CincySHO cowl hood owners look here please...

[SHOfun 93]

How the **** do you get that dang thing to latch? I swapped my hoods to try and make the Lone Star SHO club run and I could NOT get that thing to latch for the life of me!! Tim (toolman) came down from Oklahoma and had hood pins on his, but the area where the hood latches is all chewed up now and looks bad.
Should I just go with the hood pins like toolman? What did you other guys do to get that thing to close? I pushed it to the point of the fiberglass beginning to sound like cracking ice and I stopped. Thanks.

 

[ShoGuy93]

Dude sorry to hear about the problems with the hood!! But get some pics of that hood posted soon. I bet it looks awesome on your car man!

 

[AutoSHO]

Jeremy Hohn:
How the **** do you get that dang thing to latch? I swapped my hoods to try and make the Lone Star SHO club run and I could NOT get that thing to latch for the life of me!! Tim (toolman) came down from Oklahoma and had hood pins on his, but the area where the hood latches is all chewed up now and looks bad.
Should I just go with the hood pins like toolman? What did you other guys do to get that thing to close? I pushed it to the point of the fiberglass beginning to sound like cracking ice and I stopped. Thanks.

Did you try loosening the 2 latch locating bolts? No 2 hoods are exactly the same, you probably just need to move the latch over a little bit.

 

[jthomas68]

The earlier hoods Cincy sold were made differently,that`s why Tim`s was chewed up.Just a little fwiw.

 

[Sho-N-Go]

You need to move the bumpers on the sides of the hood. I believe down. That is why mine wouldnt latch.

 

[DHMag]

Jeremy Hohn:
How the **** do you get that dang thing to latch? I swapped my hoods to try and make the Lone Star SHO club run and I could NOT get that thing to latch for the life of me!! Tim (toolman) came down from Oklahoma and had hood pins on his, but the area where the hood latches is all chewed up now and looks bad.
Should I just go with the hood pins like toolman? What did you other guys do to get that thing to close? I pushed it to the point of the fiberglass beginning to sound like cracking ice and I stopped. Thanks.

Jerms,
id lower the bumpstops/raise the hood latch..which ever is needed to latch. but remember, if its not metal reinforced at the latch point, youll only be wasting your time. go ahead and install the hood pins and be done with it. on my stock 91 'glass hood, at speeds in excess of 60 MPH, the corners lift a little and im afraid after too much longer, its gonna rack seriously. so soon ill be putting pins in mine as well...even though its just stock.

 

[SHOfun 93]

I am gonna go get some hood pins this weekend, say to anyone that has done the hood pins, what is the best way to install those babies as far as which holes to drill where and at what times? Thanks buddy.

<small>[ November 05, 2002, 10:21 PM: Message edited by: Jeremy Hohn ]</small>

 

[ShoGuy93]

Hey Jeremy what did u end up doing to get it to latch. I'm having trouble with mine to. It is lined up perfect side by side. It just won't latch. I'm very confused. I do though want to get the latch reinforce kit.. Who sells them?

 

[SASHO91]

yeah he got it to latch... he was at the Fall run.. and it closed perfectly... i dont know what he did to fix the problem though... i know he didnt get hood pins...

wow... a 2 yr old thread..... wow....

but yeah his hood is on though.... maybe he will chime in when he gets on...

 

[somedude_001]

a bit off topic but I bet the cowl hood would help warm the windshield a bit durring the winter months so thats another +

 

[RJ-92]

a bit off topic but I bet the cowl hood would help warm the windshield a bit durring the winter months so thats another +

nope, actually you'd be surprised there is quite pressure gradient created at the base of the windshield. It will suck in way more air than will come out of there.

 

[somedude_001]

interesting, so maby it will cool the runners a bit?

I want one so bad

 

[oh_SHO]

interesting, so maby it will cool the runners a bit?

I want one so bad

Me too. Me too.