65 coupe scoop specs
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dennis112
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well ive found plenty of hoods with a cowl but i dont see myself paying $600 for the hood when i only need a cowl induction scoop. ive found some scoops. but the problem is that i dont know the dimensions of the one that i need and i was hoping someone could give me a link with one or someone who already has one could just give me there dimensions. and from what i understand is that either 65 or 66 will work but it has to be for a coupe because a fastback has a longer hood.
and nice 65 ive got a 408w stroker short block together with 40 over pistons so its a 410w.
and nice 65 ive got a 408w stroker short block together with 40 over pistons so its a 410w.
The hoods from the coupe, convertible and fastback are identical. Just take the measurements from the scoop you are looking at and block it out on your hood with painters tape. This will give you an idea of how much real estate it takes up on your hood. I would think that since there was never a cowl induction hood on a Mustang you should go with the one that gives you the look you want.
Craig
yea a cowl is more for them ****yleys but i love the look on stangs. and the prob with taping it out numerous of times to see which would be the best fit is that my car is at the body shop and i cant get to it but one day a week. and i cant really get my body man to do it because he is on the same schedule as i am. (we work at the same place and he does body work on the side) so i figured someone has got a cawl on a 65 or 66 and could get me the specs quicker than i could figure it out.
thanks for all the help
i would say yes if it was an everyday bodyshop that charges $50 an hour but my body man shut his shop down and started factory work for benefits because of his age. great man he only charges $10 an hour because it takes him so long. he calls it his sunday project.
You are correct, Cowl Induction was a Chevy thing, not a Ford thing. This means you can lay the piece on the hood and install it any way you like. The more it overhangs the rear of the hood, the better it will work. The hard part will be arranging the air cleaner to deliver this induction to the engine.
i have to cut the hood for clearance for the motor so the air cleaner will be up in the cowl will it still be hard to deliver air? is there a size that you would advise?
Really? What are you doing that requires cutting the hood?
So, your air cleaner will pop out the hood, and the cowl bulge is really just hiding the air cleaner. I turbosupercharged a 68 one time, and the intake bypass raised the carb so much the air cleaner came through the hood about 2". I covered it with a bolt-on BOSS 429 scoop.
Functional cowl induction will require sealing the air cleaner against the hood in some way.
Plenty of high-rise intakes will clear, though. I ran one of these for years on a 66, under a stock hood. It was close, but it cleared.
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So, your air cleaner will pop out the hood, and the cowl bulge is really just hiding the air cleaner. I turbosupercharged a 68 one time, and the intake bypass raised the carb so much the air cleaner came through the hood about 2". I covered it with a bolt-on BOSS 429 scoop.
Functional cowl induction will require sealing the air cleaner against the hood in some way.
Plenty of high-rise intakes will clear, though. I ran one of these for years on a 66, under a stock hood. It was close, but it cleared.
its a stroked 351w with a high rise intake. but when i got the car it had a stock 302 and it was very close. a 351w is not much bigger as far as height ( the deck sits .5 inches higher) though its much more wider. so i need a scoop to cover my breather and i like the cowl so its a two bird with one stone deal.
horse sence
15 Year Member
you are beter off to buy the fiberglass hood , there are no specs for a mustang
cowl hood ,beause there never was one , the cowl hoods that are available are
hoods the fiberglass companys have created . bolting a scoop on the origional
hood just wont look as clean as the full fiberglass hood. it will always look like
just somthing added on, depending on the type of air cleaner you use if you have to
cut the under braces to cut the hole it doesnt look very clean. i would very much
recamend the fiberglass hood,
cowl hood ,beause there never was one , the cowl hoods that are available are
hoods the fiberglass companys have created . bolting a scoop on the origional
hood just wont look as clean as the full fiberglass hood. it will always look like
just somthing added on, depending on the type of air cleaner you use if you have to
cut the under braces to cut the hole it doesnt look very clean. i would very much
recamend the fiberglass hood,
you are beter off to buy the fiberglass hood , there are no specs for a mustang
cowl hood ,beause there never was one , the cowl hoods that are available are
hoods the fiberglass companys have created . bolting a scoop on the origional
hood just wont look as clean as the full fiberglass hood. it will always look like
just somthing added on, depending on the type of air cleaner you use if you have to
cut the under braces to cut the hole it doesnt look very clean. i would very much
recamend the fiberglass hood,
so that brings me to another question. i no its very difficult to match paint but what about black (bass coat clear coat) because the car is at the shop now and close to paint. and i wont be able to get the hood for a while would it be difficult to match the car?
horse sence
15 Year Member
