Will VH45 fit under silvia hood?

[DeXteR]

I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on a deal that includes a carbon fiber OEM style s13 silvia hood. So what?

Well, my long term goal is to drop a VH in the car using either the Mazworx or Xcessive kit (or some combination of the two - I'm not a fabricator). I'm curious to know if there will be any clearance issues.

On the one hand, sure it'll be nice to have a carbon fiber hood on the car before I can afford to dive into the swap (which could be a while). On the other, I don't want to tie up my money on something that isn't going to work out long term anyway.

I can only remember seeing one s13 silvia with a VH swap, but it was some turboed aussie drift car. I don't even recall if it had an OEM style hood on it or not.

I used the search, but came up empty handed. My internet connection makes going through everyone's project write-up's and looking for pictures quite painful.

Your input is greatly appreciated.

[b20vtechb]

it will fit under the stock metal hood if you bend the back of it up about 3" or so to make it kinda a reverse cowl. i'll get some pictures up at some point

[s13loverdrift1]

Theres your answer haha

[DeXteR]

Thank you. Didn't end up going with the CF hood anyway. Looks like I'll be hacking up a hood.

[b20vtechb]

it can fit pretty well with the suports removed and bending the hood in the middle!

[DeXteR]

Now that's not too bad at all. However, I have 4 extra 240sx hoods laying around I'll probably convert one to a cowl-type Silvia hood.

[s13loverdrift1]

I need to do it cleaner by cutting the supports but at the time I didnt really care and just wanted to finish haha. Now its costing me oh well havent had a chance to drive it for 4 months now haha