Hood pins and stock hoods discussion

Yes. Are there fake ones out there?

 

I didnt know there was a such thing as fake pins either until I saw them for well over $50 on American muscle... My initial thought was why not get real ones? I think mine were $15 from summitracing

 

I have seen fake blowers so I am sure they make some fake hood pins.

 

Oh geez. Never seen or heard of this till now.

 

What kills me about those fake pins is that the real ones cost less... so why does anyone go with the fake ones?

 

Fake hood pins that is new to me :undecided:

 

its been well documented that aftermarket hoods that have been built often just to be light or cheap have more of a tendency to either not latch correctly or just fail and you end up replacing the hood/cowl/hinges/windshield, and need body work and paint on the front of the roof. More often then not the car was not being raced at the time and it was either just a cheap hood or improperly latched so suddenly the idea of hood pins costs significantly less then the cost of everything to be fixed. I have seen countless hoods that were wrapped around the roof and it wasn't because they were going 200 mph. I did hood pins on mine just because its a carbon fiber hood and I would really really like to keep it where it is supposed to be. But not liking the traditional pin style I went with a flush aerocatch style that does the same job but doesn't stick up at all.



Maybe I am just reading what you type wrong but more and more it just seems you think you are so much more knowledgeable then everyone here on almost any subj and try to show it but making comments like this just show your not. Why use hood pins?! Stick around for a few and I am willing to bet we have some people here that can give you first hand info on it.

 

not sure where flexing your knowledge of intake/tb/maf comes into in our conversation here but ok if your happy. Pins are one of those things like a driveshaft safety loop that you install and never hope to need, but is still a good idea. Also take into consideration that there was a recall on the 94/95 stock hoods to prevent separation from the top/bottom of the hood where they removed the fire blanket, cut two large holes and checked for separation and added epoxy if needed. I know of one local mustang personally that it has happened to and I can understand if they are on a stock hood beyond the idea they just like the look.

 

Ive seen enough stock hoods come unlatched on the highway that I'd say hoodpins aren't ever unwarranted...

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mustang+hood+flys+open

 

Your statement about aero is retarded. I'd like you to drive down the road with your hand out of the window and feel the forces with your hand at a downward angle. Now multiply that force times 100 for sq ft area of a wing. THATS why autox guys use such huge aero because they don't use a lot of speed (under 100mph). Btw to each their own, not everyone can go full mod or don't want to.