Cowl hood? Or not to cowl hood?

[sooperxtool]

Found a great deal on a cowl hood for the Stranger (my off-road project), but I'm wondering if I should pull the trigger... any thoughts?? Are there any performance gains to be had out of a 93 4.0?

Its like the ones found in LMC Truck catalog... I can't pull up a good picture on Google at the moment.

 

[adsm08]

At high speed they can show slight performance gains, if your intake system is setup correctly.

On an off-road only rig with an FI setup, it will look cool.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

It'll look badass! I'm gunna have to build another one since my rollover, I hate the way my truck looks now with a flat hood.

If I was to buy one it would come from www.carhoods.com they have a really nice one. (GT-41 series)


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[sooperxtool]

Thanks for the replies! I think I'll invest elsewhere on the truck for now... it needs a little tlc in the lift department before looks I think.

 

[BRONCONUT]

I love a cowl hood. Whether its on a car or a truck. I am going to put one on my stang and one on the bronco. A buddy of mine has a Cervini he is selling me for $400 bucks for the bronk.

 

[Scrambler82]

The Cowl Hood will look good and if you cut some holes it will help reduce under hood heat buildup.

 

[sooperxtool]

Hmm.... good points. The one for sale is (or possibly was...) $190. I still think I would rather throw down for an exhaust though. But its a good deal that doesn't come around much. I don't know, I'm indecisive.

 

[sooperxtool]

Holy mother those fiberglass hoods are expensive!!

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

Holy mother those fiberglass hoods are expensive!!

So are women, bit you gotta have em.

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[sooperxtool]

Haha, I suppose you do

 

[MastuhWaffles]

My Ranger is going to be a pre-runner eventually, and I'm going to swap out for fiberglass parts, I found the hood for a round $300 bucks, I really don't think you'll see any performance change unless you do the other sections in fiberglass.

 

[sooperxtool]

I definitely have the itch for a Prerunner, but for this truck my goal is medium duty wheeling/crawling and camping rig. At the moment its my daily driver so I am shooting for a bit of looks, 32s or 33s and 3" lift. I think that should put it where I want it for performance and driveability on the street. I am just debating on this hood since its a good deal and should make it look pretty sweet. I'm just looking for a little cool factor I spose. Worth cutting into lift and tire budget? Not sure...