Potential Ram Air Hood from Bodykits***REDO***

[Oldsnut]

I was talking with Jose Rivas and Aldo from Bodykits Etc. recently about making a mold of the Alero hood and producing a Ram Air hood. I know ther will never be any total agreement on a hood based on the other threads.
If Bodykits was willing to make a hood, would you be interested? Don't know a price yet. Just putting out feelers at this stage. I want to see how the kit turns out in the end. The guys at Bodykits are the best bet at getting this done.

Hood #1
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7416/gtohoodonalerokw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hood #2
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/576/greenosvwithgrandamhooden2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hood #3
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/aleromodfinish.jpg


THESE ARE YOU ONLY 3 OPTIONS AT THIS TIME. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE ANY OF THEM DO NOT COMMENT OR VOTE.

Thank you

[Oldsman]

#3 Ftw

[Oldsnut]

Thanks for the clean up Scot.

#3 X 2

[MP99Alero]

I can't see #2,butif I were to choos a hood, i'd go with 3 as well.

[bizarre179]

I cannot see #2 as well. But so far, I would have to say 3 is the way to go.

[Trickyslick]

I'm liking #2

[super white alero1]

#2 x 2

round out the corners thou

[black]

#1... clean look.

[Cliff8928]

The best part about #3 is you can't see it from the side...

[kluv27]

im going with #3.i like the camaro effect on it.:yahoo:

[_01Alero_]

Id have to say #3. Looks clean and flows better with the body IMO.

[Alerosaint]

#3 looks great to me but ^^that one has potential also

[zoL]

#3x19

[Nate's Alero]

33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333 lol its annoying isint it..

[adam337]

#3.. but why no cowl option?

[alerored04]

#3 is teh sweetness but I also cannot see #2 and would like to.

[adam337]

This is #2.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9158/greenosvwithgrandamhoodia3.jpg

[CiscoPath]

.00000011

[Midgear]

Hood #3.. that'd be bad ass.

edit: post shortened and cleaned up :lol:

[01OldsAleroGt]

Yea.. 3 is the number.... and its the best lookin so far...
well.. 1 would be good.. but only on an alero with a stock kit.
and well 2... it just wouldn't flow well with the body lines...

plus... 3 looks like the SC/T hood.... kinda

[dragon8807]

i think hood #3 is the best looking one

[jeenysrider07]

I like three it looks real nice

[01silveralero]

i voted for 3

[El Pablo]

2 is so sweet. maybe that's just because it's on the osv. i like it.

[YALEROYNOT]

I am liking 2 more then 3. hmmmm?

[01silveralero]

I am liking 2 more then 3. hmmmm?

read post 24 :rolleyes2:

[YALEROYNOT]

read post 24 :rolleyes2:

no I think its because the scoops are farther back on the hood

[joserivas19]

i like 2 and 3. the question would be, which of those two would look better with the osv kit?

can someone photoshop hood 3 on the osv??

[Midgear]

*rings pauly's bell*

looks like you got a job pauly! chop an alero with the OSV kit with the #3 hood on it

[paulyb]

Im working on them, been busy with work. To bad I cant bring my lap top to the office and chop away..lol

[YALEROYNOT]

Im working on them, been busy with work. To bad I cant bring my lap top to the office and chop away..lol

when you do them do them all in the same color car. so that its a even comparison (sp) just a thought

[Vinalero]

sry to bring another concept to the lot, but I just found a pic of a guy in my area that had a custom hood made and I think it looks really good:

http://www.monchar.com/images/members/395900//395841_3240.jpg

[alerored04]

/\ Gag me. #3 pwns all. It is understated and classy and best of all it looks like it could have been a factory option whereas that looks like a stick on.

[Midgear]

we get that #3 hood produced and i'll make damn sure I got the funds to get one lol

[Vinalero]

hahaha, well you have to imagine painted, but I get your point on #3

[alerored04]

Yeah hopefully this hood buy waits for a bit til I get my hands on some damn money.

[DaRockwilder]

I voted for three, but I'd like to make a suggestion, if I may.

If money was no object, I think it would be cool to do a W-30 style scoop on it. There are fiberglass versions available for, say, a 1970 Cutlass that would look pretty nice, but would be very custom, as you would have to hack the scoop off the W30 hood and graft it onto the Alero hood. Hence the "if money was no object" thing.

