Need srt hood or a cooling alternative

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:20 pm

It was amusing at the time, too. That thing prolly went 30 feet in the air. It took some time to finally see it in the rear view mirror.

I went back, slapped it back on, and slowly drove back home, and chained the thing to the bumper. It wasn't like it hurt the looks too much. The good ole days when you could get a beater for $75, and drive it for over a year. Meh, it got me by. It was the best running beast ever for the money. Little did I know at the time, the previous owner had raced VW's and dropped one of his extra engines in it to trade it in. It was in such bad shape, the dealer I worked for sold it to me cheap, just so they didn't have to deal with having it towed away.

That thing would burn rubber rolling at 40 mph.

Prolly one of the cars I'm lucky to have not killed myself in.

sirvaliant_98 · Post by **sirvaliant_98** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:15 pm

just get a aar cuda hood from howell. I had one on my old 2gn and it kept the bay a lot cooler than the stock hood.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:22 pm

^ IMO They're overpriced for the quality of them.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:53 pm

neonslg09 wrote:Don't cut a hole man, Hood tilt, or srt-4 hood are pretty much the only options.

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Jeg's and others sell metal and fiberglass hood scoops that can be bolted, epoxied, or (in the case of metal scoops) welded to your
stock hood. I bought a fiberglass hood scoop and bolted it to my 99 Neon R/T hood over 3 years ago, and it still looks good.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:40 pm

laneholt wrote:
neonslg09 wrote:Don't cut a hole man, Hood tilt, or srt-4 hood are pretty much the only options.
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Jeg's and others sell metal and fiberglass hood scoops that can be bolted, epoxied, or (in the case of metal scoops) welded to your
stock hood. I bought a fiberglass hood scoop and bolted it to my 99 Neon R/T hood over 3 years ago, and it still looks good.

Welding to the hood causes massive warping. It can't handle the heat.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:52 pm

I say remove the weather stripping, and see how it does then first.

sirvaliant_98 · Post by **sirvaliant_98** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:08 am

sidepipe87 wrote:^ IMO They're overpriced for the quality of them.

has their quality gone down? I got mine about 8 or 9 years ago from howell and it was pretty well built. also new a guy that got one for his 1st gen and it was built just as well. On a side not though we did get another hood from them bout 5 years ago, dont remember the style cuz it wasnt a cuda and it did seem pretty flimsly built.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:11 am

Well Brodie (Supertrick_05) had one and I know the quality left a little to be desired. The underside was unfinished and the scoop looked out of place and didn't follow the contours of the hood at all. I believe he had trouble dealing with Howell in general too.

stdlystdmufn · Post by **stdlystdmufn** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:08 am

who hasn't had problems dealing with howell

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:43 pm

i wont deal with them. i dont understand why people give that douche money

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:15 pm

I found a srt hood. now im stylin.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:58 pm

DoubtedNeon wrote:I found a srt hood. now im stylin.

Congratulations ... now look for an SRT-4 front bumper

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:24 pm

fact.

screaming03neon · Post by **screaming03neon** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:45 am

a srt-d bumper would look better

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:06 am

screaming03neon wrote:a srt-d bumper would look better

they're very hard to find

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:45 am

i like the srt4 bumpers way WAY more. they just look more full.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:19 pm

Meh, it just comes down to preference. I am not too big on either.

vielecustoms · Post by **vielecustoms** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:19 am

hansken_yo wrote:
laneholt wrote:
neonslg09 wrote:Don't cut a hole man, Hood tilt, or srt-4 hood are pretty much the only options.
.

Jeg's and others sell metal and fiberglass hood scoops that can be bolted, epoxied, or (in the case of metal scoops) welded to your
stock hood. I bought a fiberglass hood scoop and bolted it to my 99 Neon R/T hood over 3 years ago, and it still looks good.
Welding to the hood causes massive warping. It can't handle the heat.

not if done correctly... but that goes for any body work.