68 camaro new hood pics

[BeCool68]

Thought i show some new pics of my car. I recently changed out hoods from a 4" fiberglass cowl hood to the stock cowl you see in the pics below. I was also very pleased with DSE's hood hinges.** The bummer of it all was by going with a smaller carb and intake we lost some power but much more driver friendly around the cones.*

[MarkM66]

Ditching a 4" cowl hood is always a good decision.

Good looking car.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

what suspention are you running on that bad boy?

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by MarkM66

Ditching a 4" cowl hood is always a good decision.

Good looking car.

I agree.. the only time it's ok to run a 4" cowl is when you HAVE to run one for clearance issues.

Nice car!

[tones2SS]

That is a GORGEOUS car my man!! Love it. The wheel/tire/color combo is great.
What engine are you running. Looks really nice.

[BeCool68]

Originally Posted by Mr.VENGEANCE

what suspention are you running on that bad boy?

we are running with all DSE suspension to include their quadra-link and tubular -arms upper and lower Koni shocks, upgraded to their ceramic steering box. i have been very pleased with all their products. gb

[BeCool68]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

I agree.. the only time it's ok to run a 4" cowl is when you HAVE to run one for clearance issues.

Nice car!

yep, i agree never was real crazy with the big hood from day one, my bride did not like it either--should have listened to her.

When i had the 540 built i wanted to make sure i kept every possible horse, 760 hp and 755 tq with the old application was fun.

Dropping down to a 1000 cfm Holley and smaller intake has dropped my Horse power but still seems to have stump pulling tq and now i can see the cones

Thanks for the compliment--i love the Penny

[BeCool68]

Originally Posted by tones2SS

That is a GORGEOUS car my man!! Love it. The wheel/tire/color combo is great.
What engine are you running. Looks really nice.

its people like you that make this hobby fun, thanks for the kind words!

wheel combo--We went with Budnik Tiller 5 wheel (17x11 on the rear and 17 x 8 up front)on all 4 corners, run the BF Goodwrench KD' (315's in the rear) and (245's up front)

engine combo--running with a Merlin 3 BB--540ci with BB2 Brodix heads and dual plane intake with becool radiator and fans and the vintage air front runner system.

before the change to the new dual plane and 100o cfm carb, off the flywheel dynoed 760 hp and 744 tq with a 10 1/4 compression--and not real wild cam--allowing us to idle around 700 rpm with the ac on.

today more like 700 hp i am hopefull the torque will not be affected as much.

gb

[BeCool68]

Originally Posted by MarkM66

Ditching a 4" cowl hood is always a good decision.

Good looking car.

Thanks Mark

[BritishGreen68]

ya looks much betta.. shoulda went carbon, even lighter and never have to paint it!