Really though, #3 isn't that far off from looking the same.

http://http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-70-CUTLASS-442-W30-RAM-AIR-HOOD-STEEL-FIBERGLASS_W0QQitemZ170240095993QQcmdZViewItem?has h=item170240095993&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-70-CUTLASS-442-W30-RAM-AIR-HOOD-STEEL-FIBERGLASS_W0QQitemZ170240095993QQcmdZViewItem?has h=item170240095993&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318)

http://i24.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/fe/43/6146_1_sbl.JPG
http://i8.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/fe/43/66ab_1_sbl.JPG.

[Oldsnut]

^ That is what we are attemting to do. We don't want a carbon copy of it though. We want something that flows with the Alero, not a 70-72 442.

[Oldsnut]

Gag me!!!!


sry to bring another concept to the lot, but I just found a pic of a guy in my area that had a custom hood made and I think it looks really good:

http://www.monchar.com/images/members/395900//395841_3240.jpg

[DaRockwilder]

^ That is what we are attemting to do. We don't want a carbon copy of it though. We want something that flows with the Alero, not a 70-72 442.


Ah, OK. Yeah an Alero has a lot more slope to the hood, so I guess by the time you hack up that W30 hood to match, you may was well have started from scratch anyway.

[IRONDOG442]

The Alero 442 had a retrofitted w-25 OAI hood scoop system on it. I think it looked horrible. #3 gets my vote.

[01silveralero]

how about a hood from a new "goat"

a gto for the people who didnt know what i was referring too.

[Oldsnut]

how about a hood from a new "goat"

a gto for the people who didnt know what i was referring too.
That is what the first picture is based off of.

[bizarre179]

I would def. be interested. I really wouldn't even car what hood it was, if it was made, I would buy it. Anything is better than what I got now.

And by me saying I would by it, I really mean my g/f would buy it for me.

[01oldsgls]

^god bless america lol

[Midgear]

what's the word on this, oldsnut? any updates?

[YALEROYNOT]

I like 2 and 3 but I think I have to go with 3 just flows better I think

[Oldsnut]

what's the word on this, oldsnut? any updates?
We are not in a rush for this. We want to see how the kit turns out, if they do a good job we'll see what they want $ wise and what paulyb can come up with on photochop.

Patience man, patience.

[CiscoPath]

what's the word on this, oldsnut? any updates?

yeah, nuts. I know we're just throwing around ideas here, but has talk came up between you guys about actually doing a hood?

[Midgear]

Patience man, patience.

the hell is patience? lol

nah, all hilarity aside.. just makin sure nobody has forgotted about this thread.. kinda wanted to give it a bump anyways to keep it easily accessable :lol:

make it happen! :coolio:

[Oldsnut]

nah, all hilarity aside.. just makin sure nobody has forgotted about this thread.. :coolio:
Don't think ther is a chance of that Mid.

[Oldsnut]

yeah, nuts. I know we're just throwing around ideas here, but has talk came up between you guys about actually doing a hood?
Some, but we are focused on the kit right now. Like I said patience.

[Midgear]

well fux.

any updates on the osv kit? how is it comin' along? -- haven't seen any updates on it's thread in a while-

[01silveralero]

That is what the second picture is based off of.

thats same as 2005-06

i was thinking about this one below:

http://ultimategto.com/2007/07_00103_1.jpg

[Oldsnut]

Hood number one is the same picture as above that you have posted. You also changed my quote to state #2, I originally said #1.

Remember that hood#1 was a photoshopped picture.

[black]

thats same as 2005-06

i was thinking about this one below:

http://ultimategto.com/2007/07_00103_1.jpg

trying hard not to muck this thread up...

^ i frakin LOVE THAT!!!!!

[paulyb]

http://http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-70-CUTLASS-442-W30-RAM-AIR-HOOD-STEEL-FIBERGLASS_W0QQitemZ170240095993QQcmdZViewItem?has h=item170240095993&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-70-CUTLASS-442-W30-RAM-AIR-HOOD-STEEL-FIBERGLASS_W0QQitemZ170240095993QQcmdZViewItem?has h=item170240095993&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318)

http://i24.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/fe/43/6146_1_sbl.JPG
http://i8.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/fe/43/66ab_1_sbl.JPG.[/QUOTE]

Right now Im working a few diffrent angels of the hood design, Im trying to keep the bulge from the ram air scoops low and smooth to keep in the orignal style of the stock hood.

I look at the grand am ram air and its to bulgey i think. The alero has a sleek look to it and I think to make the ram air flow nicely with the stock alero, it has to be smooth as well..

any opinions?

