Flat hood or 2" cowl on my 71 Nova??

[camsdad]

Simple solution for ya!

Keep the flat hood and make err... a.....................woosh....

Oh.... you will probably have to cut a hole in the hood out to show off the Blower bling

[71Nova]

Can't go wrong either way, but I would go flat!

[BBC71Nova]

I voted 2" cowl but I might be biased . However, after seeing Billy's Nova with a flat hood I might would go that route if I was running an LS and/or didn't care about the little extra clearance the cowl gives you. Just have to decide the look you are going for. Slammed, big wheels, full bore PT treatment the flat hood is really clean looking.

[richs71nova]

i'm loving the feedback guys! all aspects are def. a big help in deciding, I'm leaning towards the flat hood, it is def. clean looking and it does make people wonder whats under there

the next big question is what rims will look best on the Nova....

[camcojb]

I like the cowl hood, on a car that had that option from the factory like a first gen Camaro or 70 Chevelle. The only exception is Brian Hobaugh's 73 Camaro; maybe because the scoop is flat black or because of the monster flares, but it looks great to me on that car.

I would either run an SS hood or flat hood on the Nova, just looks right to me.

[rchaskin]

The stock Nova front end is just so plain.

I run a 2" Goodmark Cowl hood and a Spoilers by Randy front spoiler on my 71.

Both were reatively low cost and make a huge difference!!
These both look like factory parts IMO as well.

Good luck.

[Bad94]

Originally Posted by rchaskin

The stock Nova front end is just so plain.

I run a 2" Goodmark Cowl hood and a Spoilers by Randy front spoiler on my 71.

Both were reatively low cost and make a huge difference!!
These both look like factory parts IMO as well.

Good luck.

Please post a pic of the car with the spoiler.


I have a cowl hood on my car, and i would like to get a stock hood for it.

[dwilson]

I say keep the stock hood, cut yourself some downward sloped, reversed vents, then put some mesh behind them....bam....you have yourself a sick looking custom/stock hood! check out Matts (I think) ride in the most recent issue of camaro performers!

[vdrivinmike]

I went with the stock hood....but I wanted more of a sleeper look.



But, I agree with the above - Blakes' cowl is just plain bad-ass looking.

[rchaskin]

You cant have the sleeper look with Fiske wheels!!!!

Your car looks killer.

Do you have a build thread anywhere?

Randy