poll: hood pins - yes or no
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poll: hood pins - yes or no
This is a function over form decision for me, but I hate the form of it lol...otherwise my vote would be hell no.
my heat exchanger sits a bit low in my 69 Camaro due to the stock hood latch taking up a good bit of real-estate behind the grill. with hood pins I can get 100% of the exchanger behind the grill instead of hidden partially behind the front bumper.
basically, keep the OEM hood look and deal with a little less flow, or put some pins on the hood and get the exchanger up into direct airflow. here is the car. you can see how the exchanger sits a little lower than I'd like due to the hood latch in the way.
I found these trick little hood latches that don't look as horrible as most that I've seen. they come in black too.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/qul-ql-38-lpbp
yay, or nay?
my heat exchanger sits a bit low in my 69 Camaro due to the stock hood latch taking up a good bit of real-estate behind the grill. with hood pins I can get 100% of the exchanger behind the grill instead of hidden partially behind the front bumper.
basically, keep the OEM hood look and deal with a little less flow, or put some pins on the hood and get the exchanger up into direct airflow. here is the car. you can see how the exchanger sits a little lower than I'd like due to the hood latch in the way.
I found these trick little hood latches that don't look as horrible as most that I've seen. they come in black too.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/qul-ql-38-lpbp
yay, or nay?
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I think what fastbrick meant is without the stock latch youd have to make sure they both get latched or else good chance you would have a bad day going down the road.
Only reason i did mine is because im hacking all of the suppot out my stock one but also keeping it in the mix.
Not a mild setup at all just meant its not a all out racecar.
What about sizing out a thicker custom made piece for current setup and make it a win win keep stock latch and better exchanger, or is it possible to modify the stock latch enough to move it up and keep it and use pins?
wish i didnt need latches at all but like you i had function over form in my mind..
Only reason i did mine is because im hacking all of the suppot out my stock one but also keeping it in the mix.
Not a mild setup at all just meant its not a all out racecar.
What about sizing out a thicker custom made piece for current setup and make it a win win keep stock latch and better exchanger, or is it possible to modify the stock latch enough to move it up and keep it and use pins?
wish i didnt need latches at all but like you i had function over form in my mind..