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.

 

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.

 

which brackets though. is it the ones that are mounted underneath the fenders

 

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.

Chris

 

sweet

 

We usually shim at the base of the bracket.&nbsp This requires removing the fenders and possibly cutting some of the fender metal depending on how high you want the hood to lift.&nbsp Shimming the bracket atatched to the hood is iffy, as they are beveled; you're putting on "weird" loads on the fasteners.


-Ted

 

what does raising the hood do?

 

In my opinion, nothing besides making you look lame.

Jarrett

 

Check Aerodyne.net. They sell custom brackets for this.

 

yes. I've heard a lot more about raising your hood after the Aerodyne FC was in SCC. Heh. Looks gay, if you ask me.

 

does it feel nice to have no one listen to you?