How To Make A Sheet Metal Hood Scoop

Mix the epoxy with a popsicle stick.

How to make a sheet metal hood scoop.

Mix up a batch of the epoxy large enough to bond the fiberglass to the metal. Pr 3 this is a smaller version of the pr1. Full open interior allows maximum clearance for your carburetion. I also plan to weld a flange to the bottom of this metal scoop and maybe use it on another project later.

Apply the epoxy to the metal surface and the fiberglass surface. How to make a custom metal hood scoop from scratch with ron covell 1 start with a shield shaped piece of metal roughly the size you want and outline of the scoop to be. This replica is the rare challenger t a hood scoop. Rear section 20 long allows 21 1 2 width clearance underneath.

2 the first step is to make the flat panel into a lumpy mess but with roughly the right amount of curvature you. Follow the instructions on the epoxy packaging for mixing ratios. 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. Interior flange permits user to fasten to hood by using rivets sheet metal screws or bolts.

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. Be careful not to warp the hood from the heat of grinding.