95gtpFrausto Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hello all, My name is Marco and I'm a new member to this great site. I was wondering if a Ram Air Hood/Intake could easily fit into my 95 Pontiac Grand Prix Special Edition? If so can someone direct to any sites/stores? I am really interested in doing this! Any particular models I should rip the hood off of and just stick it on mine with a few minor adjustments? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 It would have to be custom. No mass produced aftermarket hoods available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95gtpFrausto Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Man! That's what I thought! Have you done this before or seen it done? Any ball park guess about how much that would run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94 olds vert Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 You could put the hood vents on that came from the GTPs. That is what I did to my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Man! That's what I thought! Have you done this before or seen it done? Any ball park guess about how much that would run? I have seen them done and think they look like a$$. IMHO of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 i can think of one car that had this done and didn't look horrible... haven't seen him online in a long time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skitchin Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Think I'd seen that one - IIRC, they cut the ducts out of a trans-am hood and custom melded the two together. I've seen a few Lumina/Monte's around here with cowl induction hoods - looks like SHIT. The one Saar posted though looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 yeah, that's Corey's car.... blackbombshell95 from all of the forums that i can think of that he's on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 i can think of one car that had this done and didn't look horrible... haven't seen him online in a long time though. That's one of the ones I was thinking of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianG Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Pretty much all the custom hoods that have been done to 1st gen Ws have been fiberglass molded into the steel or the stock hood cut and lifted in the center section. This is mine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95gtpFrausto Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hell yeah that is bad ass! It's functional and all? If it is when do you feel that forced air or do you feel any difference at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuetovice Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Pretty sure it's only functional as additional cooling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 There is a company that makes fiberglass cowl hoods for these cars. I dont think they look all that good on them though. But then again I think anything than the stock hood doesnt look good on these cars IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galaxie500XL Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I always thought something like this might look good on the right "W"..keeps the profile stock, while adding a little something extra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianG Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hell yeah that is bad ass! It's functional and all? If it is when do you feel that forced air or do you feel any difference at all? Thanks! My hood is "functional" but it's not ram air. I was going to set up routing for the scoop after my swap, but with the L67 + intercooler, the setup would have actually never fit under the hood without having had this made years ago. There's just not room for setting up anything funcational for ram air easily. I'm going to have to craft some weird snaking routing to get air from the scoop to the throttle body. In this pic, you can see the center diamond of the hood cut out for the scoop. Currently, the top of the supercharger and boost bypass valve stick through the opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I always thought something like this might look good on the right "W"..keeps the profile stock, while adding a little something extra. [ATTACH=CONFIG]11252[/ATTACH] NACA ducts.... look good on ferraris too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95gtpFrausto Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) BrianG your ride is too dope! Ok guys you might hate me for this but I absolutley LOVE the ws6 trans am hood!!! I dont know if you guys seen a clip on youtube about this guy who is part of the Grand Prix Club in Michigan and theres this ride called the "Purpleliator" or something (sorry if I mispelled!) and that ride was too nasty for me to even watch! But thats my taste bud for this hood, BrianG has something I really like not only the hood but that damn supercharger! HA! How long did that take to put that in there? Edited December 10, 2012 by 95gtpFrausto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharged400sbc Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 it took him far too long your best bet would be to use an existing steel cowl/scoup or fiberglass one and doing as brian did ive heard of guys buying a wrecked 1st gen camaro steel hood just to cutout the cowl for his olds so look around...i sure wouldnt wanna drop 300+ on a whole new hood just for 1/4 of its sheetmetal brians lucky as thats about the best damn fitment and look i think you could find...we thought about the w30 hood for the 442 but its just kills the lines of the car, even if we were to scale it down for the smaller car....so we are sticking with an SSIC for the front motor to clear with no issues this next season the smurfmobile will get a lane with the 442 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galaxie500XL Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 They'd probably look better on a W-body Grand Prix, than they did on a two-ton LeMans... NACA ducts.... look good on ferraris too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianG Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 BrianG your ride is too dope! Ok guys you might hate me for this but I absolutley LOVE the ws6 trans am hood!!! I dont know if you guys seen a clip on youtube about this guy who is part of the Grand Prix Club in Michigan and theres this ride called the "Purpleliator" or something (sorry if I mispelled!) and that ride was too nasty for me to even watch! But thats my taste bud for this hood, BrianG has something I really like not only the hood but that damn supercharger! HA! How long did that take to put that in there? Thanks man! The L67 swap isn't hard. Got it done in a couple of months over the summer 4 years ago including shaving the engine bay, painting and cleaning it, creating the wiring harness, and all the little miscellaneous bits. LOTS of people have done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharged400sbc Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Al has an idea to use one in place of the drivers side rear window to feed the rear motor adam let mother nature construct his naca ducts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharged400sbc Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) engine swap was easy...his trans is held in with velcro i still want my orings....those nacho's were only the interest on em Edited December 10, 2012 by Turbocharged400sbc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95gtpFrausto Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 HAHA you're too funny! I see what you're saying about the whole little bit I could take off of the camaro! I was wondering too guys.... I was talking to a buddy of mine here at work and I was telling him that I'm interested in putting Mobil 1 in my gp and he was saying if I do that it might mess it up due to it being older? Is this true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbombshell95 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 i can think of one car that had this done and didn't look horrible... haven't seen him online in a long time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefEddie Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 The WS6 hood panels can be bought on ebay. They sell a "scoop" type version that can be fiberglassed into any hood. they have a website,can't remember the name though. Not sure if it is the same,but I have a TGP hood for sale that has the louvers in it. They are functional for cooling,not ram-air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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