1969 camaro hood

[Jason]

Originally Posted by Rick Schilling

Are there any back to back performance comparisons available between the cowl hood and the flat?

A number of them would have been changed back by now.

Maybe the guys running S/S with a 350/255 could tell us. They probably had to remove some carb spacers to get the flat hood to fit.

[Dick Butler]

Advantage of the tall hood is spacer ht and carb clearance. Some negative to air flow if used with or without ac as I understand.

[HandOverFist]

With a maximum of two stock base gaskets allowed I don't think that has any bearing on either hood.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by HandOverFist

With a maximum of two stock base gaskets allowed I don't think that has any bearing on either hood.

It does in Super Stock!!!!!!!!

[FINESPLINE]

This is getting to be a real laugher. Did the NHRA ever enforce the spoiler option on 1967 camaros as there was no option ....D80... in 1967.
I was going through a few pictures on the photo gallery and noticed a very nice 1967 Camaro in B/S with the front and rear spoilers and the pictures were posted in 2009. Is th
is legal in the year of the photo or just wasnt addressed at that time. ...... And they are concerned about the solenoid on the flapper valve on a cowl hood.
I dont want to cause no problems...... if you want to look at the car you can pm me.

[Adger Smith]

I can tell you that back in the early 70's the spoilers were looked at on my 69 Z-28. Show up with out the rear and you didn't race. Take the front off and you didn't race. Both had to be on the car because it (Z-28) was a "package". If they were looking at "packages" back then they should be today.

[FINESPLINE]

Originally Posted by Adger Smith

I can tell you that back in the early 70's the spoilers were looked at on my 69 Z-28. Show up with out the rear and you didn't race. Take the front off and you didn't race. Both had to be on the car because it (Z-28) was a "package". If they were looking at "packages" back then they should be today.

Well the car I was looking at was a 1967 Camaro 396/375 SS car running B/S with front and rear spoilers that were not even available on a 67 car at all. I just dont understand how they make a big deal out of something insignificant and completely overlook something right in their face.

[Rich Biebel]

NHRA and their Tech people have always been somewhat arbitrary on enforcing some rules.

Around 1978-1979 my buddy and co-worker was running C/SM with his '69 Camaro. WCS race or maybe the SummerNat's It had a front spoiler but not the rear. He was told it had to have both or none by a guy we knew as Joe Tech. He was told by another Tech man at the top end after a run it was no problem....

Next time he went up to make a run....Joe Tech told him again to get the front spoiler off the car....Pretty ridiculous but not unusual for that guy....

I ran my '69 Camaro in SS/JA with the cowl hood....and a rear spoiler but no front spoiler and it was a 350/255......Just about every '69 out there had the cowl hood on it back then(1980-1982)......No one ever said a word to me about the hood or the rear spoiler and lack of one in front....