add the Chin spoiler and an Outlaw wing and your set.

Other than if you like the looks. I have an intercooler under my car for the SC so a chin spolier is useless for me, although I love the look too.