Completed hood - DSM turbo bump

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Oct 15, 2005 | 10:52 PM

IanS

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Completed hood - DSM turbo bump

This is part 2 from this thread https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/flame-pics-my-hood-best-rice-town-447796/

Let me know what you think...

-Ian

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Completed hood - DSM turbo bump-hood-before-1.jpg

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Completed hood - DSM turbo bump-hood-complete-4.jpg

Oct 15, 2005 | 10:54 PM

nick1

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looks great.

almost looks like it should be factory

great job

Oct 15, 2005 | 10:58 PM

ChasRX

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excellent fab job. That blends well; subtle enough, too.

Oct 15, 2005 | 11:44 PM

perfect_circle

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damn huge pics, hella nice job

Oct 15, 2005 | 11:45 PM

rotor vs. piston

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That rocks man! Can you give us a side shot to see how high it stick up?

Oct 15, 2005 | 11:58 PM

IanS

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I can snap a couple side shots. It actually sits a tiny bit lower than originally on a DSM. In now way will it affect vision and sits lower than the wipers.

Oct 16, 2005 | 12:17 AM

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i dig it, still stand by thinking cowl would be atleast functional tho

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Oct 16, 2005 | 12:28 AM

IanS

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Its functionally cool lol

Oct 16, 2005 | 12:12 PM

seanrot

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Is that a lump in your hood or you just happy to see me? Nice job.

Oct 16, 2005 | 12:21 PM

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MrFC3S

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That is a lump in his pants AND HE IS happy to see you... lol Nice jobby.... Best thing that could ever happen to a DSM hood. Did you think about making it offset alittle more... like closer to the drivers side?

Oct 16, 2005 | 12:24 PM

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all 2nd gen eclipses have it...turbo or not.

it's more for the top of the valve cover where the cam sprockets are.

Oct 16, 2005 | 01:53 PM

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are you trying to clear something or just going for the look?

Oct 16, 2005 | 01:56 PM

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It seems pointless to emulate something that was designed to accommodate stuff that's only on a piston engine. On the 1st gens with the 4g63 (both turbo and N/A) the bulge was there to make clearance for the cam gears. On the second gens the engine sits lower so I think it's only there for cosmetic purposes.

I can respect the time and effort that went into a custom job though.

Last edited by arghx; Oct 16, 2005 at 02:04 PM.

Oct 16, 2005 | 02:00 PM

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looks good. it'd be even cooler if it was functional though, but I'm supprised on how good it actually looks.

Oct 16, 2005 | 02:17 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by arghx

i just said that

Oct 17, 2005 | 02:34 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aws140

are you trying to clear something or just going for the look?

Just for looks. The hood is not cut out. I wanted to keep te hood as rigid as possible so it wouldnt flex too much and crack out. That is the second pis, showing that the hood is complete. The dots you see are the bolt heads that I JB welded in place so they wouldnt vibrate loose (happened while I was sanding) and crack out.

Next up, front bumper off of same car.