Hood pin install help
08-13-2012, 11:46 AM
#11
Thank you all for the help. I'll be sure to install them before the next strip trip (or more likely baren highway WOT run) but I'm in no huge rush. And as soon as the weather permits, I'll put up some sweet pics of the whole last year seeing as I'm almost done with the visual stuff. (for a good while at least)
08-13-2012, 03:23 PM
#12
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To me, I think that the 90 degree to the hood angle thing just doesn't look right. I think that it should be parallel with the front lip of the hood, if anything.... I will say that the pins should be inserted in the same direction.
08-13-2012, 03:30 PM
#13
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Location: Rhode Island
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Mount the pins in the radiator support.
Place grease on the very tops of the pins.
Lower the hood slowly just till it kisses
the pin tops. This is the sweet spot to drill.
Dont use the cheapo wood bits from the
hardware store. They are sharpened for wood
and will grab, corkscrew and possably split the hood.
Place painters tape where the hole will be.
This will keep the gelcoat chipping to a minimum.
A step drill is the best for drilling holes under 1"
in fiberglass. The angle of the hole thru the hood
should not matter if you just give it the ol college try
and make them big enough to clear the vertical pins.
The fiberglass will be fine untouched.
I have drilled many a hole in fiberglass boats
and water migration into fiberglass should
not happen if it is laid up right to begin with.
Try drilling 7 holes for a Roush HoodScoop.
Unnerving to say the least.
Place grease on the very tops of the pins.
Lower the hood slowly just till it kisses
the pin tops. This is the sweet spot to drill.
Dont use the cheapo wood bits from the
hardware store. They are sharpened for wood
and will grab, corkscrew and possably split the hood.
Place painters tape where the hole will be.
This will keep the gelcoat chipping to a minimum.
A step drill is the best for drilling holes under 1"
in fiberglass. The angle of the hole thru the hood
should not matter if you just give it the ol college try
and make them big enough to clear the vertical pins.
The fiberglass will be fine untouched.
I have drilled many a hole in fiberglass boats
and water migration into fiberglass should
not happen if it is laid up right to begin with.
Try drilling 7 holes for a Roush HoodScoop.
Unnerving to say the least.
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