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Technical Shop => Body Shop => Topic started by: GoMangoBoys on September 20, 2022, 07:19:14 PM

Title: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: GoMangoBoys on September 20, 2022, 07:19:14 PM
Can anyone tell me what size screws I need to attach the little aluminum inserts into the Challenger hood scoops?  Are these a machine screw or a sheet metal screw?
Thanks
Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: Rdchallenger on September 21, 2022, 12:03:02 PM
Quote from: GoMangoBoys on September 20, 2022, 07:19:14 PM
Can anyone tell me what size screws I need to attach the little aluminum inserts into the Challenger hood scoops?  Are these a machine screw or a sheet metal screw?
Thanks

Lmfao! I'm going to close my thread and just watch this one. Hilarious that we're having the same question so closely.
Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: Dmod1974 on September 21, 2022, 01:36:04 PM
#8 sheet metal screws are what I used I believe. They're definitely not machine screws.
Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: anlauto on September 21, 2022, 02:59:19 PM
 :iagree: that's all I've ever used  :dunno:  I do think the originals may have been machine screws like the Cuda ones :thinking:
Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: 70vert on September 21, 2022, 04:09:37 PM
 @Rdchallenger (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/rdchallenger_1200) It's a hot topic, LOL. I am interested also, but first I need to get some inserts as mine are missing!
Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: Dmod1974 on September 21, 2022, 04:33:04 PM
I suppose it's possible mine were removed at some point before me taking ownership, but there were no signs of threads being tapped on mine.  Now, the screw holes that bolt the scoop to the hood underside are definitely machine screws - #8 or #10 I think.  They also have a larger pan head than normal.
Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: ply64post on September 21, 2022, 08:40:03 PM
Here is a page from the E/Body Restoration Reference Manual.

                                           Jeff

Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: 318Stroker on September 22, 2022, 07:01:58 AM
Quote from: ply64post on September 21, 2022, 08:40:03 PM
Here is a page from the E/Body Restoration Reference Manual.

                                           Jeff

What you have posted shows a quantity of 8. That would be for attaching the pot-metal scoops to the hood. OP is looking for the screws that attach the thin aluminum block-off plate to the pot-metal scoops.; Would be 2 per side, for a  quantity of 4 total.
Title: Re: hood scoop insert screws
Post by: TWS on September 24, 2022, 12:59:00 PM
Early 70 Challenger scoop plate screws.  Similar to Cuda, only shorter.  We had to buy a pair of scoops, just for these screws.   :looney: