My turbo build

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So while I save for the new hood, I’m going to try and move the battery to the rear. Collecting what I need month by month.

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That's actually a nice one.

Yes, $900 shipped was the cheapest I could find from Jegs. But Hardwood had all the pics on their site. It has to cowl where the hood struts bolt on to the hood. And it does.

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That's actually a nice one.

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Here’s it is.

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Thanks Edgar for posting that pic, I found a 2.5” cowl hood that should work. It’s from Harwood $750 though but it’s bolt on so no hood pins.

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https://www.classicindustries.com/product/cfh6.html
Looks like the one Robert posted but doesn’t say hood pins required, I’ll see if they have more pics.

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This kind of hood looks clean to me.

yeah that’s cool but won’t fit the turbo. Only one I found is the one Robert posted, and I have to use hood pins. Didn’t get to go out tuning today maybe tomorrow. Left knee is killing me. Have a appointment to see the Orthopedic doctor the 23rd and suppose to have a MRI but my insurance is taking it’s time to approve it. If they wait too long I’ll just go to the ER and have them do a MRI.

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This kind of hood looks clean to me.

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Post some videos of your run.

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Going to take the Camaro out tomorrow for some tuning, should be nice weather. Hopefully not much traffic. At idle my air intake temps are at 70 degrees so that’s good.

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Here’s one with it painted. Not going to do much to it since I’ll be getting a new hood.

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Got the hood cut today, needs some touch up but I’ll do it later on. The eBay hood should work, but have to use hood pins. Looks like it’s going to rain here so no tuning today. Hopefully this week.

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Looks really good. Your turbo is huge.

Thanks Edgar, it’s only about 1/2” to a 1” taller on the compressor side. I’ve looked at the turbos side by side and not too much difference.

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Looks really good. Your turbo is huge.

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Got my heat shield on, and my open air filter, not going to have room for a normal air filter, might put the battery in the trunk later on. Hopefully get the hood situation solved this next week and tune it. Then get the down pipe routed to the exhaust and new tires put on.