Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
[Re: J_BODY]
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here's a pict I had on the computer Those are the same type I use.. the ones I use on the on my Rampage.. the ones I use are the Mini... I bought another set to add due to a bow in my hood
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Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
[Re: wkroncke17]
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AEROCATCH, e-bay , 4 on the hood, 2 on the front , 2 half way back. so far good to 155MPH
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Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
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I've used hoods without pins but they were well braced and made to be run without them. So to me, it depends on how well they are made... but normally I would use them on any glass hood just in case.
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Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
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Actually one I forgot was the set up I had on the Mirada. It was a hinged steel hood, latch mechanism removed but still had the secondary. We used those Mr. Gasket locking hood pins. Those were simple to install, and clean looking. I just hung the key on the steering column. https://www.holley.com/products/accessor...ent=Mr%20Gasket
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Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
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I like the look of the Quick Locks.
It really doesn't matter whether you win or lose… as long as you look good doing it!
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Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
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I would always add pins in addition to the latch on a glass hood.
My reasoning is this. I saw a mustang with a fiberglass hood, hinged, and using the stock latch. It was pretty fast and ran about 135MPH. The latch ripped from the hood, the hood flew up and broke at the hinges. However he had a fuel pressure gauge on the hood. That thing hung on and beat the roof in on the car before it finally broke free. I made a little note in my head when I saw that happen lol poor guy.
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Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
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We were on a test track out west and we were running test cars.. my buddy was driving one car and I was in another.. we were running max speed.. he was just passing me when his hood popped up.. it stopped on the safety latch but the car started getting loose.. he got it slowed down but the cooler in back flipped and it spilled all over and the water and all the stuff in it came sliding forward.. we were running turbo G- bodies doing about 130 on a closed road course.. he got lucky it didnt flip up but the hood had a big bend in it.. when we got back we drilled in a couple of cheap safety pins and tried to straighten the hood the best we could
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Re: Hood Pins?? Good and Bad ones.
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The hood on my cuda is a heavy bolt on fiberglass hood from Glasstek. I did not want to use hood pins, just use the factory latch, but the guy at Glasstek told me I needed to use pins. Just not enough strength there to keep it down at speed w/ one latch point.
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