Finally went turbo

[ssms5411]

I had a 3” SS hood, had to get a 2.5” cowl hood which was almost a grand. It’s a Hardwood, just have to look where the turbo sits and make sure it will clear.

[ssms5411]

What I did to figure out where the turbo hit was look at where the hood struts attach to the hood if it is not indented just after that then you’ll have problems with a bigger turbo. That’s on a 93-97 hood, don’t know about 98-02 hood’s, might have more clearance. Like on the 3” SS hood the cowl only started at the cowl but didn’t go all the way down. The 2.5” Harwood started at the cowl and then went all the way down. If there’s no indent at the stock supports it won’t fit a aftermarket or bigger turbo on the stock 93-97 hoods. Again don’t know about 98-02.

[Turbodude]

Another problem is the turbo itself, and it’s size they say you can use bigger turbos but that’s bull$hit , mine was maybe a half inch bigger on the compressor side and wouldn’t clear the hood, That’s only a GT35r, I emailed them before I bought the kit and they said no problem. Emailed them after the install, no response. Cost me over $1000 to remedy the problem.

I fixed mine with a hammer tbh

[ssms5411]

On the 93-97 hoods the support is in the way, so no hammering will work, bought a stock hood for $50, cut the hood and added a scoop. Didn’t want to cut my 3” SS hood, sold it for $400, got a hood that would fit and look good, the Harwood 2.5” did that.

[ssms5411]

I fixed mine with a hammer tbh

You have a pic of your hood?

[Turbodude]

You have a pic of your hood?

I can get one later but I just had to mash down the one support that hit the turbo.

[ssms5411]

Fiberglass hoods not a option bending and didn’t want to mess up a $400 SS hood, bought a stock one for $50 and had to cut a hole to clear the compressor side and hot side. Looked like crap so eventually got the Hardwood 2.5” hood, so much better and can run a bigger turbo in the future, I got no response from the seller of the kit and they still list that you can run a bigger turbo. So I think they are crappy sellers. I should of just had the hot side made for $1500 and saved so money.