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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: fishy340]
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03/09/11 07:51 PM
03/09/11 07:51 PM
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1967dartgt
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I used moroso brackets,springs,and buttons.Worked out nice but just did a custom rail for 2000 Firebird for his lift off and would do that instead now.I like the way it looks and can put fastners where I want and can contour the hood better.Don't use alum rivets I made that mistake and lost the hood a 120 or so.The rivets sheared after 30 or 40 passes.
Brett Miller W9 cnc'd heads
STR Chassis fabraction
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: HEMIFRED]
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03/09/11 08:58 PM
03/09/11 08:58 PM
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Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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Regular pins are BESTer .... and far more durable and more holding "power". And if the hood is made right and braced properly ....you don't need that many of them.
 Dzuz are slow on slow off and prone to making you scratch the paint no matter how hard you try not to do it.
pins are my choice especially in case of an emergency like seeing smoke 
But they are UGLY............ JMO
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: dOc …]
#947215
03/09/11 09:02 PM
03/09/11 09:02 PM
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Upstate NY
Bigcube
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Damn BigCube ... it must take you 20 minutes to get all those fasteners loose to get hood off ! ...and it sure looks like you could have used one of those hoods with the rear cowl section.
The cowl covers the removable panel, plus it's a good place to hide the gauges. The way my chassis was built the stock vent grate was a leak into the interior. The removable panel also closed off a water leak AND made room for the air cleaner. 
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: snook]
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03/09/11 11:52 PM
03/09/11 11:52 PM
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dOc …
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Much as I hate to agree with Doc Fibberglass, I have to go with pins as well. My Dzus adventure would have killed someone had I not been as far down the track when they let go.
Pins from here on out for me. Ugly? Maybe. Safe? Definitely.
HATE to agree with 'da Doc ?  
You should be HAPPY .... you are finally doing-some clear-thinking  ..
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: Bigcube]
#947220
03/09/11 11:55 PM
03/09/11 11:55 PM
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dOc …
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The cowl covers the removable panel, plus it's a good place to hide the gauges. The way my chassis was built the stock vent grate was a leak into the interior. The removable panel also closed off a water leak AND made room for the air cleaner.
YOU have almost as many gauges as that GUY with the 63 BELLveeDEER .... 
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: dOc …]
#947221
03/09/11 11:57 PM
03/09/11 11:57 PM
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Bigcube
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The cowl covers the removable panel, plus it's a good place to hide the gauges. The way my chassis was built the stock vent grate was a leak into the interior. The removable panel also closed off a water leak AND made room for the air cleaner.
YOU have almost as many gauges as that GUY with the 63 BELLveeDEER ....
But I hide them better 
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: Bigcube]
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03/10/11 12:05 AM
03/10/11 12:05 AM
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pacific northwest
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heres what I did fwiw, and yeah easy to scratch the paint with the dzuz
footbrake N/A SB 408 Scamp 10.10 @ 132 street/strip
73 Duster 340 street strip 12.79 @ 105
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: dOc …]
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03/10/11 12:11 AM
03/10/11 12:11 AM
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Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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On a serious note ....
I have seen single Dzus (on the corners) ...and then the whole SYSTEM fails and the whole panel exits the vehicle ... because there is so little holding-strength on a single Dzus.
I'll be using Dzus on my new hood... I use more than 4,
my hood on the P has 10 was 12 with the old hood with
the scoop attached but the scoop is separate now and
mounts to the engine(with 3 Dzus) but its slow only 150
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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03/10/11 01:37 AM
03/10/11 01:37 AM
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gulfport, ms, west mi
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I have 4 Areocatch latches on the fiberglass deck lid on my 70 cuda, have them for the hood also but have not installed them yet. No pins or screw drivers to scratch your paint. I put a set of 4 on my buddy's chevy hood , it has a multi thousand dollar paint job. he loves them. He runs high 8"s at 150+ . Now with my paint job , a person would question my sanity. Great product, got them off e-bay from MiataRoadster.  
Last edited by rowin4; 03/10/11 01:58 AM.
it's ok to butt heads, just don't do it with a butthead
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Re: a little help w a lift off hood
[Re: rowin4]
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03/10/11 02:10 AM
03/10/11 02:10 AM
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Romeo MI
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I have 4 Areocatch latches on the fiberglass deck lid on my 70 cuda, have them for the hood also but have not installed them yet. No pins or screw drivers to scratch your paint. I put a set of 4 on my buddy's chevy hood , it has a multi thousand dollar paint job. he loves them. He runs high 8"s at 150+ . Now with my paint job , a person would question my sanity. Great product, got them off e-bay from MiataRoadster.
I always liked them... but they're pretty pricey
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