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Old 11-05-2002, 03:29 PM
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Post fiberglass scoop to steel hood

i've seen it done a thousand times and i've seen them crack 999 times..i have a 70 chevy shortbed stepside..im changing to a 68 frt clip and would love to put a teardrop scoop on it ...but worried about crackin...would it help if i cut the hood out completely under the scoop then sanwhiched it with cloth ..and even run strips of cloth from the scoop onto the bottom of the hood from underneath??
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Old 11-05-2002, 03:46 PM
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Post re: fiberglass scoop to steel hood

It could do , the cracking is usually a result of excessive flex in the bonnet itself , ie inner frames removed etc , try to keep as much of the original bonnet framing as you can , ie welding a "end" into any framing that is cut through around the opening , running the glass from inside of the scoop and blending into the underneath of the bonnet would more than likely help the cause with the added ridgity.

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Old 11-05-2002, 03:59 PM
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Post re: fiberglass scoop to steel hood

thanks...also thought of welding in some gussets around the hole to keep the hood from flexing so much
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Old 11-06-2002, 11:36 AM
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Post re: fiberglass scoop to steel hood

good idea , just remember not to get to much heat into the skin itself as you have a big job ahead correcting the distortion

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Old 11-06-2002, 01:15 PM
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Post re: fiberglass scoop to steel hood

I put a fiberglass on my elky and it cracked after a few years.The problem as I understand is the fiberglass scoop ,filler,and steel hood all heat up and cool down at different rates wich can cause the cracking.
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Old 11-06-2002, 01:42 PM
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Post re: fiberglass scoop to steel hood

I put one on a '55 chevy steel hood that never cracked! I know, you want to know how! It was one of those harwood bolt-on scoops with the rubber gasket around it! The car was black, and until you got real close, you couldn't tell!
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Old 11-06-2002, 03:19 PM
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Post re: fiberglass scoop to steel hood

The best way is to get a fiberglass hood and bond it to that, steel to fiberglass will always crack eventually.
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