high rise - modding the stock hood

Stay tuned for further excessive modifications to this hood.... Beejay is going to take it to the next level... soon to be yellow:

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Stay tuned for further excessive modifications to this hood.... Beejay is going to take it to the next level... soon to be yellow:

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Got the hood yesterday. Thanks Karsten. I plan to mod it with a cold air package and vents. Any suggestions on where I can find fiberglass vent inserts. I really like what comes on the new Viper. I also like the cold air package that came on the 73 Vette, the air cleaner stays attached to the carb/throttle body, unlike the L-88 where the air cleaner is contained in the hood.
Bee Jay
 
I started with polyester resin which I found did not stick to SMC.... I ground several sections down and used SMC adhesive at the transition from hood (SMC) to the new fiberglass pieces. It's three years old now and seems to hold up fine. Beejay is going to modify the hood anyways so he might as well grind down the underside and add layers of SMC adhesive and mat.
 
What did you use to back up the wet matte? To keep it from sagging? I've used everything from duct tape, plastic foil and wax paper.
 
I worked with small sections first, maybe 2" wide. Once these were cured I laid a bigger piece over that.
Aluminum foil works very well too, the resin does not stick to it :thumbs:
 
I am glad that I seen your post, I am looking to do something real
close to this but with a little twist. I have never worked with fiberglass
before so I am a little slow to jump right in. I am looking for anther hood
to do this too, so if I screw it up I won't be wasting the original. I hope to
start this soon. I can't wait to see what bee jay's hood will look like, its his
original post asking about hoods thats got me motivated, when I do mine I
post some pictures here.

Thanks for the inspiration,

Riggs.
 
I started with polyester resin which I found did not stick to SMC.... I ground several sections down and used SMC adhesive at the transition from hood (SMC) to the new fiberglass pieces. It's three years old now and seems to hold up fine. Beejay is going to modify the hood anyways so he might as well grind down the underside and add layers of SMC adhesive and mat.

U seen my car and the primary body problems where the lights were filled in...the same seam narrow edge showing on your nose and tail, and then of course that funky patch job on the back deck for those grill panels...

do you feel the wood base I screwed in the bottom of that glass is trouble??

someone said it was....I tempted to just go in underneath and cut the wood out, and leave the glass...try to anyway, releive any stresses...

but the headlights are a mystery....thing is, they were previously painted and looked great for a month, untill someone backed into them 3 years ago, never right since...either side...

I still think to blame the damn paint...PM/email if you want to,.....

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You can do it too! It's messy but almost impossible to screw up (unless you're a total idiot LOL which I doubt)
 
agree.... the only important thing is PATIENCE .... if you screwed it up, wait for the jelly to cure and grind off what doesn't look right... then add mat/resin until it looks close to what you want.... :smash::smash::smash:
 
A few months after all this work I decided to get a lighter aftermarket L88 hood :suicide:

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I like the one you did better, although i detest high rise hoods in general. I feel it's like putting speed stickers on your car and it screws up the lines of a beautiful car. It makes it look front heavy like a guppy. Furthermore, I never understood the bathtub on the front of those LT1 style hoods. What possible function does that serve?
 
What did you use to back up the wet matte? To keep it from sagging? I've used everything from duct tape, plastic foil and wax paper.

I have used foam, like styrofoam. You'll have to try different ones to find out which one works, some get eaten up by the resins. Choose carefully, shape the foam the way you want the end result to look like, and then sand the foam down just a bit to allow for the glass and resin thickness. Use fingernail polish remover to melt the foam being carefull not to get any on the resins, it'll eat that too if soft.

I'm not the best fiberglass person, but I have spread a bit of resins and different composite materials (fiberglass, carbon fiber) in my time.

BBTank
 

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