Which hoods fit?!

[///Matt]

Hi guys,
I’ve got a 68 satellite, originally a 318 car, that now has a 440. It’s got an Edelbrock performer RPM and a holley 750 carb, with a fairly tall (but not obscene) k&n air cleaner.

It’s got a poorly fitted pinned down fiberglass hood with a big scoop on it, and it needs something better on hinges. I’m told the original flat hood (from 318 days) won’t clear the motor/air cleaner.

Are there any good factory style hinged hoods that might/should clear this set up? Would the factory 440 hood (with the side callouts) fit, maybe? I’ll gladly find a thinner air cleaner, but would hesitate to get different mani/carb.

 

[451Mopar]

On my 1969 Coronet with 440 RPM intake and Holley the air filter to hood is really tight. i think a drop base filter might work, bit the lid will still be pretty close to the top of the carb. I took a regular flat hood off another coronet and cur a hole for the air filter, then bonded a fiberglass hood scoop the the flat hood. For the time and trouble, it would have almost been easier to get a re-pop 6-pack hood.

 

[///Matt]

On my 1969 Coronet with 440 RPM intake and Holley the air filter to hood is really tight. i think a drop base filter might work, bit the lid will still be pretty close to the top of the carb. I took a regular flat hood off another coronet and cur a hole for the air filter, then bonded a fiberglass hood scoop the the flat hood. For the time and trouble, it would have almost been easier to get a re-pop 6-pack hood.

When you say 6-pack hood, do you mean this one? (This is a pinned glass hood, not a real one) is this the style that came with the ‘super commando’, or was it the side-vented ones?

 

[451Mopar]

When you say 6-pack hood, do you mean this one? (This is a pinned glass hood, not a real one) is this the style that came with the ‘super commando’, or was it the side-vented ones?

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Yes. I think they make a heavy duty fiberglass hood that accepts hinges, but you need to remove the hinge springs (or use light weight springs?)
Here is a photo of my steel hood with the scoop added. I think this scoop is a bit taller than the original style.
The hood is coming back off. I changed the intake carb to the Edelbrock XFI fuel injection intake manifold.
I haven't decided if I will put the fresh air hood on that came with the car but is not original to the car, or a factory bulge hood.
I may depend on if the air grabber assembly under the hood clears the aftermarket power disc brake setup and Edelbrock XFI intake.
That may leave me installing the bulge hood which would have been correct for the car.

 

[///Matt]

Yes. I think they make a heavy duty fiberglass hood that accepts hinges, but you need to remove the hinge springs (or use light weight springs?)
Here is a photo of my steel hood with the scoop added. I think this scoop is a bit taller than the original style.
The hood is coming back off. I changed the intake carb to the Edelbrock XFI fuel injection intake manifold.
I haven't decided if I will put the fresh air hood on that came with the car but is not original to the car, or a factory bulge hood.
I may depend on if the air grabber assembly under the hood clears the aftermarket power disc brake setup and Edelbrock XFI intake.
That may leave me installing the bulge hood which would have been correct for the car.

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Right on... i have an original flat hood in good shape. Wanna trade? Ha (not that I have any idea where you’re located. I’m in TX near San Antonio.)

 

[GetX'd]

When you say 6-pack hood, do you mean this one? (This is a pinned glass hood, not a real one) is this the style that came with the ‘super commando’, or was it the side-vented ones?

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The hood you have on there is the one that came with the 69 Six Pack. The Super Commando came with the faux side vents on either side with the 440 or 383 or Hemi for that matter call out on them. I don’t think that hood has any more room under it than the original flat hood your “wife’s” car came with. Because it’s flat in the middle where the air cleaner would rise up. As you can see by my avatar I switched to the six pack hood on my 68 GTX because I went to the high rise edelbrock manifold - in fact when six pack all the way on it. My original hood would not have worked with that set up.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

Hi guys,
I’ve got a 68 satellite, originally a 318 car, that now has a 440. It’s got an Edelbrock performer RPM and a holley 750 carb, with a fairly tall (but not obscene) k&n air cleaner.

It’s got a poorly fitted pinned down fiberglass hood with a big scoop on it, and it needs something better on hinges. I’m told the original flat hood (from 318 days) won’t clear the motor/air cleaner.

Are there any good factory style hinged hoods that might/should clear this set up? Would the factory 440 hood (with the side callouts) fit, maybe? I’ll gladly find a thinner air cleaner, but would hesitate to get different mani/carb.

You already have the hood I've always dreamed of owning.

 

[///Matt]

You already have the hood I've always dreamed of owning.

Its nice, to an extent... it doesn’t sit right while parked, and it flexes a LOT while driving... but the shape/aesthetic of it is pretty good.

 

[PP1RT]

If you go back to a steel hood you will need a 68 hood or an AMD repop with both bolt patterns. 68 hood latch and locations are different than 69.

 

[///Matt]

If you go back to a steel hood you will need a 68 hood or an AMD repop with both bolt patterns. 68 hood latch and locations are different than 69.

Good to know. I think we’re leaning towards adding a 6-pack scoop to the flat steel hood that we still have. Just gotta find some hinges that aren’t too $$$ ha.

 

[Basket case]

you can get an A12 style hood with hinges and light weight springs.

 

[///Matt]

View attachment 625878 you can get an A12 style hood with hinges and light weight springs.

I saw those, but the one I saw had about a $650 price tag... where I already own a flat steel hood, and a repro scoop is like $100. After labor, call it $350, maybe? Both would need paint, both would need hinges... I gotta check with a good local body shop about accurate cost of molding in a scoop, but if end result is the same and I end up with a steel hood, I’ll probably lean that way.

 

[Basket case]

I've seen steel hoods with scoops molded on, after a few years of the hood flexing the body work cracks around the scoop.

 

[451Mopar]

I saw those, but the one I saw had about a $650 price tag... where I already own a flat steel hood, and a repro scoop is like $100. After labor, call it $350, maybe? Both would need paint, both would need hinges... I gotta check with a good local body shop about accurate cost of molding in a scoop, but if end result is the same and I end up with a steel hood, I’ll probably lean that way.

That was my original plan too. The cheap fiberglass scoop needed a bunch of work, reinforced with extra fiberglass at body shop.
Also, the flat hood has a ring welded around the opening for the air filter. The ring sits a bit above the hood line to help keep water out, and it also helps the hood from flexing. I was going to do the work myself, but did not have the room, and a friend convinced me to have it done at a shop. It ended up costing $1,000. Like I was saying, that one pictured by "Basket Case" is likely a better deal?

 

[///Matt]

That was my original plan too. The cheap fiberglass scoop needed a bunch of work, reinforced with extra fiberglass at body shop.
Also, the flat hood has a ring welded around the opening for the air filter. The ring sits a bit above the hood line to help keep water out, and it also helps the hood from flexing. I was going to do the work myself, but did not have the room, and a friend convinced me to have it done at a shop. It ended up costing $1,000. Like I was saying, that one pictured by "Basket Case" is likely a better deal?

Good info. Perhaps that’ll be the ticket. Who wants to buy my flat steel hood? Lol