Topic: Fiberglass hood gonna be OK?
Our Firebird/Phoenix came to us with a replica fiberglass hood blank which we cut to size and used at Denver. Must we replace it with a GM product?
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Re: Fiberglass hood gonna be OK?
Many cars have fiberglass hoods stock, so I doubt you'll have an issue.
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No problem with fiberglass hoods as long as they fit well and are not dangerous. The new rule is there to stop the pieces of flat or corregated sheetmetal which are haphazzardly slapped over and engine bay and will inevitably catch air and decapitate someone.
Make sure if fits well and is fastened well
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Re: Fiberglass hood gonna be OK?
JThw8 wrote:
No problem with fiberglass hoods as long as they fit well and are not dangerous. The new rule is there to stop the pieces of flat or corregated sheetmetal which are haphazzardly slapped over and engine bay and will inevitably catch air and decapitate someone.
Make sure if fits well and is fastened well
What he said.
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Decent hood pins! Well, even the $10 from Autozone are plenty decent if attached properly.
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If the hood is down/on, the pins are in. Stick to that rule or they WILL get left out.
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7 2011-01-15 06:49 PM (edited by EriktheAwful 2011-01-15 06:50 PM)
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Screw hood pins. Take out four fender bolts and put all-thread in their place. Drill four holes in the hood that match your new studs and epoxy washers on each one (or weld if you're using a steel hood). Have a cheapie cordless drill with a hex-1/4" adapter and a deep socket that matches your hold-down nuts. If that's not fast enough for you, you're opening your hood too often to be in contention. We had our hood on and off every ten laps at MAM, and we had the drill down pretty good. Of course it did take two of us to lift off that 60lb Jag hood, but that's a different story.
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EriktheAwful wrote:
Screw hood pins. Take out four fender bolts and put all-thread in their place. Drill four holes in the hood that match your new studs and epoxy washers on each one (or weld if you're using a steel hood). Have a cheapie cordless drill with a hex-1/4" adapter and a deep socket that matches your hold-down nuts. If that's not fast enough for you, you're opening your hood too often to be in contention. We had our hood on and off every ten laps at MAM, and we had the drill down pretty good. Of course it did take two of us to lift off that 60lb Jag hood, but that's a different story.
If you are going that far then its just a drill bit away from putting some holes in that all thread and making them into pins. The actual hairpin part is a cheap hardware store item. We made our own pins this way for the Wartburg.
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OTTER: "I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part."
BLUTO: "We're just the guys to do it."
OTTER: "I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part."
BLUTO: "We're just the guys to do it."
Re: Fiberglass hood gonna be OK?
Nuts are easier to lose than big-assed pins, too (especially if you have the pins tethered to the car)
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