Hood Question ????

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Regarding SS classes, if the car came with a steel hood, you must run a steel hood. You can only run a scoop if the car came with a scoop (or shaker, etc.) in the "traditional" Superstock classes). In the GT classes you can run a scoop.
If the car came with a fiberglass part and it is recognized by NHRA, you can keep it that way and it appears you can get away with a carbon-fiber replica. I would confirm with other racers in your class on that.
If your car came with an aluminum part or fiberglass part, you can run a heavier steel version. This is common with aluminum front end mopars for example as the parts are super-pricey and extremely difficult to find. The idea here is you can go heavier, not lighter.

A 290 Rambler in M/SA with a '69 Hurst SC/Rambler (390 4-speed only) would not be legal in NHRA Stock. Maybe it was a IHRA class? I'm not familiar with all of their Stock classes. There probably isn't a better hood scoop out there than that unique snorkel hood scoop. It probably captures as much air as necessary without the aerodynamic problems of something like a '68 Hemi A-body scoop. That's layman opinion not wind-tunnel opinion.

Jeff,

If you look at the pictures from the NHRA Columbus race you will see an M/SA 290ci Rambler running the SCrambler hood scoop...how did he get away with that?

JimR