junkyarddog

i have seen lots of people make hood scoops and vents.. but has anybody made a home brue cowl hood??? i have an extra hood laying around and i was just thinking it would be cool to make a cowl hood with a couple vents in it..

01LimitedXJ

its a work in progress...should be done with it this month:

strikechords

sweet dude, definitely wanna see the after pics, im thinkin about doin this for mine.

junkyarddog

thats going to look good... post pics when your done please!!

01LimitedXJ

i will...its pretty tough not to warp the thin metal when welding it, thats about the only hard part.

CRoading

Looks like a great start to fab that cowl hood...
Can't wait to see the outcome of this project...
Goodluck man!

Richliveshots

Cool! keep us posted please. I was working on a few different ideas and this was one of them. I would love to see how it comes out. Thanks for sharing

sluggy

yep think its a fine idea

lil_red_wagon

about the warping try using panel bond instead of welding it and just a few spot welds if any. we used it at the body shop to do roof door trunk skins as well as 1/4 panels. also try all metal instead of bondo. its a filler material but its more weather resistant and dont crack and shrink like bondo. with the flex of a hood the bondo will crack and flake out.

01LimitedXJ

mines already fully welded, ground down, and bondo'd. Spot welds work a lot better than stitches on this sheet metal...not too worried about the warping...ill bang out what i can, then sand it down and give it a few coats of herculiner. should come out decent.

X1994J

Here is a really good idea of one way to do it. http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthrea...ight=cowl+hood

redkling

this is a buddy of mine

these are the best pics i have of his cowl

redkling

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junkyarddog

that looks cool.. how did he do that? looks like he just cut the hood and bent it up then welded the grill to the sides.

X1994J

That would be a bad design for a DD... I dont think your sensors would be too happy with water pouring in.