[dode]

Ok...I have my new hood for my 92...it is fully blocked and primered and ready to go. However, I am looking to see what eveyone has paid to have their hoods painted. I am getting prices like $600!! That just doesn't seem right. Anyway, in case anyone cares, here is my pic:

John

 

[Blown306]

I got my hood painted and door handles shaved for $400...but I know the owner and I send a lot of business his way so he takes care of me...

BTW, the hood looks pretty good in the pic...I don't see any waves

 

[dode]

Waves are for the lake, not my hood

I like this hood a lot...it should allow me plenty of room for future projects under the hood

John

 

[Robinson]

i wanna know about the porsche(?) in the background

 

[MadDog2020]

i wanna know about the porsche(?) in the background

and here I though I was the only one who was drowling over that thing.....
Hey I will pay ya to UUhhh hummm borrow the Porsche for a weekend for 600 bucks...

 

[bmac]

Thats a good looking cowl! I wish I could get a regular cowl for my 97 but all I see are the R ones.

 

[Robinson]

Thats a gool looking cowl! I wish I could get a regular cowl for my 97 but all I see are the R ones.

exactly!! i thought i was the only one who was looking for one of those. im keeping my eyes open thats for sure

 

[Blown306]

Waves are for the lake, not my hood

hahaha yea, they nicknamed my hood the Titanic at the body shop...so many waves it would have sunk. At least it fit good. There was a '69 Camero in the shop at the same time with a cowl hood, the driverside rear corner was up 1" from the fender and the passengenger side was down 1/2"...and that was after adjusting it! What a POS that hood was...e-gads

 

[bmac]

im keeping my eyes open thats for sure

You give me a holler if you ever find one J-Rod

 

[Thomas]

Where'd you get that and how much? That looks pretty nice. I'm still thinking I'll go with a newer headlight conversion so I can get the other type. the one that looks like it has two cowls one on top of the other. Personally I like that one better. Goes with the curves of the car better. When you get it on get a shot of it at an angle so we can see how it looks. I plan on swapping in an f-150 engine is why I want a cowl hood. Even with the cowl hood the engine will still stick through partially. So I'm thinking I'll fiberglass on a scoop too to raise it a big more.
-Thomas

 

[AverageJoe]

Thomas, I don't mean to insult you, but its obvious you're new to these cars. the "double cowl" you speak of is the Cobra cowl. As for the F-150 engine, if you're talking about a 5.4L Triton, expect more work than you already expect. The tritons are torque-monsters, but they really aren't built for power. You could spend the same amount of money to build a PI 4.6L and actually have an easier swap and more power. Just smoe thoughts. If you're hell-bent on the 5.4L for the simple sake of having ghr triton, talk to a guy here buy the name of J Miller. He's got a 5.4 swapped into his Cougar, and lets just say its a tight fit, for a mild understatement.

 

[Thomas]

Actually no I'm not new to these cars. I just don't pay much attention to the other year models. such as the 94's and up that have the "cobra hood" available. I was not talking about the 5.4. I am talking about the f-150 4.2 split port engine. supersixmotorsports.com makes ported stuff for them and a guy on here a little bit ago put one in his car and said it worked out well so I was thinking I would do it myself. And yes, you did insult me. But thanks for trying to be nice. It WAS about 2 in the morning when I wrote that. So give me some credit. And I am either thinking about a sc engine or the 4.2. I really havn't decided yet. I'm going to look around at amount of parts and what they do for each engine so I can determine which will go faster. I'm thinking the 4.2 ultimately will. bigger displacement. And you can supercharge that too. I dunno yet though. I will also, eventually, be swapping the tranny for a t-5 94-95 sc tranny. the 94-95's hold more than the earlier ones do. And I will be taking auto classes at a community college next year where they give you full access to their lifts and computers so I could work out timing and all that fun crap. So Sorry I called it a double cowl, but that does describe it.
-Thomas

 

[dode]

you'd better do a little more research...for one...the 94/95 sc tranny is NOT a T-5, and is you are thinking of swapping in an SC engine, you'd better be prepared for a little more than just swapping the motor in and plugging a wiring harness back in...

John

 

[Thomas]

Yeah your right. I probably sound like a moron on this thread. t-5's were in the 91-93 5.0's correct? Knowing my streak I'll probably be wrong again. All I know is that I can do it haha. it's an M5R2 correct? All I know is I have the money, means, and all the help I need to do it. I'd have an auto class instructor. I know this guy and he's friggin awesome with Ford stuff. And I'll have the lift and computers to get the timing down and all. all I need to do is find the time. So sorry if I made any of you stupider by reading this. It was just a simple mix up. Gimmie a break.
-Thomas

 

[JJanney]

were manuals put in 91-93 V8s???

 

[Thomas]

Hell I don't know. I'm a moron. all I know is that I talked with, I think it was rancherlee, about swapping to a 94-95 sc manual tranny because it could hold the most hp. and so that's what I'm doing dammit. I know how to. lemmie alone. lol
-Thomas

 

[dode]

No V8 manuals were produced.

John

 

[Thomas]

sounds good to me. HELL I DON'T KNOW. I read all these articles and crap about swapping and such and it confuses me.
-Thomas

 

[Alex]

No V8 manuals were produced.

John

The 91 Cougar with a 5.0 had a manual option.

 

[dode]

The 91 Cougar with a 5.0 had a manual option.

ummmm...NO

John