[Midgear]

I dont know if this is going to help with the idea or not.. but it kinda makes sense to me.. Where the black lines are.. that'll be like the slant or the angle.. whatever you wanna call it.. the "dip" down where that particular part of the hood is lower than the rest to allow for air to flow directly into the scoops, rather than take a trip up over the hood and enter the scoop from the top- so basically from the opening of the scoop, and FORWARD, that particular area will be.. say.. an inch, mabey two inches lower than the rest of the hood? (the center of the hood staying at the original height)

I believe that was the original idea anyways- but, here we go.. (I need to invest in photo shop)

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w244/Midgear_album/aleromodfinish.jpg

EDIT: Either that^^ or its going to look somewhat like those white hoods that someone posted.. I like both ideas-

[01OldsAleroGt]

hey guys.. don't mean to smudge anything up.. but is this the design of what you are trying to go for for hood 3

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p61/mugenaccord86/rksp_8011010.jpg

Except tone down the aggressive bulge caused from the designing of the GAGT.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

#3 x42

[paulyb]

hey guys.. don't mean to smudge anything up.. but is this the design of what you are trying to go for for hood 3

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p61/mugenaccord86/rksp_8011010.jpg

Except tone down the aggressive bulge caused from the designing of the GAGT.

the buldge is what Im trying to aviod with the design as I dont think it would flow well with the alero's lines, to me this hood can only work with smooth lower lines.....

[01OldsAleroGt]

agreed with ya on it.. but is the pic perfect to work with to shop and edit Pauly ?

[Midgear]

wish that picture was a bit bigger ^^

[paulyb]

agreed with ya on it.. but is the pic perfect to work with to shop and edit Pauly ?

i dont need the grand am hood to do that..lol, then it wouldnt be a custom hood it would be a grand am hood, made to fit the alero...:p

[Oldsnut]

Any progress with this paulyb

[deathwish666]

please tell me they would be functional

[Midgear]

please tell me they would be functional


dude.. why would we go through the trouble of making this hood for the alero if the damn scoops were fake..

go eat some pie :rolleyes2:

[deathwish666]

haha just making sure

hey...i like pie...

actually cheesecake is better :)

[Alerosaint]

this hood would have to be a must buy for me cause under my hood is HOT!!!

[jwateland]

#2- i think that number actually redefines the body lines and gives it a unique look

[undecided02]

number three man

[hok666]

I vote for a 442 style hood

[leroyalero]

I like 1. I can view 3.

[leroyalero]

I can't view 3, sorry.

[BeeMain]

just a thought, make it so it is functional with the pontiac RAM Air air box

[alerored04]

/\ Ram air is a marketing gimmick and does nothing and would make design work much more difficult.

[Midgear]

/\ Ram air is a marketing gimmick and does nothing and would make design work much more difficult.

unless the car is traveling over 100 mile an hour.. in which case your ass would be pulled over and thrown in jail lol

wouldn't serve any purpose at the track because you spend most of your time below 90 mph

[alerored04]

It has been proven that CAI is much more effective anyways.

[joserivas19]

any word on the photoshoped pics?

[Oldsnut]

Paulyb has once more become "The Ghost".

[joserivas19]

"the ghost", i like that name. lol. well, there goes those pics. so, is there any plans yet with this buy andy?

[kwhauck]

although i like 3, i still think the 2000 cobra r hood would flow the best with the alero lines.....

[joserivas19]

which hood is that? any pics?

[kwhauck]

not the whole hood just the small scoop towards the back.....

http://www.nichepi.com/photos/cobrar2khood/2005/2005%20CobraR2000%20hood-A-WV.jpg

http://wickedstangsperformanceshop.com/images/uploads/COBRA-R-2000_2.jpg

[joserivas19]

that hood would make it look somewhat like the California edition alero, wouldnt it?

[Oldsnut]

although i like 3, i still think the 2000 cobra r hood would flow the best with the alero lines.....
Sorry Kyle, Bleeeeeeekkkkkkkhhhhh.

[kwhauck]

not really, the california edition was just a cowl hood, like the ones produced before which were real top quality, but I got rid of after a couple months.......

[kwhauck]

Sorry Kyle, Bleeeeeeekkkkkkkhhhhh.

no problem, to each his own, you know, i really would like a 442 alero hood, minus the little tiny fins on the scoop which I was told was need for the support, which sounded weird to me.......

[clutch1]

Those cowl hoods looked especially badass on bagged cars IMO.

Hm, if I had photoshop I'd give some crap a shot, but PaulyB is way better.
Damnit Pauly come back!!!

[paulyb]

im here, sorry have been working like a feen,,,,,im finishing hem up right now......and wil ost them tonight.

