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First Fill-Up (of many)
- Location
- Centerville, Texas
I've had a problem with my hood "floating" while cruising down the highway even after adjusting the hood catch it continued to do it. I have had a hood fly up on my on my mustang a couple years ago, so being kinda gun shy from that I decided to install a set of hood pins in the hood.
The kit I bought came from Jegs racing, and it's one of their black anodized aluminum kits the pins are .5" diameter and 2 3/4" long.
I started by drilling .5" holes in the core support where the hood supports are on the front corners. After drilling the holes I installed the pins that way the pins could dimple the spot on top of the hood where I needed to drill through the skin of the hood. Using a set of stepped drill bits I proceeded to make a .75" hole through the hood. After cleaning the holes up with a file and dropping the hood to make the hight adjustment to the pins I laid the plates down and installed the keeper clips.
At this point I have not mounted the scuff plates a buddy of mine is machining a set for me out of stainless.
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The kit I bought came from Jegs racing, and it's one of their black anodized aluminum kits the pins are .5" diameter and 2 3/4" long.
I started by drilling .5" holes in the core support where the hood supports are on the front corners. After drilling the holes I installed the pins that way the pins could dimple the spot on top of the hood where I needed to drill through the skin of the hood. Using a set of stepped drill bits I proceeded to make a .75" hole through the hood. After cleaning the holes up with a file and dropping the hood to make the hight adjustment to the pins I laid the plates down and installed the keeper clips.
At this point I have not mounted the scuff plates a buddy of mine is machining a set for me out of stainless.
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