I bought a 99 Cavalier (2200) a couple weeks ago and it's got quite a bit of body damaged, most of which can be fixed with fiberglass/bondo. However, the PO converted it to Ram Air, and put a Ram Air hood on it. This is all fine & dandy, except the hood looks terrible in terms of appearance. I was thinking of trying to sand & repair it, but there is just so much bondo splattered all over it, I think I might be better off just replacing it. I can get a replacement hood from the local junkyard for around $50.
So my question is, would putting an OEM hood back on this thing mess up the performance with the Ram Air intake, or would it not really matter? Should I put the factory breather setup back on or leave it as-is?
It will make absolutely no difference in performance. I'd just put the stock setup back on or buy a cheap intake with a cone filter from eBay.
"In Oldskool we trust"
awesome, thank you.
guess i'll toss the ram hood on craigslist when i get the swapped out.
Don't use fiberglass to fix body panels, different expansion rates will make you regret it.
Cruisin4DrCav wrote:Don't use fiberglass to fix body panels, different expansion rates will make you regret it.
^^X2
Try not to even use alot of body filler, either
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This is too much lol.
If you get to this start using rebar.
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
