FIREHAWK HOOD?
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FIREHAWK HOOD?
Hey guys in the past few months I have been very fortunate to purchase 2 firehawk hoods for my cars but I was wondering what is the weight savings vs the stock metal firebird formula hood or the overall weight of the firehawk hood?
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I am not sure if your going to be able to find the weight of a firehawk hood. I don't think there is a huge difference in weight or any weight savings.
A stock SS hood is said to weight around 50lbs, which is right about the same weight of a stock camaro steel hood. If your looking for weight reduction, an aftermarket fiberglass hood is the best way to go.
A stock SS hood is produced by SLP and there shouldn't be much difference in weight in comparison to a firehawk hood.
A stock SS hood is said to weight around 50lbs, which is right about the same weight of a stock camaro steel hood. If your looking for weight reduction, an aftermarket fiberglass hood is the best way to go.
A stock SS hood is produced by SLP and there shouldn't be much difference in weight in comparison to a firehawk hood.
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You found 2 in the last few months? I've been looking for almost 8 months and not found one. Mine has stress cracks all the way around it. I had it worked on but they weren't able to get them all out. But, it looks good for now and way better than it did.
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I actually found 3 but the guy was so busy with work the deal fell through I'm thinking about hanging on to for one of the other t/a's I got or find someone who really needs it to maybe make a trade someone will want it sooner or later
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Re: FIREHAWK HOOD?
Just curious, are they Firehawk hoods or WS6 hoods?
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Re: FIREHAWK HOOD?
They are for sure SLP OEM Firehawk hoods. I know becauase I sold him mine. The other I saw a pic of and its also an OEM one.
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I would certainly be interested in a Firehawk hood. My car has been in the shop for the past six motnhs. The shop has a ton of very expensive cars in it yet someone went out of their way and stole my hood. Please call me at (901) 605-8390 if anyone has a spare hood. The shop is getting me a replacement hood with fucntioning air box but it's not OEM. Thanks, Scott
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Re: FIREHAWK HOOD?
That's probably going to mess up the fit with your front bumper. Unless they change to the stock OEM style front bumper too.sswizzle wrote:The shop is getting me a replacement hood with fucntioning air box but it's not OEM.
Did they get you a Suncoast Creations Raptor hood?
Doesn't matter, there's only one hood style that requires the front bumper cut to match the front lines of the hood. Firehawk.
FYI, I believe this thread involves the early 4th gen LT1/4-based cars.
I believe swizzle has a late 4th gen LS1-based car, which is the reason for my comments above.
Don't confuse the two!
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Re: FIREHAWK HOOD?
GlassTek makes a pretty good copy...it's model H3043. It's a pretty good replacement for the 93-95 cars...Looks pretty much the same on the top side. Like pretty much all after market hoods, it has thick edges that have to be trimmed etc. I bought one a while back and I can tell you it is much lighter than the original Firehawk hood.....
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thanks for the info lakeratiam. how happy are you with yours?
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