How To Make A Sheet Metal Hood Scoop

Apply the epoxy to the metal surface and the fiberglass surface.

How to make a sheet metal hood scoop. Pr 3 this is a smaller version of the pr1. Do the same to the scoop edges where it will. Mix up a batch of the epoxy large enough to bond the fiberglass to the metal. Full open interior allows maximum clearance for your carburetion.

This is what i ve been working on but decided not to use it on this project i m trying to remember that i m not building this truck for me but to sell. Grind off the paint from the hood where the scoop will make contact with a 36 grit disk. The shaker idea sounds pretty cool but i want to make the hood less flimsy and feel that the scoop mat and resined to the hood will keep it lite but add strength to it. 2 the first step is to make the flat panel into a lumpy mess but with roughly the right amount of curvature you.

Be careful not to warp the hood from the heat of grinding. Rear section 20 long allows 21 1 2 width clearance underneath. Interior flange permits user to fasten to hood by using rivets sheet metal screws or bolts. This replica is the rare challenger t a hood scoop.

I plan to round it off a little more with the fiberglass scoop. Here metal shaping teacher lazze demonstrates how to make an m shaped sheet piece that could be used to transition between the curve of a hood or trunk surround to an apron or fender. Mix the epoxy with a popsicle stick.