what are hood pins for?
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On real race cars, they hold the hood on. On street cars, they are pointless and look stupid (in my opinion).
Many carbon fibre and fiberglass hoods use pins instead of hinges and latches to secure the hood.
Many carbon fibre and fiberglass hoods use pins instead of hinges and latches to secure the hood.
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They can also be used on modified cars that retain stock hoods and stock mounts, just as a safety measure.
If you have a car that can go over 180mph on the highway, the amount of air pressure going through the front of your hood is pretty substantial, and you don't want it to pop your latch and fling your hood off and into your windshield (it has happened).
For my 20B FC, it will retain a stock fibreglass TII hood, but the front of it will have 2 hood pins on it for precautionary reasons.
If you have a car that can go over 180mph on the highway, the amount of air pressure going through the front of your hood is pretty substantial, and you don't want it to pop your latch and fling your hood off and into your windshield (it has happened).
For my 20B FC, it will retain a stock fibreglass TII hood, but the front of it will have 2 hood pins on it for precautionary reasons.
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or to hold a flimsy hood (fiberglass/carbon fiber) so that it doesnt flap/flex around etc at speed
many people do this with the mazdaspeed hoods for FD's because theyre supposedly pretty flimsy.
But on race cars I see with hoodpins they use them at all corners and use no hinges or latch, just take the entire hood off real quick.
many people do this with the mazdaspeed hoods for FD's because theyre supposedly pretty flimsy.
But on race cars I see with hoodpins they use them at all corners and use no hinges or latch, just take the entire hood off real quick.
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You also need the hood pins to retain the hood if you remove the stock hood latch in order to cram a huge intercooler in your FC's front end. It may look stupid, but it's not necessarily pointless (See law #2).
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Originally posted by Bigretardhead
...your stock hood is fiberglass??
...your stock hood is fiberglass??
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Originally posted by 'Vert in Vegas
Don't you mean aluminum, not fiberglass?
Don't you mean aluminum, not fiberglass?
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Originally posted by Bridgeported
Yeah, what was I thinking lol. 29 lbs for a fibreglass hood haha.
Yeah, what was I thinking lol. 29 lbs for a fibreglass hood haha.
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