monaro bonnet on vx ss?

[Killr6]

i seriously dont see the point unless its for looks. and IMO they dont look that great.

look better then the VE walky bonnet, looks like a giant penis.

 

[GEN3RATD]

true. whats wrong with the stock bonnet though

 

[MikeCuzzy]

look better then the VE walky bonnet, looks like a giant penis.

And thus the Monaro bonnet looks like a rather unhealthy penis. Still I don't mind the look of them, can anyone confirm on fibreglass bonnets, are they legal? I heard they weren't, something about the performance in a crash comparable to steel?

 

[GEN3RATD]

i like them on monaro's

 

[Killr6]

think they are illegal

 

[MikeCuzzy]

Ahh, thought so. Thanks for clearing that up

 

[GEN3RATD]

if you want to keep engine temps down go back to carby and run a cleaner through the bonnet. or fit a 6/71 and have no bonnet at all.

 

[zapper-l67]

there are no gains, its just a cooler engine, which in the long run the money you spend on a new bonnet gives you a cooler engine then a stock bonnet, and the bonnets are sexy and i looked into them a while back, but they are worth what you pay for them imo.

and did your two cars have different intake systems? or were they the same as well?

Nar exactly the same in every detail Accessories, Engine, Wheels even Color, we used to hire them out as wedding cars. Mine has done 105000 and the other 115000

 

[machone]

i like them on monaro's

for me the same they look great on the monaro mmmm monaro but for some reason i dont like them on the sedan...the bonnet scoops were a hot topic at holden whether to have them or not

By BRUCE NEWTON writer for goauto.com.au

the spin from Holden is that market research showed that potential buyers love the scoops and prefer them over the more traditional look. The debate went all the way to board level where the marketing graphs and charts eventually took sway over the alarm bells ringing in the minds of some very senior Holden executives.

The grimace on Holden engineering boss Tony Hyde’s face during the launch as he said "don’t they look great" perhaps summed up the mixed feelings within the company.