Customer Support
Learning Center
Checkout
Welcome to the Chevrolet Impala Hoods Center at Andy's Auto Sport!
At Andy's Auto Sport, we have a huge variety of Chevrolet Impala hoods to ensure that you have every hood option available to you. We go out of our way to carry every major line of Chevrolet Impala hoods, so that whether you are looking for a cowl induction Chevrolet Impala hood or fiberglass ram air hood or anything in between, we've got it for you. Andy's Auto Sport is the ultimate shopping destination for your Chevrolet Impala hood needs!
» CHOOSE YOUR MODEL
» DID YOU KNOW?
A lot of times we get asked if a particular Impala hood we sell (Ram Air hood or Cowl hood, for example) is a "functional hood". By functional, the customer is asking whether the hood is going to add horsepower to their vehicle by directing the incoming airflow to the vehicle's airbox.
The answer is this: Most of the vented hoods on the market are not functional. They have the scoop built into the hood, and it's normally an open scoop that indeed lets air into the engine bay, but most of these hoods do not come with the ducting that is needed to control that incoming airflow and get it to the most "functional" place to generate more horsepower. That being said, there might be a small positive effect by simply letting more cool air into the engine bay, even if it isn't directed...
There are a few companies who do in fact make functional hoods. Suncoast Creations, for example, is a company who makes functional ram air hoods that come complete with the intake ducting to integrate with the hood.
We also sometimes get asked by a customer if he or she can put on a functional ram air hood and work that in conjunction with an air intake. The answer is no, because the ducting/filter that will be integrated with the hood will be clamped directly to the location of the airbox, thereby eliminating the possibility of running another intake. Basically, the ducting and filter that integrate with the hood is an intake system itself.
One thing to be aware of as you shop for any Impala hood is that aftermarket Impala hoods are generally either sold as bolt-on hoods or pin-on hoods (aka lift-off hoods). The bolt-on Impala hoods have a skin and a skeleton (a top and a bottom), and opened and closed using the factory latch. Pin-on Impala hoods are generally only comprised of a hood skin (just the top), are held down using pins, and have to be lifted off to be opened since they don't utilitze the factory latch mechanism. The reason a person might want to buy a pin-on hood is that it is substantially lighter than a bolt-on hood.
The answer is this: Most of the vented hoods on the market are not functional. They have the scoop built into the hood, and it's normally an open scoop that indeed lets air into the engine bay, but most of these hoods do not come with the ducting that is needed to control that incoming airflow and get it to the most "functional" place to generate more horsepower. That being said, there might be a small positive effect by simply letting more cool air into the engine bay, even if it isn't directed...
There are a few companies who do in fact make functional hoods. Suncoast Creations, for example, is a company who makes functional ram air hoods that come complete with the intake ducting to integrate with the hood.
We also sometimes get asked by a customer if he or she can put on a functional ram air hood and work that in conjunction with an air intake. The answer is no, because the ducting/filter that will be integrated with the hood will be clamped directly to the location of the airbox, thereby eliminating the possibility of running another intake. Basically, the ducting and filter that integrate with the hood is an intake system itself.
One thing to be aware of as you shop for any Impala hood is that aftermarket Impala hoods are generally either sold as bolt-on hoods or pin-on hoods (aka lift-off hoods). The bolt-on Impala hoods have a skin and a skeleton (a top and a bottom), and opened and closed using the factory latch. Pin-on Impala hoods are generally only comprised of a hood skin (just the top), are held down using pins, and have to be lifted off to be opened since they don't utilitze the factory latch mechanism. The reason a person might want to buy a pin-on hood is that it is substantially lighter than a bolt-on hood.
» MODEL YEARS COVERED
1959 Impala
1960 Impala
1961 Impala
1962 Impala
1963 Impala
1964 Impala
1965 Impala
1966 Impala
1967 Impala
1968 Impala
1969 Impala
1970 Impala
1971 Impala
1972 Impala
1973 Impala
1974 Impala
1975 Impala
1976 Impala
1977 Impala
1978 Impala
1979 Impala
1980 Impala
1981 Impala
1982 Impala
1983 Impala
1984 Impala
1985 Impala
1994 Impala
1995 Impala
1996 Impala
2000 Impala
2001 Impala
2002 Impala
2003 Impala
2004 Impala
2005 Impala
2006 Impala
2007 Impala
2008 Impala
2009 Impala
2010 Impala
2011 Impala
2012 Impala
» AVAILABLE BRANDS
» POPULAR STYLES
Impala Cowl Hood
Impala Carbon Fiber Hoods
Impala Sheet Metal Hoods
Impala Ram Air Hood
Impala Cobra Hood
Impala Fiberglass Hoods
Impala SS Hoods
Impala Functional Hoods
Impala Razor Hoods
Impala steel hood
Impala steel hoods
Impala cowl induction hood
Impala cowl induction performance
» SITE CENTERS
» LINKS
» POWERED BY