[paulyb]

ok so here is the osv and here is the sock alero.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/greenos.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/alero.jpg

[paulyb]

olds, Ill foward you the hood pics in a couple min with the diffrent angels, so we can think tank them.......

[joserivas19]

thanks for those pics paulyb, they look great. especially the stock one.

and damn it paulyb, dont dissapear for so long without saying goodbye. lol. j/k.

[slalomking]

I'm with the minority vote going for #1- it is the cleanest and most conserative which would go good w/ an otherwise stock body. Also least noticable by the local revenue collectors.

What kind of ducting/airbox would come with the winner, or is that a seperate deal that we would need to come up with?

[hok666]

^I agree its the only thing that looks decent.

[meadus101]

I'm going to pass on the hood and just have my stock hood painted.

[Oldsnut]

Any pics of the diferent angles yet paulyb? I want to get these sent to Bodykits ASAP. Yes, I do know your working your ass off, welcome to civilian life.

[joserivas19]

so this hood is a maybe then andy?

[Oldsnut]

so this hood is a maybe then andy?
No, I would like to see various angles of it. That makes it easier on Bodykits to make it and everyone to see what they are getting.

[black]

:OT:sorry.

i like/love #1.

i know you are not going the route of #1.

i would still like to have #1.

please point me in the right direction...

[tw0123]

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/6/web/2454000-2454999/2454587_132_full.jpg?021418-234

i know this might be late... but i just saw this and wondered what others thougts were...

[DOHC_tuner]

^now I like that hood! It flows good with the factory hood

[kwhauck]

yeah that is an old custom hood, and have always been a fan of it.....

[joserivas19]

i like that one too...its simple yet nice. flows good with the design also. hood 3 and this one are my faves. who knows, maybe andy will consider this one too. we just have to wait and see.

[01OldsAleroGt]

wow that is nice... that is really nice.. flows very well..

[Chipmunk-Alero]

I like number 2, 3 is to much dip for me.

However, tw0123, thats not bad either

[Snively]

Hood # 3 for sure

[umm_i_forget_14]

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/6/web/2454000-2454999/2454587_132_full.jpg?021418-234



i def like this one and #3 the best

[Snively]

Yeah the hood on the yellow one too is sexy

[paulyb]

I just did some new ram air front shots for olds.....I think they look good.

[01OldsAleroGt]

did ya post em yet pauly

[paulyb]

the rest went to oldsnut, since he is dealing with bodykits and in charge of the group buy....but here is a sample.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/Oldcopy-1.jpg

[[ion] C2]

looks pretty mean, sweet job

[paulyb]

C2;400481']looks pretty mean, sweet job

thanks bro.......do you have a head on shot of your car at eye level?

[dragon8807]

that looks sweet

[paulyb]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/g-1.jpg


Looks good to me!!

and for Ion, looks just as good !!!!!

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/als.jpg

[[ion] C2]

oh shit son :D

both look awesome

[clutch1]

those ram airs look sweet.

[paulyb]

thanks!!!!! Im gettig back into modding the alero so Iwant to see one of thse made...lol

[01OldsAleroGt]

nice !

[[ion] C2]

now if the heat extractor hood was body color with carbon fiber vents... that's exactly what i plan to do :)

[adam337]

you made the vents crooked on c2s style. i dont want crooked vents.







jk i likes

[paulyb]

you made the vents crooked on c2s style. i dont want crooked vents.

jk i likes

its the hood he wanted chopped onto the car, the view was diffrent and had the be warped onto the hood.

C2, heres a quick edit of the vents on a stockhood, rather than have the color off, i figured the stock hood with th vents will give a better idea.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/uj.jpg

[01OldsAleroGt]

ooh nice.. I Approve !

[[ion] C2]

i'm gonna give it a go at tweaking once i get back to where my main machine is

that's basically what i'm goin for but the vents pretty much straight down the hood no angle

still badass

[kwhauck]

i still think 2000 cobra r FTW, paulyb wanna chop that for me?

[Alerosaint]

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/6/web/2454000-2454999/2454587_132_full.jpg?021418-234

i know this might be late... but i just saw this and wondered what others thougts were...

That would go great with the osv kit it looks so natural

[paulyb]

i still think 2000 cobra r FTW, paulyb wanna chop that for me?

ftw..............

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/Ol.jpg

[hok666]

decent... still needs work though

[paulyb]

decent... still needs work though

then by all meansknock yourself out.

