putting a hood on a diet

Keep in mind that if you go with a 'glass hood you will have the problems associated with a 'glass hood. And that is the quality is just not that great. The one I used was designed to be used with light weight springs so it has a frame under it. The frame was not centered very well so the hinges needed to be bent and a shim installed between the hood and hinge. It is also a bit short from front to back and sits a bit high on the left side at the cowl. It has a HEMI scoop molded it to it and started cracking before it was even painted so a stainless stell structure was fabbed up to fit inside the front edge of the scoop and outwards into the flat area of the hood. This was then glassed into the scoop and the hood. Would not be surprised if by the time all was said and done (a prop rod had to be added as the light weight hood springs were not strong enough to hold it up) that the weight is very close to a factory steel hood.