1969 camaro hood

[HandOverFist]

Not likely NHRA took this upon themselves for no particular reason...likely a building chorus of complaints.

[64 savoy]

How about all the wrong hoods they allow on the Mopars? AAR hoods on wrong Cudas. TA hoods on wrong Challengers. Hemi scoop hood on a 66 Belvedere.

[Dick Butler]

I rest my case.... Attack one brand and allow some others to beat the rules, today. Later attack or punish another group and agitate them.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I would say yes.

Now, let's go through this one more time, the 69 Camaro was only available with the 350/255 until Dec 31 1968 and it was only available in a base car. The ZL-2 hood became an option on a 69 Camaro SS on Jan. 1 69. The standard engine in a Camaro SS is a 350/300.
The first 69 Camaro to get a ZL-2 hood is ZL-1 #1 built in Norwood although there is supposedly a documented Z-28 with a ZL-2 hood that was built in Los in late Dec.
There were no Pace Cars built with the 350/255 engine as all Pace Cars were SSs and would have had a 350/300 as the base engine.
And if you don't believe me, ask Tom Kasch to post some early pictures of Stockers and Super Stock 69 Camaros and you will notice that all of the 350/255 cars have flat hoods.

Thank you Billy ............It's my understanding that this entire matter was started by a racer who protested another racer - not the NHRA .

[Patric Fox]

You don't have to get me started on how NHRA has affected my finances and race program .

[sammy pizzolato]

i feel everybody's pain on the hood issue.they let the 68 to 71 big block corvette's run the L88 HOOD for years and then they took them away becuase of one racer that could not outrun a 69 big block corvette.with all of the bogus chrysler and ford hoods out there and then they do this it is just wrong!!! i guess all the 396-375 hp camaros are next.

[Carguy49]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

The cowl induction hood is slightly heavier due to the extra steel in it. Dwight is correct in his prior post.....I figured it out MANY MANY years ago that NHRA had their heads up their butts on a lot of things. Some things they do right but that was before Wally Parks passed away. NHRA had Marty Barrett and Greg X. to keep tech straight. I used to keep my membership up to date to get the National RAGster but I let slide probably 8 or 10 years ago so I haven't kept up with many of the rules changes such as this hood deal. Kind of funny when they allow the 1964 A/FX fiberglass hood on 1964 Comets today in S/S. The paper kept getting worse each year.

Thanks for the info. I figured there might be a slight difference due to design. It is surprising how much stuff is allowed on a STOCKER these days. I underdstand some of the changes, but many of the cars are so far from stock it is just wrong. I had a stocker briefly back in the 70's. I am still a big fan of the class and super stockers also, but shake my head at some of the cars that are running now. Pacific Raceways has 4 stock super stock combo races this year and I will be there for them all. I hope that the class will still be around for many more years. I have many friends that race in both stock and super stock and I applaud there efforts, in spite of what NHRA keeps throwing at them.

[69Cobra]

If the cowl hood didn't come on it it shouldn't be on it. What about the rear wings that aren't on the cars that came with wings on them?

[gbur]

Originally Posted by 69Cobra

If the cowl hood didn't come on it it shouldn't be on it. What about the rear wings that aren't on the cars that came with wings on them?

Sounds like you are in a snake trap

[69Cobra]

What I'm saying is if that engine/hp combo didn't have the option for a cowl hood then how can you run it? With that being said I think its funny how pretty much every 67-69 F-body stocker does not run a rear wing yet 95% of the ones that were ever on the street had them. I'm not a F-body guru and I'm sure the reason they get away with that is GM had the rear wings as an option but was that rear wing an option on cars that had Cowl hoods or was it part of the package?