[hok666]

^maybe I will. Ah haaa haaa haaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! :D

[Midgear]

dont think that cobra hood will be doing much scooping lol

[paulyb]

dont think that cobra hood will be doing much scooping lol

you haveto look at the middel of the hood's height asapposed to the bottom of the front windshield...

[Midgear]

sooo.. the air is sucked out from under the hood, like some sort of vacuum effect?

or does the air somehow manage a 180 turn and get shoved down into the engine bay-

[paulyb]

sooo.. the air is sucked out from under the hood, like some sort of vacuum effect?

or does the air somehow manage a 180 turn and get shoved down into the engine bay-

hum, it would look to work in the same effect as a cowl induction hood, but i cant be to sure since I didnt design the cobra r hood.

[Midgear]

so how does a cowl hood function.. lol forgive my retardation-

[guiguilandry]

at least the cobra hood would help defrost your windshield in the winter...... lol j/k, I really like the hood with the vents that paulyb did on c2's car....

[Midgear]

lol :haha:

[[ion] C2]

the heat extractor style on the supra pulls heat out as the air over the hood passes, makes like a vacuum effect

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

so how does a cowl hood function.. lol forgive my retardation-
a functional cowl hood works by the drag sucked down and around under the back edge (cowl section) of the hood. and it would only help defrosting in the winter if it weren't blocked by the snow. :p

[[ion] C2]

the high pressure air at the base of the windshield ends up going to the low pressure area that's under the hood

[Midgear]

so the air makes a 180 degree turn from up over the hood and / or cowl and underneath it into the engine bay.. gotcha.

unless I get a body kit, im stickin with stock- and I seriously doubt im gonna be gettin a body kit anytime soon.

[bonez1203]

i got wood for #3

[kwhauck]

ftw..............

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc8/pualyb/Ol.jpg

Damn it has been a long time since I looked at this thread, but yeah that hood you chopped for me is fugly.......

the 2000 cobra r I wanted chopped is this.....just what is inside the red circle

[cherrington17]

C2;400722']now if the heat extractor hood was body color with carbon fiber vents... that's exactly what i plan to do :)

i really like how those look... but i don't think you should do something like that if the car is ever going to see winter driving. something about the possibility of snow sitting in those vents scares me.

that much cold air, hitting that hot of the top of the engine... possibly cracking the metal.... yeah. bad times for everyone.

[99alerogirl]

number 3... even though I can't tell if I like it for the hood or the paint job...

[KenshinZero]

Would this be an actual Ram Ari type thing? Just wondering.

[kwhauck]

ram air is pointless, the only functional type of hood an alero could really use is a heat extractor, and even at that the only people that are going to notice the effects are the boosted ones.......

[Cliff8928]

ram air is pointless, the only functional type of hood an alero could really use is a heat extractor, and even at that the only people that are going to notice the effects are the boosted ones.......

Well, does it help melt the snow off the windshield :ninja:


That second line in the Cobra R hood doesn't look that good on the Alero. Use the main raised section, proportion it a little better in the center around the headlights and it would be a winner. That's the one thing I didn't like about the original cowl hood. It was too square.

[black00gt1]

and ram air hoods are make ppl think does he have somthing done to that car hmmmmm :scpimp:

[Caboose73]

Bump any updates?

[BlackJack]

still toying with whether I'm building this one or not. I think going back stock looking sleeper is pointless for me at this juncture anyways....
(I think this was a 1992 Daytona edition IROC Z-28)

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j202/qaddamage/photochops/iroc_alerofront.jpg

[kwhauck]

Hey blackjack, when my OSV kit comes in I will have some stock silver bumpers.....just to let you know

[Caboose73]

So is this going to happen? cause i would love to have one

[Oldsnut]

When people can come to an agreement on a design then maybe. Right now I am trying to get the OSV kit shipped out.

[natedawg9640]

still toying with whether I'm building this one or not. I think going back stock looking sleeper is pointless for me at this juncture anyways....
(I think this was a 1992 Daytona edition IROC Z-28)

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j202/qaddamage/photochops/iroc_alerofront.jpg


that's mean a H. E. double hockey stick.

would those ports be open to the engine bay?

[BlackJack]

that's mean a H. E. double hockey stick.

would those ports be open to the engine bay?
most certainly. I'm not a big fan of stuff being non-functional. that's when the term "rice" starts coming out :)

[broken__one]

I know it seems repetitive at this point, but #3 is the way to go.

[Alerosaint]

yeah an aggressive hood will look tits with the osv kit

[NickAlero2000]

or with the AAS kit...i want to do a c/f heat extractor style hood...

[Gr1m]

still say oem style CF hood ftw