03-26-2003, 10:07 AM
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Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: The Villages, Fl,
Fl
Cobra Make, Engine: CLASSIC ROADSTERS 427 with a FORD 5.0 bored and stroked to 331cid, BRODIX alum heads, roller rockers, B303 cam.
Posts: 135
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Hood latch sticks
Mounted hood to rad hoop & VW latch mechinism at firewall to fabricate direct release for hood latch (I don't like the cable release). With the hood mounted, the hinge bkts at the rad hoop are all the way to the front - no more adjustment. The latch pin on the hood hits the latch off center toward the rear. The latch has stuck several times causing me to disassemble the latch mounting box from the firewall. Since the body wasn't on this wasn't too difficult - just a painin the butt. Previous to this I noticed that the flange on the top of the firewall was tilted forward & the latch box didn't fit. To fix this I cut 80% through at the corner & bent the flange so it was almost 90 degrees to the "shelf" and re-glassed it.
THE QUESTIONS:
1. Are the hood "P" bkts supposed to be biased all the way forward?
2. Also noticed the tabs on the rad hoop are not centered. Is this normal?
3. Do I need to bend the flange at the top of the firewall back more?
4. SHOULD I ABANDON THE VW LATCH IN FAVOR OF THE HANDLE TYPE (like Finish Line sels)?
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