how do you raise the rear of the hood
06-01-03, 04:29 PM
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how do you raise the rear of the hood
i heard a couple people say to just make a spacer out of a steel plate but where does the spacer go. do you put it under the hood bracket that bolts to the body of the car. the one that is slightly under the fender or what. someone help out. i dont car if people think this looks ghetto. i gotta do everything i can to keep my car running cooler and if i dont like it i can always remove the spacers so its a win win situation.
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As has been stated before, that is a high pressure area on the car, and creating a gap will not allow air to escape effectively, creating more of a cooling problem.
But if you insist on doing that, just get a spacer and put it between the hood and the brackets on either side of the engine bay.
But if you insist on doing that, just get a spacer and put it between the hood and the brackets on either side of the engine bay.
06-02-03, 05:03 PM
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No, it is the ones that attach to the actual hood. You can simply use some cusotm made spacers there. It should be very easy, you can probably do it alone just by doing one side at a time.
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06-02-03, 08:54 PM
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We usually shim at the base of the bracket.  This requires removing the fenders and possibly cutting some of the fender metal depending on how high you want the hood to lift.  Shimming the bracket atatched to the hood is iffy, as they are beveled; you're putting on "weird" loads on the fasteners.
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Originally posted by AreExSeven
As has been stated before, that is a high pressure area on the car, and creating a gap will not allow air to escape effectively, creating more of a cooling problem.
But if you insist on doing that, just get a spacer and put it between the hood and the brackets on either side of the engine bay.
As has been stated before, that is a high pressure area on the car, and creating a gap will not allow air to escape effectively, creating more of a cooling problem.
But if you insist on doing that, just get a spacer and put it between the hood and the brackets on either side of the engine bay.
